Matt White
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Artist/animator/gamedev - Creator of a metroidvania style game called Ghost Song - Available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PS4, and PS5
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I'm happy to announce Ghost Song is coming in 2022 in cooperation with
@PlayHumbleGames
If it looks interesting to you, please wishlist on Steam:
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Killing a mutating enemy before it can do scary things
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The body parts and ragdolls were fun to do on this one, as they have to be variable to match the mutation state
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I prefer environmental storytelling to exposition dumps and cutscenes. One forces you to listen to stuff and the other invites you to wonder. Setting the pace of your own experience makes everything more immersive
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Ghost Song is coming November 3 to PC and consoles! Hope you enjoy this new trailer!
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#unity3d
Wake up, scavenge powerful weapons, and search for answers in the atmospheric 2D adventure Ghost Song, a science-fiction journey of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror arriving November 3.
#gamescom2022
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heard the internet likes tall women so I sprang into action
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Created enemies in this particular area that hide in the seemingly inactive skulls that litter the environment. Hopefully they'll get a good jump scare out of a player or two. :)
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Hypersledge demonstration. Once upon a time Ghost Song was pitched as "Super Metroid meets Dark Souls", but with how things have been going I think Bloodborne is more apt 😅
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CLANG
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work in progress monster design
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Just testing some stuff, this won't be where it appears!
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It's a start! 🎮
Ghost Song Reviews
10/10 - GameGrin
9.5/10 - God is a Geek
9/10 - PSU
8.5/10 - Gameblast
8.5/10 - PC Invasion
8.2/10 - COG
8/10 - ScreenRant
8/10 - WellPlayed
8/10 - TechRaptor
6.5/10 - PSX Brazil
Out November 3 on PS4/5, Switch, PC, Xbox One, Series X|S and Game Pass
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@unity
Out of curiosity, how does Unity know where a Steam install came from? How does it know if it's a demo, or a key that came from a charity bundle, or a key that came from a storefront? Logistically how does this work?
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Game comes out in just 9 days 🎮 ("Pixel Deadsuit" art by "Devil" from my community)
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Here's a first Twitter look at the Ghost Song Unity rebuild I've been working on for the past 5 months. Tons of stuff is new, including the ability to parry enemy attacks.
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Come to my discord if ya want! Link is in my profile
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Bug squashing 🔨🤓
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The game has a comprehensive melee system that groups weapons into archetypes that share animations.
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What are some of your favorite melee weapons in games? What would you like to see?
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time:) I'm putting emphasis on making things tactile. The character can get bloody, dirty, and slimy - Enemies have explosive overkill deaths, there's variable run speed via analog stick, flowers push out of the way
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Making your arm blaster overheat weakens it as a ranged weapon but gives it a bonus to melee damage, encouraging you to switch things up
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Still closed, still closed...
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This NPC's named Mutt. He has a big hammer and wants to squash some bugs, but he doesn't know how to get through the flesh wall. He may not know what's good for him
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Game's approved for release on all platforms and coming out in under 3 weeks!
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Surely the mania is behind me and it's only relaxation now
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#GhostSong
has been updated on all platforms to include New Game Plus mode (for cleared games) and a new miniboss has also been placed on the map somewhere! -- Additionally, the game now has a locked framerate on Nintendo Switch. Have a good weekend!
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The heat based weapon can heat things up enough to catch fire. A stupid amount of effort went into this effect.
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(Other enemies are more complex, these just make for good fodder)
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You can't change the past.
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Gili from Ghost Song
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If you're weird like me and enjoy body destruction in games this one's for you!
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Characters and enemies in the game can explode violently when killed, depending on the force and direction of the attack. Takes a lot of work to set up!
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New axe weapon is part of a forthcoming update to Ghost Song. Beating up some training dummies with it.
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it can fire a projectile like old school zelda
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I love it when I make it rain body parts
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This attack is associated with one of the melee weapons that exists in the game. It's still mainly a shooting game, but mixing things up a little can be fun.
