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Description: In this devlog I reveal some big changes to the character design in my indie game Blood And Mead.
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  • @LostRelicGames
    @LostRelicGames Жыл бұрын

    Wishlist Blood And Mead

  • @blakasmurf

    @blakasmurf

    Жыл бұрын

    An unrelated question: What camera do you use for your videos? The depth of field looks nice!

  • @roryoconnor1606

    @roryoconnor1606

    Жыл бұрын

    wishlisted but steam page still has old art

  • @gamemaker6985

    @gamemaker6985

    Жыл бұрын

    Of course! When are you releasing it? Or is there still a lot of work to do?

  • @GMTK
    @GMTK Жыл бұрын

    Wow, looking great John!

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers Mark!

  • @ManasGhaiCode

    @ManasGhaiCode

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LostRelicGames Mark stop begin stupid. how stupid the new sprite looks. The other one was a 100x better

  • @piratedoggames1332
    @piratedoggames1332 Жыл бұрын

    The new character makes the game look so much better! He looks awesome!

  • @TheVisionaryKing
    @TheVisionaryKing Жыл бұрын

    I honestly didn't care for the previous visual update, but my goodness, this one is absolutely undeniable. Epic tier work there, man.

  • @carmygames
    @carmygames Жыл бұрын

    Ohhh yeah this game needs a bunny with beer🍺

  • @cybeartron

    @cybeartron

    Жыл бұрын

    A "*Fem-Fur*"

  • @calebvaccaro
    @calebvaccaro Жыл бұрын

    "I get a rush, a strange rush" I feel the same developing my game. I think it means its fun, hopefully haha. Great work

  • @MyPing0
    @MyPing0 Жыл бұрын

    Wow new viking looks so sick!! Looks like a real unit. I'll miss the chibi viking, I liked him too 😄

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    He played his part well and will die with honour :)

  • @migetm0nkey

    @migetm0nkey

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LostRelicGames would be kinda funny to play as the original in a bad dream or something

  • @MyPing0

    @MyPing0

    Жыл бұрын

    @migetm0nkey yo that's actually a cool idea, what if you got to pick the character you wanted to play as. You could pick between chibi or abdolute unit viking 😄

  • @danielschulz7391

    @danielschulz7391

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@LostRelicGames make him an Easter egg

  • @Warwipf

    @Warwipf

    Жыл бұрын

    @@migetm0nkey love that idea

  • @daveh5139
    @daveh5139 Жыл бұрын

    This is a fantastic video. On the surface it's about graphical changes, but it's really a strong lesson about letting go of something that had a lot of work put into it. Thank you for the video. (and what an upgrade!! totally matches the feel! Can't wait!)

  • @eGregiousGames
    @eGregiousGames Жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Honestly I was never a huge fan of the old design, but now I am fully on board - the game is starting to look SICK! And the new design is going to appeal to your target audience, I think (metalheads like you and me). I also get that same rush when I get to playing my game. That little tickle you felt when you first imagined what it'd be like to finish and release the game of your dreams ... it's like a reminder of that feeling.

  • @frost8077
    @frost8077 Жыл бұрын

    This looks so much better now. The animation and character design are a perfect fit! Character hair and clothing weight is something I want to do too.

  • @lorddiego
    @lorddiego Жыл бұрын

    Even with the exact same player statics (attack damage, defense, jump force, etc) the new look makes it feels waaaaay stronger, faster and more bada**. Great improvement! Congratulations!

  • @AkurA87
    @AkurA87 Жыл бұрын

    Just saw your short and had to watch the video! What an example on why the main characters visuals are so important for the game. Great job! 🎉 Love it!❤

  • @DylanFalconer
    @DylanFalconer Жыл бұрын

    This is your best devlog yet; new character and animations look awesome!

  • @poppytales8347
    @poppytales8347 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome work right there! I really like the hair animation.

  • @urselhorst9253
    @urselhorst9253 Жыл бұрын

    nice one its crazy how much difference a "small" change like that can make. thanks for sharing this

  • @Warwipf
    @Warwipf Жыл бұрын

    Man that is so much better dude. I thought it might not fit with the style of the enemies, but from what I can see it still looks coherent with the rest. Good work

  • @geshtu1760
    @geshtu1760 Жыл бұрын

    That looks awesome. Nice work! This game is so inspirational. Love watching the journey!

  • @Nothere12595
    @Nothere12595 Жыл бұрын

    Aww mann I hate to say it but I really loved the previous design! I loved how he looked like he tried to be a viking so bad but doesn't really quite fit the stereotype with his shorter skinnier posture making him more unique. That's just my opinion though in the end the thing that matters the most is that you are satisfied with the endproduct!

