Kyle Banks // Farewell North

Kyle Banks // Farewell North

Making a game about restoring color to the world!

Hey, I'm Kyle and this channel is here to document my journey of developing, and eventually releasing my first commercial indie game, Farewell North.

Restore color to the desolate islands of Farewell North, an open world journey where you play as a collie traveling with his owner. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, evade monsters, and free wildlife to bring color back to the world while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.

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  • @_EpikDuckGuy
    @_EpikDuckGuy2 күн бұрын

    Super proud of you keep up the good work! 😄

  • @Chirpingcherub
    @Chirpingcherub13 күн бұрын

    As an Scottish person I’m so excited for this game

  • @mushudamaschin2608
    @mushudamaschin260818 күн бұрын

    All of these improvements are trully great and complex. However I believe a very simple fix is all you needed to make her expression much more natural, by making sure the eyes look like they are in their natural resting pose. She shouldnt look awkward in a still shot, which unfortunately was already a problem before any animation. The upper eyelids are simply too high over the iris. No human being has that much white space on top of the iris, it makes her look like shes constantly holding her eyelid up, which looks unnatural. In fact this is so important, that the eyelid slides down when someone looks down and up when looking up, so preserve the ratio of white to dark in the eye. This specific coloring gives a feeling of calmness, versus the inverted one (which your character displays in most situations where it doesn make sense) is associated with agressiveness, surprise, fear etc. TLDR: change the base shapes upper eyelid to start of lower, to where it is covering half the brown of the iris, above the pupil, and then adjust the lower eyelid as needed. Then skin the eyelids so softly follow the eyes up and down motion (or create more blend shapes or other crazy rigging, you seem very capable a programmer)

  • @ValueStudy
    @ValueStudyАй бұрын

    This is a brilliant devlog, thank you!

  • @cupidzsnakes6865
    @cupidzsnakes6865Ай бұрын

    I’ve been subscribed and following this channel from the very beginning. I remember when it and other projects were popping into my recommended. All I can say is that when I say the demo the only thought was why is this all. I can’t wait to see my own and others reactions to such a beautiful project and I hope it can bring a bit more color to all who enjoy.

  • @BrighterThenTheMoon
    @BrighterThenTheMoonАй бұрын

    What is this song? I want it!

  • @1thecrazy
    @1thecrazyАй бұрын

    Hi there, while coding my own stenography en- and decoder, I managed to create a system that would actually work with your idea of saving a whole gamestate in an image. I just tested with Discord and it worked! There was no loss of data. I'm going to test and refine it a bit more, but feel free to reach out to me if you're interested in creating something together.

  • @marcapouli7805
    @marcapouli7805Ай бұрын

    I have only 1 game in my whishlist, it is here for many years, I just wait the day I can afford it. I don't see the point in adding more games if I can't already buy the first one

  • @mattiskardell
    @mattiskardellАй бұрын

    omg it looks so bad from the editor but so good when you actually play (that’s how you know you are a good developer)

  • @ritzcrayons5849
    @ritzcrayons5849Ай бұрын

    This is already looking so much better dude! As an artist who puts a lot of thought into faces and expressions tho, I think you would really benefit from doing some more work on the eyes. Rigging them so they can look up and down I think will make it a lot easier to avoid “pug eyes,” but if that’s too difficult I think just lowering the eyelids a bit sometimes will go a long way. On most people, it’s not very often that you’ll see the whites of their eyes above their pupils when their face is neutral, if that makes sense. So just lowering that lid a little bit and covering the top of the pupil like maybe 40-60% of the time in idle animations I think will go a long way.

  • @JonathanGorr
    @JonathanGorr2 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't additive scenes be a better solution than having a hundred gameobject parents in a single scene?

  • @MrKylePopovich
    @MrKylePopovich2 ай бұрын

    Came here from your thomas brush interview! Looks amazing. Stoked to follow your journey. See ya around!!

  • @XoIoRouge
    @XoIoRouge2 ай бұрын

    This is my DREAM to make a game entirely out of shaders. They're so fucking beautiful!

  • @rainey06au
    @rainey06au2 ай бұрын

    Damn dude, that was beautiful. Reminds me a lot of ICO crossed with The Witness and Firewatch. Great job!

  • @alishastorm6222
    @alishastorm62222 ай бұрын

    Absolutely breathtaking! I was giddy with excitement when I saw this announcement on TikTok and just found the channel just today. Been watching the TikTok page for probably 2 years now patiently waiting for this day. I have a border collie named Koda and he is my best friend and this just caught my heart from the first moment I saw your posts. I don’t have a PC, Switch or X box but will be putting one or the other in the budget to hopefully have it by release! So unbelievably excited to see this getting closer to completion. Congratulations on all your hard work and dedication so far. From what we have seen I think this game will be a huge hit!!!!

  • @electroflame6188
    @electroflame61882 ай бұрын

    You could just encode it by appending to the image and crop the image upon rendering it ingame.

  • @godmode3611
    @godmode36112 ай бұрын

    I will make it easier for you. If you only want 3d for high end machines, and prefer c++ over C# and dont mind less community, resources and tutorials, pick Unreal. Otherwise pick Unity. Unity is the most versatille engine. I recommend Unity.