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In Ghost Song you can equip a gun style weapon and a melee/gadget style weapon. This is the Painwheel, which functions like a boomerang, paired with the Firefly-- an autofire electricity cannon that can create AOE bursts.
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Jumping in a cave pond and finding stuff
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Water cleans your suit, cools your barrel, and there's fish and stuff
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If you want this lovely Ghost Song box they're available starting today (PS5 and PS4, as well). I hear there's a game and poster inside too.
Available now at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and Gamestop! (and maybe other places, not sure!)
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The player character in Ghost Song, Little Blue, is pretty short. Horrific and bizarre death scene for scale.
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Being the underdog is always more fun than being the overdog
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I saw this creature in a dream -- Woke up and drew it. 🤓
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Okay I'm done making weapons now. 18 weapons. This one is for when you just really need to punch someone in the legs with a big robot hand. Don't judge. Also see: Free aim. Helps aiming for weak points like heads. More soon :)
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This is Raven, a character you can meet in
#GhostSong
, which just happens to be coming out in 3 days!
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I made these little swarming guys kind of in homage to the little critters near the start of Super Metroid (just before the statue fight). :) (The video is cropped in a bit to see better)
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See you at the rave
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I've set up a number of accessories and cloth variants, and at the outset of the game the player will be able to choose their own personal glow color.
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Equipped items show on your back, and you can get dirty
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Broke his face with my not screw attack
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Ghost Song will be at Gamescom this week, there could even be some news forthcoming!
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How does she make you feel? What or who do you think she is?
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@konjak
yep and in addition they'll gravitate towards any and all cheese at all times, so if you're aware of cheese you need to be ok with it being how the game is played most the time
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With fall damage in the game, some drop offs are dangerous. What would you do here? Would you take these unusual plants as a sign?
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Space cave. It's a cave, it's an interior, but it looks like outer space
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#art
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Working on ambient sound and stuff
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(Sorry for chop in the recording, game runs perfectly smooth just not sure how to get OBS to behave atm. It worked fine before 🤔)
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Good morning
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The grind continues... Did you know a lot of things can screw attack in this game?
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What's your favorite gif software for capturing stuff quickly? Mine hates the color bright green, which is becoming an issue because I love the color bright green
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Anyway in addition to unarmed, there are four types of melee weapons in Ghost Song
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On track to complete all 45 equipment modules soon. This one turns your bullets into eggs that hatch on impact, sometimes spawning hatchlings. Create a swarm 😈
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Looking to cast a female voice actor to be in my game. This is a pay job for an indie game. Looking for organic (less cartoony) reads. My DMs are open if you are interested or have questions. Please have a reel.
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Thank you!
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Gotta go fast.. Ow my head
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Early on I discovered it was fun to be able to run really fast, so I've taken to implementing a lot of wide spaces to run through
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Destroying rival NPC's helmets yields special rewards. Depending on the character this won't necessarily be easy. Also see: the shield. You'll want this if you intend to take these guys and girls on
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Xorogon, The Undefeated -- New boss I'm adding in the next update. He's pretty tough, I'm currently having trouble beating him without cheating 🙃
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Using nested blend trees to get a range of possible motions from several discrete motions. In this example, I'm blending several idle variants with one value (Blend2), and then blending all of that with a walk motion (Blend)
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This is a shield that can be placed into your equipment slot. It doesn't have a strong role in the game, but it has some niche uses. It becomes visibly damaged as you block with it until it breaks.
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No one down here but us flowers!
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Doing a lot of things with slopes compared to before. Inverse kinematics keep the character's feet on the ground.
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There are many suit modules and combinations of modules that produce new effects.. This is a "backlash" effect that does damage when hit combined with electricity enhancing module and the berserker module >:)
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This is Lua, an NPC in
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, and way back when I designed her I thought it was novel to have a tall green woman. I have to turn in my nerd card because I legit didn't know she-hulk existed back then
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Made this little body of water and tried to make it look 3D
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Sorry I overslept for
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guess the tag won't work
Ghost Song:
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The weapon grind continues. This is the only gun that inflicts spirit damage. It can be charged for an AOE blast, and if fired into terrain it can cause various plant life to grow depending on the specific terrain/area.
