Story Mode Update Part 3 (Patreon)

Slight change to the release schedule. It will be kept as a Supporter only release for 1 more month as I'd like to release it publicly with the Story Mode Update.

Anyways these past few days I worked on the inventory. Big devpost today!

So one of the first things I wanted to do with the inventory is to have some kind of item management kind of like how you play inventory tetris in some games, like Resident Evil, etc. However, I wanted to make sure that my game does something novel, just because I had an itch to try something new.

This lead to the creation of the circular bag inventory. First, how I made the model:

First I started with a cube. I squashed it heightwise and then I made an inset.

After that I smoothed the sides and I played with the cloth tool to make it baggy.

I painted it to be like a knapsack with some zippers around as if it was an opening.

Afterwards I popped it into Photoshop and dissolved the edges to match the game's aesthetic.

The effect can be seen in game and I thought it looked nice.

So now that I had the visuals set, I started to program how the bag system will work. As I said earlier, I wanted some sort of tetris like item management, but in a novel way. Because I opted to design the inventory system round, the items will be round as well. They will work like cells and will push each other around to make room for themselves. Here is an early working prototype:

I am finessing it so it isn't annoying to push things out of the way. If an item falls out, then it will be dropped. This will force you to make decisions on what to keep and what to throw out.

I have made 3 items so far that can be found in specific instances of the map. 2 of them will be kept under wraps for a future devpost but the first one that I am showcasing is the battery! Batteries are common drops found throughout the map.

Items can be shared with other players by just dropping them for others to pick up.

More information on this later. The Story Mode Update will launch with 5 items.

Stay tuned!