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My lowpoly 3d model/papercraft commissions are still open!

+ with a new tier, now I offer rigged models and even VRM!

So I added the option to adopt an Owl to aid you in combat!

It moves and shoots on it's own, isn't it adorable?

But the best part is that a second player can take control of the familiar!

So essentially the game now has couch co-op!

It's pretty basic, like in old sonic games, the familiar can't take damage or die, and enemies won't target it, but if it hits a stray bullet it'll get stunned.

A bit basic, but for now will do.

A bit rough around the edges but it's a great start!

Most assets in the tilemap are just reused assets from the levels and the rest of the game, but some props and the player sprites are new, i'm particulary proud of that last one:

Aww, thank you!! 🫶

The later is called Iris, I'm still not too sure about the former

Now I have seven bosses designed, I don't need any more, they all cover all the boss fights ideas I've had from a long time ago, now it's just a matter of actually implementing them in the game, I was supposed to keep the scope small, but designing characters was too fun, perhaps not every character will make it into the final game

Working on adding hazards to the levels, things that can damage you that aren't the enemies themselves.

I'm not too good at character design but I'm getting there

Here's what I've got so far:

She's more of a magician than a witch, but a magic user nonetheless, I call her Lucy

A scientist witch, I like when there's a bit of sci-fi and technology in fantasy worlds, she's the one that represents that, I call her Tori

I like the type of character that carries a big ass weapon, she's meant to be the boss of the lava/volcanic zone, her name is Cero

A more normal "spooky" witch, very halloween-like, her name is Alma

Neither the designs or the names are final, but I like where this is going

Ada’s item shop

Rita’s magic wand shop

Finally i have the 3 main types of equipment working in the game!

Items, wands and brooms, to provide support, change the attack stats or the movement ones respectively

Players can now choose their equipment to match their play style and needs, here's an example:

The first one has balanced movement, decent shooting speed and a burst attack.

On my game you can visit 3 stores, to buy items to use in combat, and wands/brooms to change your attack/movement stats, and the shopkeepers I've designed for them are…

They are Ada, Rita and Dera, shopkeepers of the items, spellcasting and brooms stores respectively!

After lots of thought I've landed on these names, they come from spanish words:

Ada <- Hada (Fairy)

Rita <- Varita (Wand)

Dera <- Madera (Wood)

Ada!

Here's how she looks in-game:

Happy Witch Hat Atelier day!!

If you remember the shopkeeper of this store used to be other, but I've since decided this store should have someone a bit more… generic, I'm still gonna use the other character, but in another store.

Now I have a working in-game store, so the player can finally use the coins they collect to buy the items

In still working on the UI, but I want it to look something like this, with the shopkeeper in the center:

On other news I've redesigned the plaza to make it simpler, I wanted it to be like a hub for the player to go back after every level with shops and story related locations, but the levels ended up being quite short and the story very simple, so I got rid of some buildings and now there's just stores, and the movement it's exclusively 2d

Finally got around redesigning the spell book enemy design! (old/new)

It was the very first enemy I added to the game before I replaced it's model with a winged slime, so it's great to have it back on the game