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Indie Game Funding Is a Nightmare | Devlog #35
January 21, 2023
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Raymond Cripps
10
My plan to secure funding for my dream game goes astray when awarded a government grant tied to a dubious funding agreement fraught with legal contradictions and worrying long-term ramifications for m...
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Screen Australia awards Project Feline the Games: Expansion Pack grant
July 19, 2022
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Raymond Cripps
7
UPDATE (2022/08/19) : With great care, we have decided to withdraw from Screen Australia's Games: Expansion Pack fund will be taking Project Feline elsewhere. We were very dissatisfied with Screen Aus...
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Making Music for My Indie Game | Project Feline Devlog #34
May 21, 2022
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Raymond Cripps
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Want to know how video game soundtracks are made? I grew up listening to the OSTs of Sonic the Hedgehog (notably Sonic Riders), Jet Set Radio and Ratchet & Clank. Composers like Hideki Naganuma, Tomoy...
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"Your Game is Too Short": Parkour Level Design - Project Feline Devlog #33
March 12, 2022
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Raymond Cripps
5
Designing a game with fast movement is hard. The faster the character moves, the faster they traverse through levels. Play-time is fleeting, and nobody wants to buy a game with only a few minutes' wor...
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Project Feline approved for Epic MegaGrant!
December 30, 2021
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Raymond Cripps
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I am pleased to announce that Project Feline was approved for funding from the Epic MegaGrants program! It was a huge milestone for me to see this project go from a game I was making in my bedroom to...
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Creating Momentum-Based Movement: Project Feline Devlog #32
November 05, 2021
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Raymond Cripps
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For most of this year, I've been busy completely re-vamping Project Feline's core gameplay. After many months, I am proud to present a new momentum-based movement system, ledge-grabbing, vaulting, mel...
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"Is It Good Enough?" - Surviving 3 Years of Development: Project Feline Indie Game Devlog #31
July 30, 2021
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Raymond Cripps
4
Developing games sounds like a dream job, but it’s not all fun and games. This devlog episode explores some of the many hardships faced, be it practical or psychological, when working to ship your f...
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New Movement, New Graphics & More! – Update 0.10.0
December 13, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
1
In this devlog episode, we'll be looking at the new features and updates to Gabi's movement system, new slide-steering mechanics, double-jumping and air-dashing, camera controls, and the new free-roam...
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Making My Game Feel 10x Better With Polish & Music: Project Feline Indie Game Devlog
October 30, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
2
In this devlog, we'll be exploring how I used "game feel", an illusive art that marries input and aesthetics at a core level, to "juice up" my upcoming anime-style parkour game, Project Feline! More f...
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Creating a 3D Anime Environment in Unreal Engine: Project Feline Indie Game Devlog
September 25, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
6
In this devlog episode, we'll be exploring the lighting process for the environment for my indie game—Project Feline! We'll be exploring how I made use of Unreal Engine's powerful lighting and atmos...
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The Asset Store Failed Me So I Made My Own Models: Project Feline Indie Game Devlog
August 31, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
2
In this devlog episode, we'll be exploring the development process behind creation of my own custom 3-d environment models for my upcoming indie game—Project Feline! We'll be going through my entire...
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Time Trial Mode – Speedrunning In a Semi-Open World (Update 0.9.3)
July 18, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
4
In this devlog episode we'll be exploring the new time trial race mode implemented into the semi-open environment for my anime-style parkour game—Project Feline! I've also made some other changes to...
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Creating a Semi-Open World For Project Feline – Update 0.9.2
July 07, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
I made a semi-open world for my anime-style parkour game, Project Feline! In this devlog episode we'll be exploring my level design process, gathering and transforming reference from real-world locati...
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NEW MAP! 2 Weeks of Level Design in UE4 – Update 0.9.1
May 31, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
2
In this devlog episode, we'll be looking into my level design and block-out process for a new vertical slice map for my third-person wall-running parkour game, Project Feline! We'll be exploring my le...