  • @Paryszek
    @Paryszek Жыл бұрын

    Awesome work I love this new character style. The more you work on it the better it becomes !

  • @thepolyglotprogrammer
    @thepolyglotprogrammer Жыл бұрын

    Already had wishlisted… Looking great! Can’t want to come out!

  • @KuzmaProDev
    @KuzmaProDev Жыл бұрын

    Great progress in overall quality! A lot juicier:)

  • @baltcito263
    @baltcito263 Жыл бұрын

    That’s sick! The character looks really good

  • @Theoutlawthirteen
    @Theoutlawthirteen3 ай бұрын

    Dude this looks amazing. Seriously cool work

  • @tehaudam4129
    @tehaudam4129 Жыл бұрын

    Best first minute of any devlog I've ever seen.

  • @troglodyteluke
    @troglodyteluke Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I love your videos! This is really change for better! Love the new look!

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Luke!

  • @michaelshollaj6428
    @michaelshollaj6428 Жыл бұрын

    This one looks soo epic, great work, now the character looks like a real Viking

  • @jadonmullinex9389
    @jadonmullinex9389 Жыл бұрын

    Bro you are so funny! I laughed out loud several times, which I don't normally do! I've been subscribed for a long time, didn't know you were so funny. Please incorporate more comedy into your videos!

  • @bazyt1
    @bazyt1 Жыл бұрын

    You've done it again... nailed a change that really works. It matches the theme/gore now.

  • @saadablat2998
    @saadablat2998 Жыл бұрын

    looks very good and much better ! Especially the hair.

  • @thestupidshow22
    @thestupidshow22 Жыл бұрын

    missed watching you man! known you for ab 2 years now, been busy with highschool recently. will get back to game dev very soon

  • @meistomeytombo
    @meistomeytombo Жыл бұрын

    What a great Job! really brings the badass dial all the way up to 11

  • @MarcV_IndieGameDev
    @MarcV_IndieGameDev Жыл бұрын

    Aye, that looks far better! Great work!

  • @SHDGames
    @SHDGames Жыл бұрын

    Huge improvement -- well done man!

  • @isaacwalker5290
    @isaacwalker5290 Жыл бұрын

    DAMN! The game is really coming along! What an inspiration. I gotta get back to work on my project 😅

  • @virtualhavenstudios
    @virtualhavenstudios Жыл бұрын

    Coming along nicely!

  • @SidFish
    @SidFish Жыл бұрын

    The new character is a beast, love it. Noticed that he comes out of those bloody battles clean, would be sick to see some blood splatter from the enemies on his face and body after.

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm currently adding blood to just the axe head for a few secpnds. I did some early tests on the body blood with frame matching and shaders, but couldn't get it quite right. Will keep exploring. I agree, needs something!

  • @ZProle
    @ZProle Жыл бұрын

    You had fun making this! It shows :)

  • @AndySlaps
    @AndySlaps Жыл бұрын

    Been watching videos for I think a year now waiting for this game to release. I play a lot of shooter games but my child hood had a lot of platformers and for some reason your game perfectly touches all the notes on a game in this genre that I love. Excited to do a playthrough and see how the game does when released :)

  • @alexkthegreat
    @alexkthegreat Жыл бұрын

    Great, funny vid, the new character looks much much better! 💯

  • @darkmayhem9767
    @darkmayhem9767 Жыл бұрын

    Just from watching 'Mothership' Pass the game challenge and gotta say, this looks freaking awesome!!! Great job there and great job here!

  • @FleshToDust
    @FleshToDust Жыл бұрын

    1:56 yeah! MAN!!! What an upgrade. We aren't in chibi land anymore. 3:25 aw man, poor bird. This was a great devlog!

  • @BastiaanOlij
    @BastiaanOlij Жыл бұрын

    Love it! Great improvement!

  • @XEmiyaArcherX
    @XEmiyaArcherX Жыл бұрын

    Playing your own game when it starts to somewhat come together and turn into real game closer to your vision is such an amazing High, I've only been working on mine for a year but I had a similar moment lately that just got me addicted to gamedev lol.

  • @toshitosliba4737
    @toshitosliba4737 Жыл бұрын

    Super cool, dude you're giving me more inspiration to make my own game, dammit I wish this game will sell alot, you make such an awesome work :)

  • @QuietPenguinGaming
    @QuietPenguinGaming Жыл бұрын

    Wow, amazing update!! This looks insane

  • @3bomb
    @3bomb Жыл бұрын

    Great art, great animation, great video... great work!

