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people can't resist the wolf with sword genre, gratz on the win! also nice that you got a sponsor, getting places.

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

I’ll have to add “wolf with sword” to the dart board, and thanks!

@DaxterL

3 ай бұрын

wolf with sword is high in demand low in supply. Like i now know four games that have a wolf with sword. Ōkami, MGR: Bladewolf dlc, this game jam and an indie game that's still WIP that is inspired by Ōkami. That's it

I noticed you and I'm laughing so hard right now. Subbed.

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

OH GOD I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET THIS FAR. Now I have to draw 36 frames of wolf art… which I totally will do and am definitely not backing out of :)

@uheartbeast

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth I'm so sorry

@DyIanGaming

3 ай бұрын

Omg this is awesome 2 awesome godot devs in one comment section I could only wish I was even 1/10 of as good of a dev as you are

@JustM1kePlays

17 күн бұрын

Lets go

i love your art style!! you’re pretty talented! also it’s pretty hard to find any gamedev youtuber who isn’t cringe in their jokes lol. your jokes are genuinely funny and not superficial. you’ll be a big youtuber one day, fosho

@Kuaikuachu

4 ай бұрын

I feel like i have to mention that humour is, as always, subjective

@Skel150

4 ай бұрын

I never have the problem of "every game dev youtubers jokes are cringe" To be honest, I kind of find this guys jokes a bit cringe. Thats because Humor is subjective 🤯.

@tomekk.1889

4 ай бұрын

​​@@Skel150 I do find youtube gamedevs' jokes to be pretty bad most of the time. Maybe because they are trying to be as entertaining as possible while also having the gamedev baggage of being awkward

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

@@Skel150 That's understandable, I just try to be me, if there's no joke or anything funny I try not to force it. Some sections are more me reflecting or explaining why I do certain things or what I learned. Hope its somewhat entertaining :)

@misterbeach8826

3 ай бұрын

Yea, but you win game jams by being as little creative as possible. Copy existing game ideas, change the character a little, and there you go. There is a reason why game jams do not play a role in pro game dev nowadays. But sure, some millennials still talk about it and it can be fun, as its own jam thing, for jammers.

You are a pretty big inspiration for me, I'm a 2nd year student in computer engineering rn. What im learning in school is only %20-25 useful in gamemaking so i have to give so much off school effort for making games. I'm getting the motivation to study from your videos. Thank you!

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I really means a lot :)

Enkindled was a lot of fun to play. Sorry to hear you are so down about how it turned out because I really enjoyed it. Also winning the jam is huge, congrats!

Congrats on your 1st place you deserve it! Love watching your videos excited to see more

Lived the video. I've been waiting for it since last stream and it was absolutely great. I don't know how you do it but the videos are always so fluid and entertaining

This is really neat! I entered this jam too and saw this game it was really cool. It was super neat and a very different take on the theming.

Hey, just wanted to say that out of the game dev channels I watch yours is probably my favorite! You've got a great style (both video editing and your games) and sense of humor! Keep up the good work, hope you continue to succeed!

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, it really does mean a lot. I’m not sure I deserve that, there are so many insanely good game dev content creators. This community is so talented I swear :)

@Beets_Creations

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth that's definitely true! The content the community puts out is always inspiring.But idk man I'm always excited to see one of your videos come out.

@guillemrv6

4 ай бұрын

Same here :)

And me who found your game so cool x) The fact that the snow is speeding you up is just incredible ! when you have to run, slash, illuminate and dash ! Cheers up again !

great video, I've subscribed and look forward to seeing more of what you do!

Congratulations on getting 1rst place! I love your artwork and the gameplay looks really cool in this game as well! I watch your videos every time they come out, they're really good and are the type of inspiration I need to think really hard about finally making a game and then not do it because I'm lazy. Maybe this time =) . Keep up the good work you're doing great!

Good content and actually shows accurately the striggles of being a game dev i have not opened my project for like 3 month now so uh your doinbg great

Ayy this showed up in my recommended and I was pleasantly surprised, as I also participated in this jam! Congratulations on winning dude, your game definitely deserved it!

Congrats, I’m glad to have found your channel! 🎉

bro u have inspired me a lot , i am for sure u are gonna be among top youtubers one day

Your art looks incredible, especially for spending so little time on it all things considered! Great job

Absolutely awesome art style! The game looks interesting :))

This was so funny and the concept is really neat! Amazing execution, the art style is rad. Best of luck with your channel and your future projects ⚡

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I found out about you today and I just watched all of your videos you've uploaded. Amazing work and effort put into these videos, your amazing.