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Creating the Game World
May 21, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
In this devlog episode, we'll be looking at the world design and concept sketches for a new vertical slice map for my third-person wall-running parkour game, Project Feline! We'll be exploring my idea...
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Enemies & New Maps! – Update 0.9.0
March 27, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
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In this devlog episode, we'll be looking at the new AI Enemies, new maps, and improvements made to the gameplay prototype for my third-person wall-running parkour game, Project Feline! We'll be taking...
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Grind Mechanic & New Maps! – Update 0.8.0
February 24, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
4
In this devlog episode, we'll be looking at the new grind mechanic, new maps, and improvements made to the gameplay prototype for my third-person wall-running parkour game, Project Feline! We'll be ex...
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Speedometer, Unlimited Lives & More! – Update 0.7.1
January 12, 2020
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Raymond Cripps
3
In this devlog episode, we'll be looking at some quality-of-life bug fixes and improvements made to the gameplay prototype for my third-person wall-running game, Project Feline. Thanks to feedback fro...
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Porting My Anime Character From Blender to Unreal Engine 4: Project Feline Indie Game Dev Log #19
December 30, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
Have you ever made a character for a game, but struggled to port it to an engine? In this dev log episode we will be porting my 3D character, Gabriella, from Blender 2.8 into the Unreal Engine (UE4) f...
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Creating a 3D Anime Character From Scratch (Part 7 – Animation)
December 30, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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Why does 3-d anime look so artficial? In this indie game dev log episode we will be exploring the animation process behind Gabriella, the protagonist for my upcoming indie game, Project Feline, and ho...
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Creating a 3D Anime Character From Scratch (Part 6 – Rigging)
November 09, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
In this indie game dev log episode, we will be looking at the rig created for Gabriella, the protagonist for my upcoming indie game, Project Feline. I’ve created a full rig for this character, inclu...
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Creating a 3D Anime Character From Scratch (Part 5 – ILM Map)
October 10, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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In this indie game dev log episode, we will be continuing the development of Gabriella's in-game character model for Project: Feline! Due to popular community demand, we will be exploring the techniqu...
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Creating a 3D Anime Character From Scratch (Part 4 – Shading)
September 16, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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In this indie game dev log episode, we will be continuing the development of Gabriella's in-game character model for Project: Feline! We will be learning how to create an anime-style cel shader in Ble...
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HOW MANY EARS DOES SHE HAVE? Indie Game Developer Q&A
September 10, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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How many ears does Gabriella really have? Find out in this video! Today I answer your community questions from my YouTube comments and Discord server about indie game development, and my upcoming game...
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Creating a 3D Anime Character From Scratch (Part 3 – Texturing)
August 19, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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In this indie game dev log episode, we will be continuing the development of Gabriella's in-game character model for Project: Feline! We will be taking my model from a diffuse set of polygons to a hig...
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Developing a Solo Indie Game: Project Feline Q&A
August 10, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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Thank you all so much for helping my YouTube channel grow to over 20K subscribers! Join me in this Q&A video where I answer your questions from the communtiy Discord server ! Questions range i...
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Creating a 3D Anime Character From Scratch (Part 2 – Facial Detail & Sci-Fi Armor)
July 24, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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In this indie game dev log episode, we will be continuing the development of Gabriella's in-game character model for Project: Feline ! We will be transforming the base humanoid mesh into Gabriella...
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Creating a 3D Anime Character From Scratch (Part 1 – Character Design & Base Model)
July 11, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
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In this indie game dev log episode, we will be going through the development of a new in-game character model for Project: Feline! We will cover my, character design and creation pipeline up until the...
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Update 0.7.0: New Map, Wall-Run Combos and More!
June 21, 2019
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Raymond Cripps
2
In this devlog episode we will be looking at my approach towards building a new map for my third-person wall-running game, Project: Feline. We will also be looking at some mechanical changes made to t...
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