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The Ashmaker, one of 18 unique weapon modules now in the game.
#Unity3d
makes a lot of things possible with particles that never were for me in the past! Can really use a booty ton of them with almost no overhead 🤓
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My first Spine model for a basic enemy. Everything is articulated.
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Animating it was fun 🤓
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Got the PS5 flavor at Best Buy.
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Still a curious feeling seeing my art on a retail box to something. Hopefully only the first!
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Gameplay mechanics and systems are mostly in place now - Pivoting to focus more on content creation. This mutant grows a fist to punch you with and makes the owwies happen.
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Fight this NPC head on and get lit up. It's best to stay back until he has to reload #🔫
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#GhostSong
physical editions are coming this July to Switch, PS5, and PS4! Game includes a poster/map and OST download code.
Amazon links:
Switch:
PS5:
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I've been listening to keyboard/mouse players and have implemented an initial functionality that supports aiming the weapon with the mouse. I will continue working to improve this and other things.
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Made a few edits to the player model recently, particularly idle poses to bring about a more distinctive outline. Also this whole level bends and warbles visually, as if it's alive, because it is alive
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Finallly implemented fire. Fire is systems driven where the internal temperature of enemies causes fire to start (or be put out). It can also spread from enemy to enemy. Was challenging to get right!
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Someone showed me Area 51 Raid weeb running, and I realized my game's character actually can sort of do that
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(She has more sense than to actually show up, of course)
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Blobby containers may hold yummy food or yummy danger or yummy none of the above
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Dueling a bounty hunter named Dolly, who can appear in different parts of the game world. Combine melee and gunfire in Ghost Song
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I did another gross thing. This monster has two forms- Small, and "call an ambulance, but not for me". A blend tree facilitates the mutation level
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TIL my game was on TV
Did you miss the new game review on
#Toonami
last night? Well fear not and watch it here!
TOM and Sara take a look at
#GhostSong
from
@mattwhitedev
!
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Since I get asked about this a fair amount: Ghost Song on
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. Stable 60 fps, and no issues of any kind that I've found.
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🙏
We're delighted to share that the Deadsuit is shining brighter than ever on the beautiful moon Lorian, now that
#GhostSong
has been adorned with a pair of Gold Winner awards for Best Independent Game and Best Indie Developer from
#NYXGameAwards
!
#nyxawards
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With Blob-bloom, fire bloblings from your arm cannon to help you in battle.
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When all else fails, you can always club things with your gun. Not shown here, but if the weapon has been overheated from shooting, it adds fire damage to the melee attack
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surreal seeing my game on an eshop sale page … --- 20% off!
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Perfect complement to 4/20, game is full of existential wonderings
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I guess I'm flattered that another game is copying my designs, but if you're considering doing this I'd ask that you please didn't. Thank you!
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There's been a lot of positive sentiment about the Ghost Song musical score by
@Grant_Graham_
. If that's you, consider supporting him by picking it up here He knocked it out of the park
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Happy new year! My goals for this year are to reconnect with drawing (recently almost all I've done are game assets, which is a slightly different skill), make a good content update for GS, and make progress on a new game I'm working on! And maybe learn to relax a bit sometimes.
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Spent hourssss reprogramming/redesigning the object interactions - much happier now
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#MadeInStencyl
now I finally sleep
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Design of a monster for the previous version of Ghost Song (I call it "Old Song"). I think it looks cool but this art and animation style took a very very very long time and was hard to work with in general.
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a while ago I made an animated visualization of Gili from Ghost Song
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was fun to put together
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Spent most the weekend developing ragdoll corpses for enemies. I think they're almost there.
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#GhostSong
is discounted for the winter sale on Steam! Wouldn't it be funny if you gifted it to someone for the holidays? Just kidding of course... Unless... 😳 No, haha.
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I made chompy robot heads. I'm not exactly sure what force allows them to fly.
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Also some fun with 2d physics in this room (and most rooms, frankly).
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