Shiba Quest
Shiba Quest! is a cute and vibrant action 3D platformer adventure where you play as Hiro the Shiba!
Origin Story
For the Godot Wild Jam #33 I was finishing jams and getting back into creating.
I wanted to create something that would showcase my skills but also the power of the Godot Engine.
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So, with a week on the clock I took inspiration from Doge Coin and the persistence of their fanbase. I grinded out a 3D character controller and found a free Shiba asset.
I made it his bones day with a rig in Blender.
Made some coffee, and sat down to create!
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Level Design
Level design is not my strongest skill. So, I did my research and found videos on level design philosophy from creators like Shigeru Miyamoto who has a beautiful level design process for Mario.
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With this I made each level with its own themed area in the world. Each level would feature 3 sections with increasingly difficult challenges.
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While not very polished I learned a lot while making them.
Work! Work! Work!
I had 7 days to make the game, which I worked 5 of at my day job for 8 hour shifts. Then I had to sleep at least 6 hours a day. On top of other daily life routines, this left not a whole lot of time.
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But! I was determined to finish this project. Every moment I had awake and not at my day job was spent creating this game.
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The biggest challenges was the player controller and getting everything to work with it. Then there was animation, the player model I rigged and animated in Blender wasn't working for Godot. After 10 hours of hitting my head off my keyboard and eventually got my half-baked animations to work!
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I spent a lot of the time trying to figure out all the levels and how to make them interesting. This was by far the hardest thing for me but once I figured the levels out; I loved them!
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The Quest Continues!
"I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"
