I have a suggestion! With the rbg sliders, as a colorblind person that makes it vert difficult to tell what im working with. Having numbers on the scale or something will at least allow me to cross reference colors online.

@HelyaRavn

5 ай бұрын

On the note of the sliders, I would also like to ask if it was possible to copy or pre-save ones favourite colours to easily select them on other colourable features of the character, or if you plan to have presets in general :)

@catcactus1234

5 ай бұрын

As someone who isn’t colorblind, it would also be nice to have a general color block reference somewhere next to the sliders so you can clearly see the color you’re choosing. The character is quite small, so it’s a bit hard to see the actual color you’re selecting, especially on smaller parts like the hair. Color presets would be cool too. :)

@fruity4820

5 ай бұрын

​@@HelyaRavnMaybe have a text box where you could type in the hex code directly?

@zardify_

5 ай бұрын

There are solutions for colorblind modes built into the engine that would adjust all the colors in real time for you

@ssaquiettraveler

5 ай бұрын

If you use RGB input fields, players can also look up color codes instead of having to play around with the sliders to find the color they want.

Just a game design tip: your character seems to walk/run at 45º, when you press "W" and "A" at 8:52 for example. Since your map is not angled like that, the character may feel like they're sliding through your map. You may try adjusting the Y speed down to match your map's perspective angle. I'm loving all the small details about your game, you're doing fabulous!

@theheavenlyoption

4 ай бұрын

Excellent tip!

Classes could have special dialog interactions to kind "justify" choices, like the Trickster could have extra thought insigths mid conversations like "her eyes seem twitchy, I think she is lying to me! I should not help her" which could cause players to immerse in role playing the specific classes

@kylacassandraandog1383

4 ай бұрын

GENIUS

One thing with the skin tones is that as they get darker, they get rlly desaturated/“ashy”. Those skin tones do exist Ofc but with no warmer options especially in the mid tone area, personally I would struggle and I know this was a massive sims 4 complaint for years Very happy to see the braids there, all your hair styles are so so pretty

omg backstory as part of the character creation?!? be still my heart!!!!! and dice rolling skill checks? ahhh, i love it all!

Having some presets for the colors in additions to the RGB sliders might not be a bad idea. If I want my characters hair to be blonde I don't need 3 sliders for that. One button press would be user friendly. Some standard hair colors will do I think.

@wednes3day

5 ай бұрын

Maybe having a collection of defaults/presets (that just set the relevant RGB) and then the option to go into RGB detail? Could also be interesting world building if there are colours that are default there that aren't for us

@AngortaV

5 ай бұрын

Same for skin colors. I would love presets *and* RGB sliders. This will help players fine-tune their skin color and allow for more creativity, like maybe I want to imagine that I'm a drow (blue tones), a fairy (pink maybe?), dryad (green), etc

@blitzie66

5 ай бұрын

@@wednes3dayan advanced toggle could display the rgb slider and maybe hex codes (not sure what they’re called but you would be able to adjust the slider and be able to see/potentially directly edit and copy hex codes)

you're a SOLO developer?? this is insanely impressive and your art is beautiful I can't wait to play!!!

Your work continues to be totally gorgeous! I don't know if this would appeal to you, but I'd really love portrait feature for a close up of your characters face since the model is quite small.

@crimsonhollowgame

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking of something similar! Do you mean a feature to edit the character’s portrait image or to edit the character model itself?

@FugaceFugite

5 ай бұрын

@@crimsonhollowgame if there's no plan to show the character model in close ups, I believe it'd be enough to just change the portrait image

@lukasmarks6504

5 ай бұрын

@@FugaceFugite Yeah, was thinking something similar. You already have the portrait cards to select the body type at the top of the menu. Would be nice if hairstyles, colors and clothing would be added/canged on them as you go.

This continues to look better and better! My one suggestion with character creation: if you add in facial hair, which I always enjoy, make sure to allow glasses and facial hair to both go on the character. It’s a really specific gripe I have with a lot of games, but I’m a guy with a beard and glasses, and a lot of times I can’t give my character both at the same time, and have to pick one or the other. With that said, I think facial hair would be a great addition, if it’s not too much trouble!

Of everything, the UI selection sound effect at 4:00 just hits the right spot. Sometimes the small things matter more than you realize.

