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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 26/09/2026

This week I have been trying to improve the mission selection map and paths. On the technical part it uses spring physics, Bézier curves and navigation meshes to place the nodes and link them. What other map decorations can I add ? #godotengine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Image showing a map with a boat able to go to different locations indicated by skulls

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 19/09/2026

"Here be monsters" If you sail too far from safe waters beware of the Kraken lurking there. The question is what is it protecting ? #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godotengine #indiedev

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 12/09/2026

Coded a procedural moving tentacle this week that reacts to the target's position and tries to grab it. Very happy with the organic look. What can I add to improve it ? #screenshotsaturday #godotengine #gamedev

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 10/09/2026

Godot's SpringBoneSimulator works great for tentacles 🪼. I just added some simple sine wave movement to the base and got a convincing result with the default parameters. #godotengine #indiedev

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 09/09/2026

Baked some croissants today. Random thought while baking, Indie games are the Croissants of the Video game world: - they take forever to make - you only know at the very end if you have succeeded - they are so good 😋 #baking

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 05/09/2026

I tried implementing a tentacle throw in my game. This was modelled and animated with Blender. It looks quite janky, I will have to try next week with some IK directly in Godot and see if I can make it look better. Any tips on how to do that ? #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #godot

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 02/09/2026

The dialogue UI is coming along. There won't be much dialogue in the game but I want what little I will write to look good. Anybody has a suggestion of a cute name for the character ? #indiegame #godotengine #pirates

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 29/08/2026

This week I added a slow motion ability to my game (still needs more VFX) ⌛. It should allow you to quickly get in a better position and avoid the most dangerous attacks. What kind of boss do you think you will have to defeat to gain this ability ? #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #godotengine

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 20/08/2026

I'm making a game about sailing around an ocean in a pirate boat 🏴, guess that means I need to know something about sailing 😯 While on vacation I took a small tour off the coast of my hometown and it was really fun to sail and participate in the maneuvers. #sailing #boats #ocean

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 15/08/2026

Back from vacation ! Tried an idea I had this week of a spherical ocean, think Mario Galaxy with a boat. Between the waves, trail and camera the movement the movement looks a little confusing. What do you think ? Spherical or flat ocean ? #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #godot

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 18/07/2026

A little late but for #screenshotsaturday I can show off the ship changing mechanic I have in Tales of Eight. Now to figure out when to allow the player to do it. What other ships should the player be able to sail in? #indiedev #roguelite #godotengine

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 11/07/2026

For today's #screenshotsaturday I have a new player ship and one part of the tutorial to show off. Again thanks to @binbun3d.bsky.social for some of the effects. In your opinion what kind of enemy ship would be throwing these fireballs ? #indiedev #roguelite #godotengine

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 27/06/2026

Here is the "The Floating Fortress", one of the first bosses you might encounter in the game. Now to balance it to make a fun and engaging fight 😀 His name is a reference to a PS1 game I used to love. Any idea which one ? #godotengine #roguelite #indiedev #pirategames #screenshotsaturday

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 24/06/2026

Just a quick teaser for some of the boss attacks I have been working on for Tales of Eight. I'll try to get a video out this weekend. How do you like your characters to stand out on screen during boss fights ? #indiegame #wishlistwednesday #godotengine #roguelite

Picture of a ship shooting lasers from its canons.

Picture of a ship shooting fire and oil from its canons.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 13/06/2026

Ok the boss is a little big and it has a lot of canons (is there such a thing as too many canons in a pirate game ?) but I got carried away modelling in #blender 😅 The theme is Oil and Fire, what kind of music theme does this enemy deserve ? #indiedev #godotengine #pirate #screenshotsaturday

S screenshot of a stylised game showing a large mobile canon platform fighting a small ship in the game Tales of Eight

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 12/06/2026

Progress of the day on the first boss. Still needs some texturing, canons and animations. I'm calling this one the Floating Fortress and I already have a bunch of cool moves for it to attack the player with. Any guesses on what they are ? Can't wait to show it in game :) #indiedev #blender

A 3d model of a floating rock platform with a lava rock under it

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 06/06/2026

For today's #screenshotsaturday I can show the boarding effect in my pirate roguelite game "Tales of Eight". Having been an avid cartoon viewer as a child I wanted to reproduce the fight clouds we see in them. Do these effects have a name ? #godotengine #indiedev #pirates

