Small details are easy to take for granted! #Eldertide now displays the correct gold pile sprite based on how much gold is dropped. 🪙

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My brain really needs to stop giving me new ideas.. 😂

"Maybe I should start building the #Eldertide website?"

Meanwhile, I still have an ocean of stuff to implement before the game is even ready for a small playtest.. 🥲

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Spent a lot of time updating my calisthenics app this week, but that’s a wrap for now!

Alongside that, I’ve made a ton of new assets for #Eldertide. Maybe it’s finally time to start putting them all into the game! 😄

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Another day, another pixelart session! Today I’m working on mage equipment for the new Arcanist class in #Eldertide. 🎨

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I’ve been thinking about how to prevent overpowered hybrid builds in #Eldertide. I’m going with specialized classes!

Players will eventually take a quest to graduate into their chosen class, each with its own playstyle. ⚔️

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Made a bunch of awesome new armors and weapons today. Too bad some of them will never be obtainable..

Sometimes the items that add the most magic to a game are the ones players can only dream of finding ⚔️

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Building #Eldertide has taught me that coding is only half the battle. Getting people interested is a whole other challenge.

Some days, I wish I had someone to bounce ideas off who shares my vision. 🥲

Marketing is rough in a sea of games.

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Making assets for #Eldertide is overwhelming sometimes. 😅 There’s just SO much to make, even for a small playtest. It’s fun, but man, it’s a lot!

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Skilled magicians can now cast powerful scrolls that summon burning fire or poisonous fields! 🔥
Stay on your toes. You definitely don’t want to get caught standing in one..

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Driving home from work and Imagine Dragons comes on… and suddenly I’m thinking..

Imagine dragons in #Eldertide. 🐉

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Made some great progress on #Eldertide this weekend! 🥳

Magic is in! Core mechanics are working.

Also made various new assets, but somehow got sidetracked building an outfit recolouring system. 😂 Players can now customise their characters!

Priorities. 🤭

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One thing from #Tibia that kept me exploring was all the little flavour elements scattered everywhere.

Unreachable rooms with treasure. Unsolved puzzles. Hidden secrets…

That’s exactly where I’m taking #Eldertide. No handholding. Players figure it out ⚔️

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Whenever I work on content for #Eldertide, I keep coming up with new ideas that would be so much fun to add. 😅

But at this stage I should probably focus on getting a small basic build out for playtesting.. All those other ideas can be added later! 🤭

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Past few weeks have been hectic with #Eldertide, focusing alot on content. Just finished implementing mining & smithing!
It’s rough and needs more work, but it’s in! 🥳
My first screenie too, don’t judge the looks, I’m not an artist. 🥲

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I’ve been hard at work on #Eldertide, and yesterday I finished the foundation for quests!

Players can now help NPCs with tasks and get rewarded for their work.

A neat way to nudge players in certain directions and help ease new players into the game. 😄

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If anyone against all odds wants to follow #Eldertide development closer, I’ve made a very bare Discord server.
I post random screenshots and dev logs. If I ever open a playtest, it’ll be announced there first!
DM me for an invite
Inspired by early #Tibia and #RuneScape

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I’m building #Eldertide as a game I’d want to play myself, inspired by the MMORPGs I grew up with.

Mobile makes it easy to pick up whenever you have time to kill. No forced P2W or cashgrab mechanics. If I ever add paid stuff, it’ll be optional and never affect gameplay. ❤️
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Made a ton of progress on #Eldertide this weekend!
Mostly pixelart, groundtiles and environmental assets to make the world prettier. With all the new items I kept making, inventory became way too small.

So, I had to implement personal bank chests too! 🗃

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As I keep adding content, I needed light for the night cycle.

That led to mana management, mana regen, food, and finally how to get food…

So Eldertide now has its first very basic tradeskill: fishing! 🐟

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Woke up at 5am and couldn’t sleep. So I grabbed a cup of coffee, plugged in my earphones and coded for two hours before work.
Implemented chat-bubbles in Eldertide! 🥳

Nothing beats some early morning coding. Happy Friday y’all!

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