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

Oh damn thank you so much!

great video congrats on 10k subs too

hey, love your style! you've actually inspired me to try gamejams and my first one starts tomorrow :)

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! What game jam is it??

@defonisek

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth it's the "new year, new skills" one on itch

I burst out laughing when you said you won the game jam. You said that so casually after all those negative points The art and lighting are so polished, you may have been unhappy with other parts but this looks like it could be turned into a full game

Just got into godot and pixel art recently. Really hope by the end of 2024 I can come close to this level of progress

Super cool! The art style is awesome

I liked how this wasn't just a recounting of history type of thing and you taught us a lesson

It's the stuff like this that make me excited to start joining game jams when I have more time. Your game art style gives me a sense of nostalgia and I like that, you've got yourself a new sub from me

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, I definitely recommend trying game jams. They’re a great experience :)

@Zane_2029

3 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth You know what?, I think I'll start dev logging my journey. I feel inspired by this video

Holy shit... Thanks youtube for recommending this channel. Massively underrated. Man i hope u do this full time asap! Love ur content. Subscribed ❤

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@gufi7000

3 ай бұрын

Keep this content going man :) and a little hint for ur next game jam... Maybe try to get an MVP (=Minimum Viable Product) going as soon as possible... Therefore you already know the gameloop and therefore you can work on refining it.@@mz_eth

Wow!!! Awesome video and game. You got a subscriber 😀🙌

Also thank you for adding me on discord I really appreciated your advice and will soon start uploading dev longs when I feel confident enough

Wow i forgot about this channel! Ill be watching this for a while, seems the editing got better too!!

I waited so patiently for this video, I participated this time for the first time after watching your last few videos on it

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

What was your game, I definitely want to try it!

@mark27571

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth I made SnuggleSpark, I finished 44th!

Congrats on winning, the game looks fun !

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

This video was incredibly paced, very nice visual and audio(!), and super cool game! Easy sub :)

@mz_eth

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

i feel you, i live in new england too, winter is AWEFUL!!

This was very interesting to watch somone else's perspective on the game jam and their work flow. I was the programming side of the runner up game Beacon, really enjoyed playing through your game and the other submissions.

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

I thought your game was incredible! Nice work

You really inspired me to continue gamedev, and continue to use godot, i was concerned not very many games that were like ones that i liked but seeing ur videos inspired me, also i got featured in a video yay 🎉

Seeing you and your channel grow in such a short amount of time is so inspirational to me. To think it's your first year doing KZread or even making games gives me hope that somehow my messy, unfinished projects will succeed the same way you did. I think you deserved the win, and you deserve way more subscribers. I've just discovered your channel but to say that I'm proud and utterly inspired by you would be an understatement. Can't even begin to talk about the production quality of the videos lol.

@mz_eth

Ай бұрын

Oh damn thank you so much!!

@Nicolas-fm8dz

Ай бұрын

@@mz_eth I know you're gonna make it big and I really can't wait to see the growth happen

Well done man that's so cool! 😁😁

i seriously dont understand how you make your games look so great so easily, id spend weeks trying to make something look half decent and still fail. You're one of my biggest inspirations for improving my game art, you, hyper light drifter, hollow knight, and another niche artist of whom i always forget their name. Also i get enjoyment out of seeing you suffer through game jams :D

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

I don’t think I hold a candle to hollow knight or hyper light, but maybe someday 🥲

@cheesymcnuggets

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth you're already there, the reason Hyper Light Drifter and Hollow Knight look so good and get praised so much is because of how everything comes together and looks like it's meant to be together. It's less about the individual pixels and more about the whole canvas, it's everything, the final product, it's nice to look at and above all, it's a world to be immersed in, isn't that what video games are about?

now imagine if you made a platformer for a game jam, don't think you've ever done that

you have a really huge potential. I couldn't even imagine that such masterpieces could be made on Godot Engine.

@mz_eth

2 ай бұрын

No way! You can do it :)

your videos are very entertaining, like so much so i wanted to comment it, so good job 👍

i also participated in this jam. I actually joined a few days late after seeing your stream lmao

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Oh damn that’s awesome, I wonder if I played your game?

