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[lowkeydeveloper]

Howdy Tumblr! :D

Nothing major in this post, I thought I'd share some music from projects/games that didn't go anywhere. Rather than let them collect dust I'll post them here for you to listen, obviously these where made at different points in my FL Studios experience so some are better than others. No guarantee you'll like all/any of them :)

I hope you enjoy! ✨

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[lowkeydeveloper]

EMALGIA (old project)

Howdy Tumblr! Got another old project for you called...

-= EMALGIA =-

This is probably one of my favorite projects to design, to this day I would love nothing more than to finish a full game of it! I had a ton of fun making the short demo and this was probably the most complex thing I had made at the time (despite it's bugs.)

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-- HEADS UP VIEWERS --

I created a text-based version for this idea for a university project, since It has more in it I will include screenshots and information about both the original demo (itch.io) and the text-based version (c++)

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-- About The Game --

After discovering a broken oscilloscope in a garage sale, a lover of old tech like yourself surely had to buy it right there and then. You fixed it up and made it like new! Booting it up though, revealed something strange. It outputted a strange sound... and was that a loading screen displaying on the screen? How is that possible?

EMALGIA follows the player exploring their way through a forgotten game, with your new friend M4X! In this world, the keyboard is your deadliest weapon. Type and spell words to deal damage to attacking enemies and finish the game to help M4X with their mysterious quest.

-= SHOWCASE =-

-- Text-Based Version--

This is a video recording of the text-based adventure version of the idea, made for my university project (Year 1). It's my first time making anything in c++ so there are a lot of bugs and ways to improve. It's not available to play unfortunately but this video goes through everything in the project :)

-- itch.io Version --

This is the itch.io version of the idea, I much prefer this style and I 100% know that someday when I'm better at coding I will return to this! You can open it up and play for yourself, although there is a bug at the end sometimes that will prevent you from playing the final fight :/

-- Tests & Experiments --

There where of course moments where I wanted to try and remake the project and some where I got addicted to drawing/animating in this style! Here are some of those examples:

-= Music =-

The music below is from the text-based adventure version of the game, since the original demo only had two tracks both of which I have lost the files for... I hope these are just as enjoyable though!

Slightly different from my other post, I am going to list a few of my best tracks from the project instead of picking a few from certain categories. Let me know if you prefer this :0

-= My Thoughts =-

I feel like this project has the potential to be something cool, although I've intentionally been putting off touching it until I know how to program better. Perhaps someday this will make a return in full but for now I'll stick to randomly coming up with ideas for it out of the blue lol.

What do you think? Would you like to see this return someday? I would love to hear what you think about it and answer any questions or queries you may have!

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[lowkeydeveloper]

Little Legend (old project)

Howdy Tumblr! Here's an old project I made called...

-= Little Legend =-

Unfortunately It's no longer being worked on, but It was so fun to create back in 2022 (I think). It gave me some of my most memorable experiences within both game creation and interactions with other devs! It was quite a big moment for me too since this was the first game I created my very own music and artwork!

-- About The Game --

The game follows a lost little traveler trying to make their way home after getting lost and trapped within a cave. It's an adventure game focusing on collecting items and objects for others in order to gain reputation points with fun and elaborate twists & mini-games to keep you on your toes. With enough reputation you can progress to the next area!

If you want to see a full showcase on what was in the demo, I uploaded a video a while back going through it!

-= SHOWCASE =-

-- Quests --

This is Alice's Bar, one of the areas within Sewer City that you can find a main story quest!

This is a perfect example of the menu systems within the game, this showcases the dialog system, menu and quests that would have been in the game.

-- Inventory --

Here is a testing area, just a hallway and a room. Inside though is a train ticket? How mysterious!

You can see the item-to-inventory system here, any item you pick up would be put into an array with it's description and title already generated using a dictionary that would store the relevant information!

-= MUSIC =-

All the music is made by me! I created everything myself, it was one of my first times using FL Studios so my skills have definitely improved since then but I still think these are not bad :)

I won't upload all the tracks in the demo since there are quite a few (I did plan on finishing the game and had those creative juices flowing at the time lol.) I will give you some good examples though!

-- Title Theme --

-- Ambiance Tracks --

-- Battle Themes --

-= My Thoughts =-

What do you think? I do miss working on the game, it was definitely more of a passion project of mine so I hope to return someday and re-create it inside a better engine such as Godot or Unity. It could 100% be improved in so many ways, such as the animations and overall level design (two of the things I struggled with the most back then!)

Would you like to see this return someday? I would love to hear any questions about the project or if you are curious about anything, let me know! :D

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[lowkeydeveloper]

Howdy Tumblr! :D

My name is Asriel, or more commonly known as the lowkeydeveloper online. I love making video games and aspire to be the best indie dev I can ❤️

This page will act as a digital portfolio for me, I'll be posting various things I make as well as talk about game mechanics, concepts or tips that I found helpful or interesting ✨

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┊What To Expect:

┊ 🎮 - Game Design & Demo Reels

┊ 🛠️ - Asset Creation (2D & 3D)

┊ 🎵 - Music (Concept tracks & Game OST)

┊Discover More:

┊ https://www.youtube.com/@lowkeydev

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