  • @x364
    @x364 Жыл бұрын

    Love the changes and also the devlog was funny as hell! 🤣

  • @bitbraindev
    @bitbraindev Жыл бұрын

    This looks insane. Sick job, dude!!

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man!

  • @greyarea_games
    @greyarea_games Жыл бұрын

    Hey man, I love the new character. Great job! Also your videos are brilliant. Instant sub :j

  • @zenmasters_games
    @zenmasters_games Жыл бұрын

    Bruh this updated character fits so well with the game, its incredible!

  • @SSRBast
    @SSRBast Жыл бұрын

    I Like it! Keep updating it! It will be an amazing game.

  • @abwuds7208
    @abwuds7208 Жыл бұрын

    Omg this video was so much fun hahaha, well done. Perfect format and content and update IMO. Game wishlisted Note: The shield is so great too. Mind making it more directed upward when blocking? Triggered my OCD in the video, anyway small stuff, good job!

  • @sethdossett1304
    @sethdossett1304 Жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised at how much more fun this makes it look

  • @troglodytestudio
    @troglodytestudio Жыл бұрын

    Really good improvement! Previous character has his charm, but the new one is awesome, more bad ass, charismatic, perfect. Nice work!

  • @CoreyFarr
    @CoreyFarr Жыл бұрын

    Man this looks awesome!! I’m guessing you’ve already found a music composer at this point in development, but if you haven’t, I’d LOVE to chat and send you my demo reel. Medieval fantasy/tribal/Viking-ish music is my favorite genre to work in. I do code/SFX integration in Wwise too for dynamic interactive music. Anyway, I’ll definitely be watching these dev logs! Excited to see how it unfolds.

  • @Nebulaoblivion
    @Nebulaoblivion Жыл бұрын

    Awesome work!

  • @blazingpotato642
    @blazingpotato642 Жыл бұрын

    good update! zooming in for big attacks could add some juice and highlight those awesome hair details

  • @67steinip
    @67steinip8 ай бұрын

    I love how you are using Adobe Animate for graphics, there has always been something so awesome about this, and it allows you to hold onto just a little bit of that "Flash feel" from the olden days because drawing in that application was always so great, smooth lines, easily manipulated, tween... Thank you Macromedia

  • @schouffy
    @schouffy Жыл бұрын

    Awesomer ! Great work mate

  • @BramOuwerkerk
    @BramOuwerkerk Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love the new change it looks great!

  • @voxelvoid
    @voxelvoid Жыл бұрын

    This looks so much better, no comparison needed

  • @trumtrum5136
    @trumtrum5136 Жыл бұрын

    That jump attack looks really satisfying

  • @fSharkCom
    @fSharkCom Жыл бұрын

    Yeah it is looking much better now! Looking forward to see the Fem-Fur version!

  • @mmmmmmmmmmm10
    @mmmmmmmmmmm105 ай бұрын

    Amazing changes, chracter looks brilliant now

  • @holotopia5026
    @holotopia5026 Жыл бұрын

    Your game looks awesome man !

  • @slashfan03
    @slashfan03 Жыл бұрын

    Looks awesome!

  • @williamautzen8261
    @williamautzen8261 Жыл бұрын

    This is a well needed update. Looks amazing, nice work dude! But now you´ve created a problem for yourself, you need to update the steam page to include the new design.

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    hehe I was thining to do it tonight! but man, so tired :(

  • @williamautzen8261

    @williamautzen8261

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LostRelicGames New Trailer on the steam page is looking amazing! super cool that you make things happen quickly

  • @keithmichelson7634
    @keithmichelson7634 Жыл бұрын

    Looks way better and more fun to play. Definitely more iconic.

  • @Filgaja
    @Filgaja Жыл бұрын

    This is out of the box a absolutely powerfull upgrade to the game! I liked the catonish one before but this one looks so more mature now :) and as your Game grow you character should also with it. And you have done a great job! Thank you

  • @ossdemura
    @ossdemura Жыл бұрын

    Hi there! Your game just leveled up 20 times and invested all points in Charisma. Congrats for taking the courage to make the change and for the amazing final results. I see myself going through something similar, I have to trash all placeholder art and character I've been using so far. GG

  • @TheNinjaDwarfBiker
    @TheNinjaDwarfBiker Жыл бұрын

    the hair kinda reminds me of celest, glad you added it

  • @AvectaInteractive
    @AvectaInteractive Жыл бұрын

    Game is just looking more and more dope each time I see it!