@9sheri9

4 ай бұрын

Agreed 💯 it really does add / subtract to the overall feel, & I love the choice she made. Has a relaxing, satisfying feel to it.

Mind blown by the quality of the art and the game itself. It’s your first game isn’t it? Who creates a masterpiece on their first try ?!

Maybe the aristocrat icon can be an ornate chest with jewels or sort of a family crest? It gives more sophisticated vibes, i think. But this is just nitpicking. Everything looks magical and clean. I'm very exited about character customization!! Looking forward to new updates!

@juliab3326

5 ай бұрын

I thought of a crest too, because a tiara would be "too much", I think. At least for a simple aristocrat. The treasure reminds me of robbers, treasure hunters or adventurers.

This devlog is a masterclass for anyone who wants to learn game dev, game art, video production and story telling. I am sooo hyped for Crimson Hollow. And Courtney, your creativity is so inspiring for me that I started my own open-world cozy game. I wish you all the best for the release of your game! ❣

The Backstory customization is such an amazing idea that can add a lot of depth to the player characters!

your progress is coming along so well!! the backstory addition is so charming and adds an extra level of depth to the customization and possible future replayability to the game! looking forward to seeing more of your development, keep up the amazing work!

Suggestions: When customizing the body, esp the hair/face, can the character be zoomed? When consuming art, part of the joy is seeing the details. It would also be nice if the skin color of the "body type" selection changes along with the 3D model as we switch through colors. I almost didn't notice the colors changing because I'm expecting the bigger illustrations to change.

I love the RPG aspects you're adding, and the artwork is very clean as always. It's shaping up to be a game I'd want to play when it releases.

I'm having a stronggggg LBA feeling. I'ts nothing like it (I think) but for some reason watching this video make me thing of that hidden gem of my childhood!

Gosh, this is going to be so good! My suggestion would be to make the character creation camera a little closer to the character model so that we can see the changes made to the clothing, hair etc. Great job so far!

I get more excited for your game every time you share an update! I'm over the moon about the RPG elements you're including, especially the backgrounds and how they can affect gameplay/dialogue. Such a great way to incorporate the feel of a tabletop game! ♥

it would be cool if you scaled up the character in the selection screen so we could see it better

I like the simple and easy to approach design of the character creation. I would suggest letting us have a closer look at our character as we design them, or give a zoom function. As it stands it’s difficult to see details on the character. Which is a shame since the art seems like one of the best parts of this game, the styles absolutely adorable!

Maybe you’ve spotted already but I noticed when you inspected the letter when demoing interactable objects that you had a typo at the end, “You loving friend”. This vid was great!

It's fantastic how you entered KZread immediately with two feet! I hope that after the release of the game you will make a video of how it turned out for you.

Definitely needs more in-depth settings things for graphics, audio, controls, ui, etc. Individual sliders for specific things will be important, especially for the multiple different forms of audio like background, music, speech/talking/text noise, and sfx. Also Borderless Windowed mode is like a requirement.

Glad to see a new upload, I frequently check up on the current state of C.H… This is truly a lot of work for one person…remember not to get frustrated & it’s ok to take breaks when feeling stuck, returning rested/refreshed is better than forcing art. Best wishes, it looks great so keep it up! 😌

This game looks so promising! And it's easy to feel how passionate you are about it in those devlogs. Can't wait to play it!

I'd like to recommend adding some pre-sets to the color pickers. Some people find RGB sliders very confusing, and some don't really care about colors. Not everybody is an artist. Giving people a way to quickly choose a known-good-enough color would be appreciated by many people.

I have to say, watching your vid reminded me why I like art. It's the feeling of creating a whole new world, one you can believe exists. Thanks

I’ve gotten into DxD for the first time a few weeks ago, and now I’m obsessed! I’m looking forward to your game and I love how you have a lot of similar elements that makes it RP friendly 🤩

You draw everything yourself? Thats amazing! Such a skill and talent! I cant wait to play your game!

I was actually the most excited when I saw the whole page of hairstyles and was so excited to see all the choices, But was instantly bummed to know only a few were picked:( please use them all. As someone whos a huge sims4 CCs user, Im always drastically bummed by the few selections of hair and other appearance features games choose. I think having all 30 you drew would be amazing. It allows for much more unique and personalized characters instead of limiting it to only choosing a few "popular" styles. Limited choices really cuts down on player creativity. And honestly. You drew sooo many cute ones it would be a shame not to be able to use them all in game.

