Thoughts on the results? I had it cut assets and generate variants, I had to do A LOT of doctoring, but it was so fun doing I spent all day yesterday on it.

The mood and color (if there will ever be) will be made in code. The playable version has a hollowknight kind of vibe to it but the game will be entirely different. It will involve time travel and saving yourself from death in an immersive way.

If anyone likes this style feel free to use those assets. there's more but i uploaded them to show how turned my art into props. I love drawing tiny civilizations and cities with an alien-afterlife look to it.

I also write my own stories and make my own music. Those are in my other publishings right now but this will be a first for me hand drawing my own art for a game. These drawings are also over 20 years old. I drew these right after revenge of the sith came out and my electricity went out so I got to drawing to kill time, I had a while bunch of papers pieced together, it was 1 big world that covered over 9 sheets of paper. I had many more but lost them. It would have been far more spectacular. The demons I drew...

Its not stealing if its mine and I say its for the world to have!

So basically its straight forward. Draw 2d image > place in assets folder > play in 3d.

For now its as simple as it gets, I also allow it all to be edited and swapped out while playing.

All sounds and textures can be replaced and edited, then rendered in 2d but simulated to look 3d with pygame coding.

Mobs with animations are next.

No LLM or browser bs.

Thoughts?

Projects: https://glitchedmatr1x.github.io/GLITCHED-MATRIX-Prototype-Lab/

At some point I just wanted to learn stuff on my own, even if its simple, its resourceful and faster, a good way to exercise. I am planning on integrating steam achievements into this. Give people a real fucking challenge that I am even willing to take on.

Osmosis College is an interactive game-development academy inside GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab. Learn Python and game programming by completing real coding challenges, modifying your own robot, studying certified source files, debugging projects, and building ten playable games that appear inside the Game Test Lab as you progress. Beginners receive guidance; experienced users can work directly with source, assets, tests, profiling, recovery, and packaging tools. Everything leads toward a final graduation project where you choose the architecture and prove it works.

https://glitchedmatr1x.github.io/GLITCHED-MATRIX-Prototype-Lab/

Sorry about the beginning I left in, skip 40 seconds. This simulation was added into another project.

I was suggested this forum after sharing my prototype lab phase 2 video. I I uploaded around 20 prototypes some similar to this that excludes the player's controls besides speeding time and camera panning to observe the procedural ecosystem.

Red Ants

Black Ants

Earthworm

Spider

Bees

Plants

Not shown in this video is how water floods the ant tunnels when the earthworm digs through the pockets. Both sides have their own queen that lays eggs to spawn/ respawn fallen worker ants, guards, scouts, etc. There is food, rocks, water, and poison generated in the soil. When food is found, they bring it to their queen, when poison is found, they learn not to go there after the scout who discovered it dies. The builder ants can create stronger dirt blocks to protect the queen in their "fortress".

The red ants are intentionally stronger solo, while the black ants are stronger in numbers, therefor the spawn rate for black ants is increased for balance.

This was my very first prototype that I haven't updated in months, let me know if I should expand on it more and what to add next. I was thinking of adding a beehive.

https://glitched-matrix.itch.io/monkeystranded

2 images for a starterpack? never seen that rule in my life til now.

It has its own cloud blocks, some are transparent and you can fall through them.

Then it has rain blocks that drip water.

Lightning blocks that spawn only during storms and emit electric fields to power stuff remotely.

Allays and Ghasts spawn up here.

New mob: Red Sprites https://i.imgur.com/5UcWbuJ.jpeg (they hate allays but in return, ghasts hate them, happy ghasts can spit snow balls at them which is their only weakness, they spawn during storms so no worries) Killing them has a chance of dropping a redstone block

Falling Stars, also inspired by Terraria, These will put a crater in the ground and glow at the bottom...

Storm cloud islands can cause damage if you are near them during storms.

Puff clouds are hollow spheres with glowstone chunks inside of them, great for shelters.

Cloud blocks: can be placed 10 blocks or less above a water soource to evaporate it and convert the cloud block into a rain cloud block which acts as dropstone without the hanging spike needed.

Rain Cloud Blocks / Electrified: Can remotely activate redstone in its proximity but will damage players nearby if its not isolated.

You can also jump higher at this altitude.

Its not done yet but we started it today.

Thoughts?

Ground level : https://imgur.com/a/juaOBqI the clouds cast shadows on land which looks cool in open areas

Thoughts on improvements? I am getting it to use all decorative blocks and size variants next!

Me got bored and did some file swapping and now npcs are driving lol

Credit @lorainetheprairiedog on ig