A screenshot of a game showing two ships fighting. The fighting is represented by a dust cloud with swords and stars coming out of it.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 05/06/2026

It's #PitchYaGame ! This is Tales of Eight, a pirate-themed roguelite ☠️. - Interact with three different factions and fight unique bosses 🦀 - Improve your ship and canons ⚓ - Explore the world to find secrets🗺️ and engage in trade🪙 - There's a kraken, tentacles, and a grappling hook🪝

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 26/05/2026

In an attempt to improve my calligraphy/watercolor skills I have started to do some loose worldbuiding for a fantasy setting as a hobby. My font is not very consistent yet but I'm enjoying the journey (more than my narrator 😅) #watercolor #calligraphy

A page showing some calligraphy text describing the travels of a researcher. On the bottom part is depicted some crows over rocks

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 23/05/2026

In Tales of Eight you can harpoon other ships and grapple onto them. If you are lighter it will boost your speed, If you are heavier they will be dragged towards you. How do you like interacting with a games environment using a grappling hook ? #godotengine #screenshotsaturday #pirates #indiedev

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 09/05/2026

For #screenshotsaturday I wanted to show the before and after pictures of the mission selection screen. The new one looks much more like a map which I believe fits the pirate theme better. What are some other map/pirate 🏴‍☠️ features I can add to decorate it ? #godotengine #indiedev

Screenshot of a mission selection panel divided into quadrants. Each quadrant has a shield representing a faction. A boat is located in the middle of the image.

A mission selection screen meant to look like a map with icons showing the different missions and an island in the middle.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 25/04/2026

Worked on some weather and environmental effects this week. I love how versatile the particle system in Godot is so that you can use it both for the rain and the lightning. The lightning could still do with some more juice for sure. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #godotengine #pirates

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 18/04/2026

What would be a fantasy pirate game without a Kraken ? What are your favourite sea monsters ? #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #godotengine #pirates

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 11/04/2026

In Tales of Eight boats can dodge. One of the pros of creating a non realistic game. Still need to add some invincibility frames and the first skill is ready :) What other non boat skills could my boats have ? #indiedev #godotengine #screenshotsaturday

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 28/03/2026

Will you be able to avoid the pizza cutter ships (name tbd) ? Is clearly telegraphed danger zones good or is it giving away too much ? #godot #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 21/03/2026

This week I added a new enemy to the game. A mortar ship whose cannonballs shoot fireballs to dodge. Thanks @binbun3d.bsky.social for the fireball effects :). Still have to modify them to match the style of the game. #godot #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 17/03/2026

Seing a lot of them on game dev subreddits at the moment😩

A not this but this meme where the option of using an ugly photomontage to make fun of DLSS 5 is preferable to using an AI generated image.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 14/03/2026

Reworked the sailing UI this week, now with 100% more minimap resources and health display :) Trying to keep it minimal so I will probably condense the different ressources in the future. What more information should be displayed ? #ScreenshotSaturday #GodotEngine #Indiedev

A screenshot from the tales of eight game showing a boat with a minimap on the top right, canon icons on the bottom left and right, health displayed at the bottom center and resources shown in the top right.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 28/02/2026

Started working on the world map where players will be able to choose where to go and what faction to interact with. What kind of missions would you like to do on the high seas ? #godot #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #talesofeight

A screenshot showing a boat on map with three region to choose from. Three shields are represented, the first one with swords, the second one with scrolls and the third one with a skull with tentacles.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 21/02/2026

For Tales of Eight I added a new enemy to the game this week, a steam ship that spits fire. It will be the main ship of a new faction called "The Fellowship of the Powder", a more industrial themed faction. #godot #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #talesofeight

A screenshot of the Tales Of Eight game showing two fantasy steamboats firing fire on another ship.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 14/02/2026

I have some progress to show on the island decorations. I used some models from @kenney.nl Pirate Kit which I retextured. The end goal would be for players to explore the island. What is something unexpected you would like to find there? #godot #gamedev #indiedev #madewithgodot #screenshotsaturday

A screenshot of the Tales of Eight pirate game showing a boat looking at an sand island with trees, corals and a dock all in a stylised style.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 11/02/2026

I love animation player in combination with the movie maker mode in #godot. Spent the day making this boss présentation animation for the players when they first encounter it. Now to code the actual encounter 🫣 What is your favorite boss mechanic in action rogue-likes ? #gamedev #indiedev

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 31/01/2026

Are gifs allowed for #screenshotsaturday ? 🤔 I've been working on a dynamic world for Tales of Eight where the factions can expand, fight and trade with each other. If two factions are fighting, will you take sides or let them be while trading with both ? #godotengine #indiedev

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 24/01/2026

The UI for the shop is progressing from sketch to game implementation. There are still some decoration parts missing but I am quite happy with the shark (even if I spent more time than I should have on the model). What should I name him ? #indiedev #godot #pirate

Sketch of a shark in front of a bord with a ship where the player can buy items to store on their ship. Two wanted posters are located on the right.