"im an artist at heart" :' I have such a huge interest in game dev, know the pipeline, etc, but my focus has been on programming. Its what i do full time in a none game related field. I sometimes do wish i could do art like this, as its so cute looking. would love to contribute to a game in this style some day.good work !

Looks really good! I'd recommend changing the RGB color slider to HSV, as it's much more intuitive for picking the right hue. I would also recommend changing the colors on the 2D sprite previews.

I think it’d be really cool, since there was a piano in the video, if we could play it in the game! It could be cool mini game where you can choose set songs (maybe you could host a competition to make them?) where you have to click certain buttons to play the write notes? Or it could just be cool to have a music skill and maybe the bard role?

@cardboardcricket1444

5 ай бұрын

Also an in game newspaper could add a lot of charm to the town 🤩

It would be great to see brightness control as well in the colour selection menu. At the moment, with your lovely muted design as a backdrop, the intense hair or clothes colours stand out a lot. Saturation can probably be set to match the game's overall tone, but brightness should probably be more dynamic, since a set level may not work well with all skin tones (especially the lightest and the darkest). Other than that... I'm in awe as always, and can't wait for the release

As an avid tabletop RPG player I love your backstory integration, that it will actually impact the game! Amazing. I'm less fussed about character customisation and agree with another commenter than some kind of preset options would be good to get in quick - sometimes too much choice is just as bad as not enough

This looks gorgeous!! Right up my alley! 😍 It's incredible to see the passion and thought that goes into a game like this. I hope it'll come to Switch someday!

Great progress as usual! But here are some UI suggestions: First, change the color selection from RGB to HSV, I think that's easier to understand for the average person, so that they actually end up at the color they envision in their head. Second maybe add just a couple of "save this color" panels, so that players can go like "oohh, that's a nice color, I might save this one and pick it up later to test some color combinations with it". And third, you should really look into making the new dice mechanic more visually appealing. Just having the points change randomly looks quite boring. If nothing helps, just make the dice 3D, that shouldn't be the hardest model to create 😁 anyway, as always I wish you all the best with your game, love your art style and I always enjoy checking back on your progress when a new video pops up ❤

Idk if this is even possible or how it might even be programmed, but a way to make an actual really full customisable clothing colour is to have the player actually paint it on. It might be a little janky but I figured that if players wanna make a crest pattern or embroidery effect, a good trick is something in most paint programmes. Namely the curve tool and the fill tool. The idea is that using the curve tool, you could adjust the thickness and colour of the line and just make an embroidery type pattern, and if you close the loop you can have the option to fill it with a colour. Players can then make a very cool crest or patterned clothing, so it might work well for their backstory. Of course the limitations being they can’t design the clothing itself, and only colour it. But it becomes interactive as players can look through other players designs and mix and match them together, or even commission a pattern?

My god everything looks spectacular. The only improvement that comes into my mind is zooming in the avatar during the character creation section. Player does not need to actively zoom in and out rather even by making the character sprite bigger in the creation would work perfectly ♡♡♡

I just discovered this gorgeous game while clicking from video to video, and I'm so glad I stayed a little bit longer. I will definitely keep my eye on this one

My goodness I am literally the tavern keeper in your game. Will have to play it. Wishlisted on Steam for sure!

I recommend adding a slider to zoom in or out in the character customization screen as I had difficulty seing the character, but as a programmer, the graphics and spot on!

I'm so excited watching you make progress on this!! Can't wait to see what you add next!

This beautiful i cant wait see this finished and definitely love to play it

Can’t wait! Looks awesome

I'm very excited to see the continuation of the dev logs!

I love how much freedom you allow in character. customization, but i think it will be a good idea to also give the player a couple of pre-set colors for the hair. Most people are used to color wheel selecrors and rarely find themselve picking the rgb values indevidialy, so it could be a bit hard to know which color you should add or subtract when all you want is a simple natural-looking shade of brown for your character's hair. You could also add a color wheel instead of the 3 sliders, but i dont think its going to work with the astetic of the game so keeping the sliders is preferble

I love your updates! I'm glad you're taking your time with it!

Wow, it's looking great! I love it, can't wait to see how the game turns out

So coooooooool, so happy you share the process, it is beautiful to see!

