Hensen Hopper

The new heal-up drop in Hensen Hopper. May not be a cameo of something in one of my earlier games like I may or may not have directly stated I was going to make it in a post I made the other day.

I might make the visual art for the heal-up drop a rendition of the healing flowers from Deathly Descent rather than the healing-honey which instead looks like it should be a fire power-up of some kind. I think it makes a sort of sense for this universe.

Working on getting the itch page for Hensen Hopper set up which means creating a separate cover image for the game on itch (different aspect ratio there). I want to publish that with first beta build of the game so I DO need to get a move on with it.

What should the in-universe item for the player's score be? I want there to be lore where Hensen collects something from every Yellow Jacket criminal he defeats and your score is how many he's gotten. I have some ideas but I'm open to suggestions as well!

It's kinda incredible how much simply changing the text font(s) will, by itself, complete the aesthetic of a game, especially in the menus.

I love TextMesh Pro so much!

I don't know how well you can see it in this video, but I've coded a dashing mechanic for Hensen Hopper! I plan to have dashing consume a "dash charge," a kind of ammo you can get as you play in the form of enemy drops.

Very small change, but I added a darker-green border to the edge where the grass meets the dirt. I think this gives a bit more definition to the transition between the two zones.

I spent a really long time on this, I've been here since literally 3 in the morning (it's 7AM as I type) but I really like how it came out!!! The backdrop I had done before didn't feel like it fit with the aesthetic so I re-did it completely.

I've been kind of inactive for the last two days. I've been really busy at work these last two days and I'll also be working tomorrow. I'm going to try to work on the main scene backdrop some more tomorrow after I get home.

It's unfinished but the backbone of "The Garden" is now visible in the main scene! I want to add a lot more to this backdrop later today and over the coming week.