I'm Loekni, a solo indie game developer. I released Christmas Hell and Made to be Crushed, and I'm now working on two new games, the main one being Zitifono!
I love to use as many open source tools as I can, and I hope to create captivating and fun worlds through my video games!
In Zitifono, you arrive on an island after your boat has broken down because of a storm.
As you explore the islands and their secrets, you'll also meet its quirky inhabitants, who will help you return home!
I always wanted to create a 3D game with a low poly look that took place in the ocean, so I started a prototype and just kept going!
Organizing, coding and designing for an open world, even if it's a small one is challenging, but also very interesting!
Godot is the game engine I chose. I started to use it back in 2018.
My first game engine was Gamemaker, after a while I felt limited to only have 2D which led me to look for other engines.
I had tested Unity a little, however at the time moving from GML (Gamemaker's language) to C# seemed like a big leap unlike gdscript!
I was already into open source tools, so when I searched for game engines, Godot had my attention.
Knowing that it was possible to have 2D and 3D, customizable tool scripts and every property animatable, this sounded really great!
It felt like the game engine of the future in some way!
I'm still happy to use it today, so I guess this was the right choice for me!
Creating the water shader was a big challenge, in addition I had no idea if I'll manage to do the wave simulation as I had never done that before, thankfully it worked out pretty well in the end!
What worked for me was to start by making very small and simple games, and to increase in complexity game after game!
There's always something to learn!
Loekni
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