** Devlog #3 **

Hi guys,

So, it’s been a very very very long time since my last devlog. Anyways, as I promised previously there has been a massive visual overhaul and it actually looks promising 🥹🥹🥹🥹.

Asset finding

I’ll be honest, finding assets was the worst experience of my whole life 😭. But after hours of searching JUST for backgrounds (those hours don’t get logged btw ✌️) I actually found some pretty decent ones. All of them are from Shiroze btw on itch.io so all credits to her! I also needed some assets for controls (I’ll talk about that later) but those were relatively easy to find. I also needed a graphic of a pixelated rift which I’ll be honest doesn’t even look that good but I needed something to fill the space on the title screen. I imported a font too.

Importing assets

I imported them 👍👍

Implementing the assets

For the backgrounds, it was pretty quick and easy you just replace the file on the node that you already created from the guide. Then changing the fonts for text was quick however when using pixel art assets including the font you have to make sure you manually set the texturing filter to nearest to make sure your fonts/assets actually look good. AS for the controls I was talking about earlier, I implemented those into the loading screens prior to the following minigame that needs those controls. I’ll be honest I had to ask gemini how to create a fading effect but I got the hang of it myself in the end. ALSO, I changed the character sprite for the platformer and changed the minigame slightly itself.

Things idk where to put

I added the base of a settings screen (no settings yet)
I want to credit Shiroze again for most of the assets!
I’ll attach what some of the scenes look like.
Also, I renamed the game to rifted rush because… it sounds cool idk 😭.

What’s Next?

Hopefully, using my grant for itch.io, I’m going to find some nice background music for the game as a whole because it’s too quiet right now. Additionally, I plan to add two new minigames and a freeplay mode (will be the main mode after tutorial) where you can try to get a high score! I’m also going to add a secret on the tittle screen soon where you can practice individual minigames themselves.

Thanks for reading! As always reply w/ any suggestions and check out my repo! https://github.com/spliceydice/Rifted-Rush