That's so beautiful! Amazing work!

The amount of attention to the details is just amazing! Great progress - looking forward to seeing more of your dev logs!

Every time I see something new about this game, I get more and more excited! Cannot wait to see where it goes! 😁😁

WOW! This is so beautiful!!

I just loved this game!!!

Good lord!!! This art style is Amaaaaazing. So inspiring and cozy. I cant wait to try your game!!!

I am in love!!! I can’t wait to play some day💜

im so glad this video was recommended to me! i cant wait to play the finished game as a person who loves cozy games and fantasy books omg

Amazing art design, can’t wait to play this game.

I can not wait to play your game, it looks so fantastic already and the art is so inspiring. Thank you so much!

im rooting for you and crimson hollow!!

As a rather androgynous person, I'm happy to know that outfits will be similar regardless of body type selection

Love seeing the Progress! The Art Direction is so well executed

Thank you yt recommmendations. Time to wishlist this

Loving these devlogs, love the art style. Keep em coming. Very inspiring, got me ready to get back to working on my game

So cool to watch development from the perspective of a visual designer. Looking awesome!

When it comes to character customization I usually struggle with the leak of curly hair options in games. It's usually just wavy or a straight-up afro, so let's say I was happy when I saw such variety in your discord event. 😅 I know those didn't win but it would be lovely if you could provide us curly-haired gamers some options like those in the future! Your game looks wonderful! ❤

This is soooooo cool!! Your style is incredible, and I love to see the process

Finally! Out of all the game devlog series this is my favourite, the vibe is special. You are also one of the main reasons I got into game dev.

wow it looks so good! verything looks like it's done with great thought and care! amazing!

I’m excited to see where this goes! I love story, creative rpg games.

This game look absolutely incredible. I love your art style and I'm looking forward to watching this game come together.

I'm speechless. You are a really good creater

Ahhh this is so amazing so far I'm super excited!!!

Always so excited to see a new video from you

Watching the process of the game has been amazing

The character customization is amazing to see. I’m so thrilled to see this update, I know making the update itself if even a lot of work when you have invested so much time into the game too. It brings me joy to watch these, and this game is something I look forward to so much. I’m not usually a big patient person, but knowing how every detail takes time, I’ve actually appreciated and somewhat taken pleasure in watching the game grow the past almost a year right?? You’ve made the journey to the game fun, and I know that the longer it takes, the more love will be put into it. I can’t wait to see what improvements and ideas this year will bring :)

I'm glad I came across this video! The overall vibes and game mechanics are definitely up my alley. I love the idea of getting the chance to be immersed in your character's backstory and how it affects their abilities. Can't wait to lose to my future dice rolls.

This game is gonna be so successful, I cannot wait to buy it! Great work, the world already feels super imersive.

I can’t wait to play this omggg❤❤❤

I will literally SCREAM when this game comes out !!!!

i love indie games, especially ones like these! i can tell you put so much time and effort into it, as a fellow artist who loves games, i cant wait to buy it! ❤

Crimson Hollow keeps looking better and better with each update, and I really enjoy your chill devlog style.

This is looking gorgeous, have wish listed and cannot wait to play.

I love to hear about your collaboration with 3rd party aspects of the game design in order to achieve your goal, I'm not sure about others but diving into how you found you wanted someone else to model your character, shaders etc. These are your methods to achieving your goal and that's so interesting!

It’s been a while since I watched your devlogs, and it’s so cool to see the game come to life from what I last saw. I can’t wait!

This game looks stunning!

I keep being amazed on how beautifull this game looks! Allso enjoying your explanation on how this evolves. Looking forward to play this, keep up the good work :)

Rooting for you man!! Looks awesome 🤩

Absolutely beautiful art style and color pallet, really gives the game a unique and recognizable style 😍 atmospheric too 🌟

You are doing a beautiful job!

Finally! I'am so glad that you are still working on this game! Really waiting for release.

I love the hand drawn style and appreciate the work you're putting into every element, wishlisting now!

All gorgeous work. I'm keeping a close eye on this one.

I cant wait to start supporting this game!❤ I just know it’s gonna be amazing!🎉

you are so cool and kind and smart and hardworking. thanks.

looks fun. can't wait to play it.

Looking so beautiful