{"id":1245,"date":"2023-01-16T15:27:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2023-01-16T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:18:00","slug":"2022-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/2023\/01\/2022-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello everyone, and happy new year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I say this for each blog post, but it&#8217;s been a reaaaally long time! Almost one year without writing here. A bad year for blog communication then, but on the bright side, it has been a good year for the developement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back To Zefyr<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230116_152935.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A nice hand painted title screen. And you don&#8217;t see it but it&#8217;s animated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After working on &amp; updating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneiricworlds.com\/#games\" class=\"ek-link\">various little games<\/a> for a while in 2020 &amp; 2021 (mainly in order to get experience in marketing and releasing games), I spent 2022 working back full time on my main project &#8220;Zefyr, A Thief&#8217;s Melody&#8221;. And YES, that&#8217;s the new name! Actually, I&#8217;ve changed multiple times trying to find something that would fit all the requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>good description of the main game feel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>easy to remember<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>easy to find on google\/steam\/whatever<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>no confusion with other game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>no problem with legally registered trademarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Believe it or not, it&#8217;s not that easy\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, I&#8217;m gonna talk about the visible part&#8230; Here&#8217;s some cool new stuff for the game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> I&#8217;ve been focusing on making the game <strong>main quest fully playable<\/strong> for <strong>people other than me<\/strong>. This includes creating quests &amp; feedback to understand what happens, maps, dialogs, better level design and lot of signals &amp; feedback to guide the player through the whole game. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;ve upgraded some of the old-school textures thanks to material maker, and reworked some meshes &amp; graphics <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All islands are now visible from anywhere in the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;ve worked on a new title screen (you&#8217;ve seen it above)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few screens for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_124056.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We can see very far away islands now. This adds to the openness and freedom feeling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_153615.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Just riding a turtle near Chapter 4&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221216_093522.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New sand texture &amp; improved vegetation!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230113_145017.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A chase with a pirate ship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1260\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230106_144907.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A boss with a life bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;m currently testing it with a few super early testers. I can now say that somebody else finished the game. It&#8217;s been really interesting to see how new players react to everything in the game. It made me tweak and improve a lot of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, all upgrades are not as visible as the previous ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dev Upgrades<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, I&#8217;ve also upgraded the production pipeline of the game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Newer versions of tools (Blender 3.X, Unity 2019 LTS, Material maker 1.0, Inkscape 1.0, Krita 5.X, Cinemachine\u2026). That&#8217;s the problem of working on a project for a long time. You must have stable and not-too-outdated tools. It is not very visible to players but it is super important for me as a dev to always have healthy prod systems, easy to tweak and modify, with a solid base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change the AI from A* pathfinding back to native Unity pathfinding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean &amp; strongly structure all the asset database to be able to easily update \/ fix problems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Big production clean: less code, more efficient, remove unused tags, easier to read and to navigate files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LOOOTS of bug fixes (between 1K &amp; 2K)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve started to learn stuff about communication:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I&#8217;ve created a &#8220;pro&#8221; presskit for online specialized press. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneiricworlds.com\/presskit\/studio.html\" class=\"ek-link\">check it out here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;ve started to post on reddit. I&#8217;m still very new to this; many posts were barely even seen, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/jeuxvideo\/comments\/w9a4pb\/hop_jose_enfin_partager_un_bout_du_jeu_sur_lequel\/\" class=\"ek-link\">one <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IndieGaming\/comments\/vpqnmf\/ive_been_working_on_a_colorful_adventure_game\/\" class=\"ek-link\">two<\/a> got their way to decent stats.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I also invested quite some time in my (French) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCDFK32mrX8ry2tsChXQzOhQ\" class=\"ek-link\">youtube channel<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been wanting to share my way of creating games for a long time, and this year I published ~10 videos mainly about graphics &amp; dev logs. It&#8217;s in French, but the last ones have subtitles that can be translated by youtube. I&#8217;m particularly proud of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oEhFPOT3RAs\" class=\"ek-link\">that one<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QJnvH-4jQw\" class=\"ek-link\">that one<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sadly, you may have noticed it, but I was very bad at posting on my blog and patreon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coming in 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So what&#8217;s up for this new year ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Last level: I must still work on the last level of the game which is still prototype.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio &amp; Music: I have to make a big work on these<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Side quests, polish &amp; test: make the game shiiiiine and tweak all the little stuff that will make it lovely to play.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lot of communication: social media, press, influencers, you name it, this year I must promote the game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ideally, I would like to craft a few protos for my future games and see what&#8217;s worth it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s it for 2022! I wish you the best for this new year coming, and on my side, I&#8217;ll do my best to meet my goals with hopefully a release in Q1 2024 &#x1f91e;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, and happy new year! I say this for each blog post, but it&#8217;s been a reaaaally long time! Almost one year without writing here. A bad year for blog communication then, but on the bright side, it has been a good year for the developement. 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