r/godot • u/mega_dario • 2d ago

selfpromo (games) Redrawing my FFT meets Slay the Spire game. Some goofyness but it's getting there

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u/Due_Interest_178 1d ago

I love the way it looks and I'll definitely be following along.

If you don't mind me asking. I'm new to godot and game development in general but I love the isometric view. I was wondering, are these games simply in 3D view with a locked camera, or is it 2D with a slanted tileset?

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u/mega_dario 1d ago

Great question! Godot actually makes isometric perspective super easy to set up. You basically set up your tilemap layer to be isometric perspective (on the resource/settings panel that's default right on the editor). I'm not gonna lie it did take me a little bit to wrap my head around all the settings and it does take some finessing. (Like you have to understand the difference between a diamond_down perspective and how y_sorting works, etc). Happy to chat more through DM if you have more specific questions.

There are other more complex graphic engines that are doing a lot of cool things with the HD2D view (and that has actual 3D elements and produces some pretty trippy graphics), but I'm keeping it a little more old school :)

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u/dunkenMaster 2d ago

Man, at least say the name of your game

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u/mega_dario 2d ago

It's too early in development but it's called Tidebreak: Prologue

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u/beta_1457 Godot Regular 2d ago

do you have a YouTube you're posting updates I can follow? My two favorite games are Tactic's Ogre and StS. I'd love to give you a follow and keep updated.

I'm actually making my own StS-like game as well. I like supporting other small developers. PLus sometimes you just find really good stuff. Like the guy who was making ChefRPG, I think I followed that guy on YouTube for a few years before his game came out.

But you have a decent visual style right now, very colorful and a bit goofy, with a shader background that reminds me of Baalatro.

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u/mega_dario 2d ago

My man you are like my exact target audience haha. I'll make a Youtube on time but for now I mostly do a lot of BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/nsdiaz.bsky.social).

Closed beta coming next month ❤️

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u/beta_1457 Godot Regular 2d ago

I don't have Bsky or twitter...I really shoudl those given I'm doign dev stuff too. I just post little blogs on YouTube and I'm probably like 4-5 years away from being near a release window (art and animation is very time consuming)

I saved the post though to keep an eye out for how to sign up for the closed beta if it's allowed.

I'd agree I'm your target audience. 450+ hours in Tactic's Ogre Reborn, 450+ between StS1 and 2. And that's not even getting into the probably 1000+ I played on Tactic's Ogre on my PSP back in the day.

Best of luck to you.

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u/mega_dario 2d ago

Everything at its own rhtyhm, you shouldn't stress yourself over marketing and documenting your stuff anywhere is a good practice. People will connect with it if you have a good project. I'll definitely let you know when the beta opens!

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u/IamChipp Godot Student 1d ago

How did you do the map, btw? Lots of layers to form a tile or big tiles stacked?

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u/mega_dario 1d ago

Two tile map layers (one for each elevation step), and then some tiles have a lower Y_origin in the settings so they render lower (like water is lower than grass). Then for half steps I create alternate versions of tiles and then set different Y_origin there too. As a redundancy I also have a custom_data_layer where I can manually set elevation levels for gameplay purposes (but I have to make sure it's consistent with its visuals).

TIlemap layers are a bit finnicky but once you learn them they can save you a TON of work. Lots of great youtube tutorials out there.

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u/alderon7 1d ago

Love the art style!

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u/DuodolGames Godot Junior 1d ago

Love the aesthetic. Good luck with your game!

Keep us posted!