NicheEmp

21/11/2025

Pause Menu Fixed

I thought I needed to re do the entire pause menu from scratch but apparently I coded a pause into the gamecontroller script when I wrote it but didn't finish it meaning there was no visual que for pausing, so here we go a simple pause menu to do for now. 😎[How i didn't notice/forgot for so long it would pause if you hit escape is beyond me]

Next it's time to re add the inventory and weapons system.

21/11/2025

I post more regular updates on what is going on with NicheEmp and my projects on Minds.com.

Minds is a social media site designed to promote discussion of ideas and points of view with an ethos of "changing minds through dialogue" I have used the site since 2018 in one form or another and it's always evolving.

NicheEmp Minds Page: https://minds.com/nicheemp/

Minds is different compared to most other social media sites because it allows you to follow and interact with posts and members of other sites it shares a group with called the fediverse.
This means you can follow people who post on Threads, Mastodon, PixelFed, PeerTube, Frendica, Lemmy and many more giving you a massive amount of freedom. Don't like minds or the way it's ran??? It's open source and all profiles are backed up by nostr allowing you to in theory restore your profile in its entirety to another site preventing you from losing years of progress over an edgy meme.

Content moderation is based on free speech principles with the idea of a "DIGITAL BILL OF RIGHTS" being a driving factor in how content moderation is done.

Minds.com also pays it's creators for engagement and interactions with posts much like other social media sites, paying content creators in Minds Tokens which can be converted into Ethereum, used to purchase boosted posts and advertisements, giving your favourite creators a gift or even just to cash out your self.

Give it a go you won't be disappointment and feel free to hmu in the messenger if you decided to make an account. I can link to some funny meme groups and other interesting people and pages.

20/11/2025

20/11/2025

I was able to finally add in height sorting for the player and characters making the world feel like it has a lot more depth. Here's some screenshots of the guy hiding behind trees to show it off.

Working on a basic pause menu at the moment and then adding a couple of developer cheats so I can test stuff in game as I need test things in game at specific times eg: night or using items or spawn an enemy or item instead of needing to restart the game every time I want to tweak stuff.

Improving weather effects, sounds and re adding the inventory will mean the engine is at parity will all other versions of this project and will be by far the cleanest implementation of it. This not only means that I can now move on to creating other key parts of the engine that will be needed to create the random environments, loot and enemy spawning that make for good hack and slash experiences it will also take less time to do it.

More updates over the weekend video will be then too because I will have more to show off and I can put more time to it then.

Check out my channel if you want to see other stuff I've worked on.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7779260
Odysee: https://odysee.com/:6
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicheemp/?notif_id=1762811454555493¬if_t=page_user_activity&ref=notif
Minds: https://www.minds.com/nicheemp/

16/11/2025

Surrounded by enemy archers 🫨😬😲

16/11/2025

Bonus screenshot: New enemies!!

15/11/2025

Thought i'd post a new screenshot since it's been a little bit. I've added several features mostly aesthetic including, weather, lighting and hud changes. I also purchased some assets I can use for my player and NPCs and then edit them later.
I faced a slight setback however as I've had to rebuild the engine from scratch due to having two seperate projects with different features and during my attempt to merge them into one project I realized that it would take to long to edit the original project to feature in the lighting and weather system because of how I had set up the game controller.

Working to reach feature parity currently and once the inventory is working properly again I will be able to move on to the next stages such as creating a safe town, more enemies, improved combat mechanics, a item based(scrolls/books) spell system and the game menus (Pause menu, main menu, options etc). I'll have a video up of the current progress hopefully by tomorrow and more updates soon.

Check out my channel if you want to see other stuff I've worked on.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7779260
Odysee: https://odysee.com/:6
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicheemp/?notif_id=1762811454555493¬if_t=page_user_activity&ref=notif
Minds: https://www.minds.com/nicheemp/

06/11/2025

Dodge Wall Available free for Android, Linux & Windows 🥳🤩

Dodge walls, earn points.
Get it for free on Itch:
https://niche-emp.itch.io/dodge-wall

28/10/2025

This is my Godot 4 Dev log for my Hack n Slash Battle Engine Prototype! This system includes a player built with a full state machine, a working inventory with item stacking, equipable gear, and droppable items. Watch as I demonstrate sword and bow combat, healing mechanics, show case the Mana orb and Hearts Health Bar, and a full death animation sequence in action.
The engine is very much still bare bones but now the foundation has been built things will snow ball quickly.
I’m building this engine as the foundation for future RPG and action projects, and your feedback will help shape the next updates.

If you enjoy this kind of game development content, don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more or even check out my page :)

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1epAvNxKRY
Rumble: https://rumble.com/v70wjm6-godot-dev-log-hack-n-slash-battle-engine-prototype.html
Odysee: https://odysee.com/godotdevloghacknslash1battleengine:d1b42bafe5be76da07545b539989520405a8de16

This is my Godot 4 Dev log for my Hack n Slash Battle Engine Prototype! This system includes a player built with a full state machine, a working inventory wi...

28/10/2025

https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1829750875749359616?referrer=nicheemp

23/10/2025

Lot's of new items :o and building the inventory inside of the combat engine has been completed.

Well chuffed with how things are coming along... I'll have a video ready later if interested. It does the system a lot more justice than a screenshot.

Couple this with health bars and the random dungeon generation and we've got a game just like that. Let's see what it turns into.

Check out my video channels for updates on my projects.
RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-7779260
ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/:6
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/

Let me know if you would like a guide to creating these systems and I'll see what I can do 😁

19/10/2025

Going to try and add equipment slots to the inventory system I was working on, sword, bow and maybe armor. I've been trying to fix a bug for the last couple hours where when I spawn items with a random quantity it won't remember the amount when I add to inventory I think I've fixed it so going to rebuild the inventory in a separate project. After that I should finally be able to create my next complete game. It'll be simpler in scope than I originally hoped but with the new skills I've learned recently it will be my most visually aesthetic project yet!

I added mana potion as well 🧙‍♀️

I have a Youtube channel if anyone wants to check out videos of my work.

https://www.youtube.com/