UI of the store for Tales of Eight showing a cartoon shark in front of a shop interface where players can buy objects and store them on their boat.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 17/01/2026

For #screenshotsaturday i have a mock-up of what the store UI could look like. The wanted poster on the right will change as your piracy renown increases, it will also help you find other pirates to fight. What other animals can I draw next ? #indiegame #solodev

Drawing of a shark in front of a panel showing a boat where a player can put objects in the boat. On the right there are two wanted posters.

Mock-up of a potential UI for the game Tales of Eight.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 10/01/2026

Back to working on my pirate game and I've been playing around with different texture filters to give it a more painted look. Quite happy with the result. What look do you like in games ? #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev #pirates

A screenshot of a game showing two pirate boats navigating around an island with a painted style.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 04/12/2025

So much learnt in a day, I wanted to improve my naive implementation for enemy chasing to make it more natural. I started with using #godot 's navigations system with Bezier curves, then found out about steering behaviors and finally implemented context steering which works like a charm. #indiedev

A picture showing a computer controlled ship searching for the player with pink raycasts

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 28/11/2025

Spend some time last drawing a few weapons for my game in the style of Mignola. Loved working with the ink/watercolour combo, still have a lot to understand about shadows. #watercolor #art #ink #painting

Drawing in watercolours and ink showing a women saying "I must choose a weapon". Three weapons are displayed, a sword, a staff, a musket. There is also a metal ball.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 12/10/2025

Voici ma tentative en aquarelle avec un papier pas adapté. Avec tout les petits détails je me suis bien amusé :) #watercolor #coloring

Picture of a watercolor painting of a drawing by the artist Boulet. The drawing shows two magicians playing with water magic in the forest.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 30/09/2025

I wanted to add a little french touch to my game, so I added a animated pharmacy sign for the healing spot :) #pixelart #indiegame

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 12/08/2025

Gamedev is weird sometimes, working on a snail themed train and wagons. How can I make it more "snaily" ? #pixelart #indiedev #aseprite #gamedev

Pixel art image of a train and wagon with snail eyes, vines and leaves.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 02/07/2025

Anybody else working on some pixel art on this very hot day ? I made a few sprites for small prototype I am working on called Brain Train #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

Pixel art image showing a snail , a zombie head, a zombie from a top down side view and a train all above a train track.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 05/06/2025

After coding shaders for a few days here is a sneak peek of an animated boat for my future pirate inspired game. Next step is to progress on the gameplay 🫣 What do you think the gameplay will be ? Let me know what you think. #madewithdefold #gamedev #pirate #indiedev

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 02/06/2025

This weekend I sketched a few characters and boats for a game prototype. What animal should I try to do next ? And what would their boat look like ? #gamedev #sketch #art #pirate

Sketch of a racoon sailor standing on the side of a ship pointing towards the horizon.

Sketch of a pirate pig and sheep with their boats and flags

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 12/05/2025

I've been playing around with #defold recently and I made a 2d isometric flipping animation for a prototype and I am quite happy with the results. In your opinion how does the art/animation look ? #gamedev #indiedev #madewithdefold

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 11/03/2025

Went from Art Nouveau to Art Deco. Would you sign a contract for your soul with him ?

Image of an Art Deco smiling devil wearing a suit and a cape saying Welcome To Hell.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 05/03/2025

Made a Belle Epoque style poster for a game prototype. I took inspiration from Art Nouveau but tried to give my own style using Inkscape. Would this style work for game assets ? #inkscape #artnouveau #trains

Belle Epoque style poster showing a subway with a sing written Dice Metro.

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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 31/01/2025

Spent some of my evening making this little fox character in blender following Chiro Fujita's example (80.lv/articles/spl...). Should I try and do the whole body ? #blender #b3d

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