  • @DontRunSean
    @DontRunSean2 ай бұрын

    i use unreal 5.3 watched tuts for it and i like it its complex but nothing to hard to learn over time.

  • @TryHardStudio
    @TryHardStudio2 ай бұрын

    Congratz on the trailer it came out great! The whole game looks awesome, whishlisted and waiting for the release. Almost there keep it going!

  • @rio3dtv
    @rio3dtv2 ай бұрын

    waiting

  • @delarayon7328
    @delarayon73283 ай бұрын

    Arnold schwarznegger

  • @TUKMAK
    @TUKMAK3 ай бұрын

    DAMN that's a good trailer

  • @AndersBergh
    @AndersBergh3 ай бұрын

    Been following your journey for a while.. Happy to see a date to mark in the calendar. I wish you the best on the final steps before the big day!.

  • @ianr6991
    @ianr69913 ай бұрын

    I’m not very much of a gamer but I’m excited for this release! Can’t wait!🎉

  • @nadia.illustrates
    @nadia.illustrates3 ай бұрын

    It aint gonna end well for the dog is it 😢

  • @JessNapier
    @JessNapier3 ай бұрын

    This has my attention! 💜

  • @ryanschiller3391
    @ryanschiller33913 ай бұрын

    I'M SO EXCITED!!! I have been following this game since I saw it on Tiktok. I'm ready to play this constantly on Xbox. So happy for you Kyle!

  • @LostTomorrows
    @LostTomorrows3 ай бұрын

    This looks incredibly stunning, if this is the doggie goodboi version of Arise I think I’m going to cry every last bit of water out of my body.

  • @zen6107
    @zen61073 ай бұрын

    I need the full version of this song in my life

  • @andrewscarpinato445
    @andrewscarpinato4453 ай бұрын

    Added to steam wishlist!! Can’t wait to play!!!

  • @kylebanks
    @kylebanks3 ай бұрын

    Cheers Andrew!

  • @gretelandcat6393
    @gretelandcat63933 ай бұрын

    Been following since the first devlog. So surreal to have an official trailer - loved the OG demo, can't wait for the full game!

  • @Jay-Dub-Ay
    @Jay-Dub-Ay3 ай бұрын

    What an emotional support dog 😊

  • @ayushsidam289
    @ayushsidam2893 ай бұрын

    Wow!!!! 😮 the game looks sick!!! 🙌

  • @shiningsword5306
    @shiningsword53063 ай бұрын

    Love the orchestra man!👍This feels like Abzu! Congratulations on the release!

  • @ReverseFlash.
    @ReverseFlash.3 ай бұрын

    Amazing I hope it finds the biggest success

  • @atheisticcreature
    @atheisticcreature3 ай бұрын

    I'm so happy! Farewell North was the first game, I put on my Steam wishlist. Couple of years ago I saw this beautiful gif on Imgur, that immediately sparked my interest like no other game before. I followed all the links on that posting, found your Devlogs, really liked it here and now the journey comes to an end. Well, it actually comes to the beginning. I'm looking forward! 💚 The music, the colours, the voices ... everything is stunningly beautiful, Kyle!

  • @kylebanks
    @kylebanks3 ай бұрын

    Woaaah an Imgur follower! I think that predates even the devlog, that's very rare. Thank you so much for following along all this time, I sincerely appreciate it 🙏

  • @Dysiode
    @Dysiode3 ай бұрын

    This gave me chills <3

  • @durvesh007
    @durvesh0073 ай бұрын

    Cool🔥🔥🔥

  • @quainintechnicolor1110
    @quainintechnicolor11103 ай бұрын

    YEEEEEEEEEEESSSS! congratulations Kyle! Super stoked, and right in time for my birthday! Thank you for all your hard work!

  • @jackcarren8781
    @jackcarren87813 ай бұрын

    Great trailer, I'd personally recommend cutting it at 1:26. The last 6 seconds seems out of place.

  • @kylebanks
    @kylebanks3 ай бұрын

    Appreciate the feedback, cheers

  • @maxiber.5495
    @maxiber.54953 ай бұрын

    Insane Trailer! Well Done!!

  • @Husmanmusic
    @Husmanmusic3 ай бұрын

    That soundtrack!!! Awesome

  • @AlexLusth
    @AlexLusth3 ай бұрын

    it looks, and sounds amazing, great work!

  • @edmarsouza2479
    @edmarsouza24793 ай бұрын

    Congratulations! It looks amazing, can't wait to play it!

  • @jm-alan
    @jm-alan3 ай бұрын

    Yes yes YES YES YEEEESSSSSS

  • @flummiplus1
    @flummiplus13 ай бұрын

    After watching your devlogs for so long it is fantastic news! Keep on going man!

  • @bigbird180
    @bigbird1803 ай бұрын

    Couldnt express how happy I am for you man. You bloody killed it <3

  • @Toporshik
    @Toporshik3 ай бұрын

    I'm loving the celtic aesthetic. Looking forward to this game!

  • @JACKRIDERPLAYZ
    @JACKRIDERPLAYZ3 ай бұрын

    Absolute chills. Can't wait to play this stunning game

  • @adarshsahu6724
    @adarshsahu67243 ай бұрын

    So cool❤❤❤