  • @Shodan-0101
    @Shodan-0101 Жыл бұрын

    Giga Chaded!!! Fantastic update!!! Love it! The old 'chibi viking', would love to see him as an funny NPC or even as a villain "boss fight"? Can't wait to play Blood and Mead! Rip and tear brother!

  • @smokeback
    @smokeback Жыл бұрын

    Great you giving him a look

  • @DiegoDevPro
    @DiegoDevPro Жыл бұрын

    What a great change!!!! It looks a lot better!!!

  • @MichoSchmidt
    @MichoSchmidt Жыл бұрын

    To be honest, this upgraded your game so much, just one thing can improve it so much, great work !

  • @SyPhase
    @SyPhase Жыл бұрын

    Chibi Viking: And that is how I became a supervillain

  • @MZONE3D
    @MZONE3D Жыл бұрын

    Massive improvement mate

  • @izeckx
    @izeckx Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you did this. It looks so badass. All he needs now are some viking style tattoos to go with the new look.

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    100%. tattoos were to be part of an upgrade system, but I'm currently testing a basic design for the default state!

  • @quickfactsanimals
    @quickfactsanimals Жыл бұрын

    Hi, Lost Relic, awesome looking character and game. Wishlisted, definitely looking to play it. I recently discovered you and your channel.

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks Rakun!

  • @Watzefuk1192
    @Watzefuk1192 Жыл бұрын

    yeah... you got a hit in your hands with this one for sure!

  • @PaulConnor1978
    @PaulConnor1978 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome update, can't wait for the game to release ;-)

  • @prosealien
    @prosealien11 ай бұрын

    Really like the solid look and effort put into this fantastic looking game. The main character being able to collect Viking helmets & sword / axe upgrades if not already there would be good. Maybe the Jelly monster having realistic blinking eyes and arms may work too. Although I get the retro look there. One thing that really draws me to a game is variety of creative colourful characters & enemies and creative bosses - A charging bull would be awesome here.

  • @iDentityGamesYT
    @iDentityGamesYT Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love it bro 💯

  • @TheShelfman
    @TheShelfman Жыл бұрын

    Okay yeah, he looks SICK! Very cool😁

  • @Chris-rf6xj
    @Chris-rf6xj Жыл бұрын

    Sick!👌👍 What about more types of weapons!?😀

  • @dirtywhitellama
    @dirtywhitellama Жыл бұрын

    Looks great! Way better for your game than the previous iteration!

  • @NeatGames
    @NeatGames Жыл бұрын

    Dang this makes me question my characters kind of Chibi-ish design... lol~ I love your new design too, and you're right the hair is awesome! I wonder if it would be even cooler if the hair had physics! Light with rag-dolll/hinge-joint physics... But the animated hair is cool too!

  • @LostRelicGames

    @LostRelicGames

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey mate! I actually tried hair physics, but just couldn't get it to look quite right. Always felt disconnected somehow. All the best with your own project!

  • @sasquatchbgames
    @sasquatchbgames Жыл бұрын

    OK yea, I actually really liked your other character, but this new guy? Holy crap it looks amazing! Well done man

  • @Loztc0ld
    @Loztc0ld Жыл бұрын

    Looks way good!

  • @Cibbic
    @Cibbic Жыл бұрын

    This is looking great 🔥. I've always had an idea to be able to throw the weapon at the enemies as if it's Thor's Mjölnir and also be able to change your weapon on the character.

  • @DeejaV0o
    @DeejaV0o Жыл бұрын

    Hey John, i know Art is a big topic but i would love to see your workflow on designing a new character or environment. Keep up the fantastic work!!! 🔥😁

  • @rafapixels
    @rafapixels Жыл бұрын

    Looks Dope 😮

  • @Huky94477
    @Huky94477 Жыл бұрын

    That an update I didn't even know I could enjoy, it's great

  • @foxandliongames
    @foxandliongames Жыл бұрын

    Love the new character!

  • @stealthnessgames
    @stealthnessgames Жыл бұрын

    Amazing what a transformation of the main character can have on the visual; style of the game.

  • @vast634
    @vast634 Жыл бұрын

    Im missing the UT2004 announcer: "Double Kill!" ... "MMMulti Kill!" . The Berserker character looks much better now, not so toony.

  • @RewdanSprites
    @RewdanSprites Жыл бұрын

    Like to crush, crush now? Nice work John!

  • @bszbsz
    @bszbsz Жыл бұрын

    Loved it. Sooo coooll

  • @ReamplyfiedStudio
    @ReamplyfiedStudio Жыл бұрын

    looks super cool