I want to share my progress on a game that I started developing last weekend.
Tranquil will be a side scrolling action platformer game with a gothic setting. The game pays homage to the classic Castlevania games from the 8-bit era, and I have just finished the core movement for the player.
So far, I have created concept art for two of the characters:
Ophelia:
and Chloe:
These images, along with one more (of the character Virgil) will be fully shaded and put together into a "cover" image of the game.
The sprites for Ophelia are also completed:
Here is Ophelia standing in my current test environment:
In the long run, it would be really great to have some people following this project, as I am likely to need feedback and testing along the way. So far, I have nothing released, but my first definite milestone is to release a demo of the first stage here on Itch that people can try out.
If you are interested in following the progress of this project, please check the game page out here: Tranquil by styrbjorn (itch.io)
I've been hard at work drawing the tile set for the first stage and finishing the map. Also, I have added a music and sound system, that seems to work to my satisfaction. While testing, I noticed a weird camera stutter, and realized this was due to the player having decimal speed. Given that I use a pixel perfect camera, this causes stutter. Also, the player moved a bit too fast, so I have adjusted the speed to an integer.