Amazing art :)

I love your video, just goes to show how much folks care about graphics, especially devs where most of the time it's potato "borrowed" assets. To the point where even if the game is half-empty it's still feels decent and nice to play around with. Please make more of these devlogs. Also maybe experiment with separating gameplay and art to better focus on polishing these, i.e. use placeholder assets and bounding boxes and all for gameplay and levels, make up a board for story, aesthetic and visual design etc. Again everything you shown in this video is great just a bit all over the place, I'd love to see you grow as a creator :). Cheers

It's crazy, at 7:00 you're explaining that you needed to trust the process and that it still wasn't really together yet, and then at 7:30 it's a crazy cool game killing enemies, dashing over platforms, etc. Really brought together the entire game, exactly as the narrative wanted.

That color theory bit is the most relatable thing I've ever watched

Very good!

Love your this style of video and espcially love what you put together. You won by all metrics fair and square and how you will do so again in the near future. Sidenote: Cut the nice person running this channel some slack. They don't have to know everything. Part of learning is (and I know this sounds dumb) improving. Look back at his project in one year and see how much you improved, but don't forget where you were one year ago. You already make good stuff. Now just keep at it and improve little by little

actually, i am happy that you got somth like Super Light Drifter, it is my favourite game

Really good thumbnail for this video

Wow, thats crazy that its your first year doing coding and youtube and you have sponsors! Congrats on the success

Wow congrats on the win! Kinda shows how even if your game isn't perfect in your eyes, you should still give yourself a deadline to release it anyway.

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yeah I think a lot about going back to some of these games, it would give so much more practice with stuff like level design

@CopperAirplane

4 ай бұрын

I can think of 10 things I'd like to see just in this game alone, I bet you have a million ideas for all the games you've made!

I've noticed you can be really hard on your art skills, but you're art is beautiful. It definitely stands out from what other devs are doing.

@mz_eth

2 ай бұрын

Oh damn thank you, I really appreciate it. I feel like I see so much amazing stuff, I just want to get there some day

Bro just made me shed tears hearing that dragon roost music 😭

Pro tip: You can change whether the built-in methods should be snake_case (like indended) or camalCase, like you use. Consistency is a small, yet helpfull thing. Amazing lighting!

There's very little that will rile me up more than than the flat flight on that day haha

Nothing has to be perfectly defined if the game ends up just being flat out fun. Other games may have made more sense to you that you have made but this one clearly won for a reason. I’m happy for you for winning! Let it be a reminder not to doubt yourself into not just letting the fun be there even if it doesn’t make the most sense. Great game man!

Phew, I thought you vanished for a sec, already know this vid is gonna be a banger, and congrats on your sponsor :)

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I hope you like the video, I think for the next jam the goal should be to no wasd moving character

@PythonicIe

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth that would be interesting, a point and click?

Love your games.

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

"holy jesus it's that time of the month" means very different things to different people

I adore the art

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Bro i just realised i have the same 3ds as u from when u swiped the stuff off ur desk

finally, a dlc about sif trapped in the abyss

You are by far my most favourite male game dev from New England and whose name starts with m

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kobedev

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_ethu sure?? ^^ I edited comment

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

@@kobedev god damn it, I just got dumpster’d, I am officially announcing my retirement

I wonder how it would feel if instead of clicking to turn torches on, all the torches are already lit and you have to click them to absorb the light from them. Then you could design the majority of each map as dark and the player can click to light up the curser. This light source would be limited depending on how much of the lights you have absorbed -- like a fuel.

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

The tricky part there I would worry about is the player running out of fuel. I’m not sure how you’re imagining it, but sometimes in experience like that the player can recognize that they’ve messed up or the game is over before they actually lose. But it all depends on what you need this limit fuel for and how the loop plays out.

@dungeonmasterdave1617

3 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth the fuel source could be unlimited by either having the torches slowly refuel themselves, or in a more wacky approach you could have an NPC whose job it is to start the level traveling from beginning to end lighting the torches. If you wanted to have a certain speed element to your game then you could have this NPC move at a very fast pace and then have the torches slowly die out. As a backup, you might have several NPCs throughout the level who the player could hire or ask to light torches. This could even be trees with flaming crows and when the player dashes into the tree, it scatters the crows who then light the nearby torches. As for the second issue, let me think...

@dungeonmasterdave1617

3 ай бұрын

The fuel would be needed to see your surroundings better, and to defeat a boss by illuminating/ blinding it and wearing it out. I'm just throwing ideas in the air, really.

ooo looks great

I would love to see you on an episode of the pass the game challenge with blackthornprod, it would be awesome to see you there.

congrats!

Looking forward buying your games, is there anything I can add to wishlist?

The great gray wolf Sif, Dark Souls Remastered .

Congrats on winning! Got another one lined up yet or working more on the big project for now?

Your enemies don't have to move, the presence of snow is challenging enough. It's like they're all having map wide attack. But, even the first couple minute in this video, I know the game is brilliant. The feel should fit puzzle game too.

Omg the great wolf sif is here

dude that boss fight(?) final puzzle(?) was fuckin hard i did it tho you also did it good job great game

Can you pleaseeee do a tutorial about godot graphics? Talking about what you like to use, tricks, anything! Love your style

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

Hmm I’m probably more tempted to cover stuff like that in live streams, but I’ll consider it for sure

@giovanemachado8339

3 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth cool, I hope you can post the VOD! Thanks!

I love the trope of a canine wielding a sword in its mouth.

Nice good job

yes great video btw

Repede from tales of vesperia is always the first soldier dog i think of with a sword

"Something is clearly wrong that hindered my experience" Truly can sum up life aye? lmao

This game shouldve been a speedrunning game with mouse coordination: each map should have complex torch click sequences which would advance the player, and you must click these torches WHILE running as the dog. The dog still loses health and there is still enemies to recover with

Illumination Him: lighting Me: minion

Bro I’m in awe… 😮

@mz_eth

21 күн бұрын

Oh thanks! :)

your very underrated dude 💀

Idk why, (and this idea will probably get lost in the sea of comments) but my first idea for illuminate was a literal shot in the dark. As in it's dark and the old source of light you have is a gun. The flash from firing the gun briefly illuminates the area in front of you and costs a bullet. The issue is that your ammo is limited, and you're not alone. Thought it was an interesting idea and wanted to share it.

honestly, wolf with sword should be a genre

legendary

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

holy shit hyper light drifter

nice, congrats on the win! Where do you stream? I'd love to check it out!

Your content is great, you’re very funny. Subbed… I shall now stock your KZread and watch every video you’ve ever made… 👀

The way you put it seems easy to begin makig things man. You are truly inspiring. Are you all in in game development? Or are you studying/working on something else?

@mz_eth

4 ай бұрын

This is my first year learning any game dev, so I feel like Im in the super early stages , that’s part of why I do these game jams. I spent the first half of 2023 trying to make my own binding of Isaac inspired game, but because I was so new to coding I was make so many mistakes and be forced to rewrite stuff. But with game jams I can sort of take chances and hopefully learn some core lessons, but be able to walk away from these projects. I hope it’ll get me closer to being a real indie game dev over time :)

@satel2650

4 ай бұрын

@@mz_eth Actually your words are much appreciated. Recently been watching Tor from Pirate Software where he talks about initiating the game dev journey. And him and you have inspired me to do it my own and to take it seriously hoping to make from a passion my life. So I wanted to thank you and to recognize your work, because you are learning so fast its incredible. If you could make a video talking about how you introduced yourself to coding and such, itll be much appreciated. Thank you again man, wish you my most sincere luck!!!!

Since the enemies are needed to stay alive, I think that might deserve a mechanic where the enemies are either trying to hide or you have to sort of make them "attackable". Like maybe it really isn't a good fit to have them attack your character, but just simply have them be a resource that is challenging to find or get access to.

1st time here. Liked and subscribed!

maybe you could continue this game, adding more features, fleshing out the mechanics, etc.

Your art is absolutely beautiful! If I may ask, how did you learn? Is it just repetition and practice?

a cool thing you couldhave done is make it more simmilar to brotato but there are tourches that go off after time, you have to illuminate them to stay alive, being in pitch black is bacicaly a death sentence in a game like brotato and the fact that you can still stun enemys! just an idea

Sif is not even close to the first appearance of a dog holding a sword in its mouth. That's like an ancient mythological creature design, not a Dark Souls thing.

@mz_eth

3 ай бұрын

Don’t blame me! When I showed where I was at on a live stream peoples reaction was “is that sif”