Hey everyone!

I’m a solo developer working on a 2D MMORPG called MurderCartel, built using Unity.

The project has grown quite a bit, with multiple open-world regions, multiplayer dungeons, gathering, crafting, player-owned islands, guilds, PvP and world events.

One of the biggest challenges has been handling real-time multiplayer while keeping everything synchronized between players.

I’ve been working with Unity’s 2D systems and improving everything from combat mechanics to multiplayer movement and performance.

It’s been a huge learning experience, especially managing a project of this size as a solo developer.

I’m curious: has anyone else here attempted a multiplayer RPG in Unity 2D? What were your biggest technical challenges?

Still not quite there, but after dealing with transparent grey rectangles for buttons for a year, feeling very excited about the increase in general polish.

Any feedback or features/mechanics you'd like to see in the game?

Hey everyone,

I'm a technical artist working in the games industry, and I'd like to share a project I've been developing.

Rigby2D is an open-source 2D skeletal animation editor designed as a free alternative to tools like Spine 2D.

The objective was to build a complete animation workflow with its own editor and runtime while maintaining interoperability with existing skeletal animation formats.

Current capabilities

• Skeletal rigging and weighted mesh deformation
• IK, transform, path, physics and slider constraints
• Animation dopesheet and graph editor
• Skins, events, image sequences and mesh deformation keys
• PSD and PNG import
• Skeleton JSON, binary .skel and texture atlas interoperability
• Self-contained .rigby project files
• JavaScript animation runtime and WebGL renderer

The editor is built with Tauri 2 and includes Rigbytron, a rigged and animated mascot used to demonstrate the tool's capabilities.

The source code is dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.

Current status: v0.1.0 - Early Alpha

Repository: https://github.com/jaisurya-dev-art/rigby2d

Windows downloads: https://github.com/jaisurya-dev-art/rigby2d/releases/tag/v0.1.0

I'd appreciate technical feedback, particularly on the rigging workflow, animation tooling, file interoperability and potential production use cases.

Contributions are welcome!

u/rk00717 posted a trailer of his game a few weeks ago. We've got in touch and I ended up helping him juicing his game. On the left, his original version. On the right, the version I ended up with.

How do you like it ?

Now that few days passed, I feel like I have some more ideas to make it pop even more. But at the same time, I know I have a tendancy to over juice, so I'm trying to keep myself contained 😅

If you are interested in going deeper in details, I made a ~5min video where I explain each changes and my reasoning behind it.

Thanks for reading.

Weapon: Redline

Passive Ability: Critical hits grant 1 Precision Stack (max 7).

Active Ability (Right Click): Consume all Precision Stacks to gain +10% Crit Chance per stack for 4.5s.

Steam Link if anyone is interested: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4316830/Evergain_Adventure/

Hi! I've been working on a game where you use wizards and their magic to run a farm! I'm looking for people to help test and give feedback! The demo is an estimated 45-60 minutes of content with a lot more planned. You build the wizards into various different paths, unlock lots of upgrades, and enjoy a cozy & satisfying farm run itself with magic!

Itch Demo Link (Browser Support)

Steam Wishlist

tyty <3

Hey everyone! Sharing my tile art workflow for my game Trollvein.
The picture are then split in 16x16 pixels in Unity.

pixel art from 3d assets but i just feel like it could be a lot better but cant get my hands on whats the issue....

I'm now making a casual RPG in Unity. The game is set in the modern workplace. As an office drone for almost 15 years, I think things happen in there were kinda interesting. You work, you please someone, offend someone, make choices, think about how to deal with the boss when he come. The game is story-driven with multiple options and rich dialogues. But this is only what I think. Like to listen to your comments about if it's appealing to you and what you think about the video.

Thanks so much. It's called Boss is coming.

P.S. GenAI assisted with the production of art assets, since I'm not an artist.

Here's a background image from Escape Rooms Library, my escape room game made with Unity. What do you think of the atmosphere?

After working as a game developer at a studio, I wanted to ship a game entirely on my own. Box Knight Idle is now live on Google Play.

It's a pixel-art idle RPG: open chests, gear up your knight, defeat bosses across worlds, and keep earning while you're away.

I'd love feedback, especially on the first 10 minutes and the pacing.

Google Play: Link

100 views in a single day. 🎉

That’s how many people looked at the newest build of Cozy Game Company on itch yesterday. For comparison: until now I was happy with 2-4 views a month.

It’s a small number, but for me it’s a big moment. This game has had a bumpy road. I tried to get it off the ground before, and it never found an audience. I even ran a Kickstarter for it once, and it didn’t get funded. That stung, and more than once I thought about letting it go.

I kept going anyway, in between work and everything else life throws at me. Some days that means a few hours, some days barely any. But I always come back to it.

So seeing real people give it a chance now feels really good.

The next big goals are the Kickstarter and the Steam page. I’m hoping that this time they work out, and I’ll be working hard to make it happen.

If you want to help, check out the game, try it, and tell me what you think. Every view, wishlist and bit of feedback counts more than you’d guess. Thank you to everyone who’s played or supported it so far. ❤️

🎮 Steam
🚀 Kickstarter

Been working on the map editor for Empires Edge, my RTS inspired by Mega Lo Mania.

You build the floating islands, paint water, place roads and buildings, then just hit play and test the map.

I’d like players to make their own maps and share them with each other. Has anyone here added Steam Workshop support for something like this? How hard was it, and where did you learn how to do it?

Steam page if you want to follow the project.

An update on the maze-building incremental game I posted here a few months back. I finally got the steam page up: Sprite Garden on Steam - so go and wishlist!

There's an update on the demo as well - Sprite Garden - Demo by Xyxyka. I added a new early sprite to spice up the gameplay, and I think it works pretty well.

Feedback please! Do you think it sucks, or just aren't interested? Let me know! I need to know how I can improve!

Hi everyone !

EDIT : RELEASED V1.2 ON UNITY ASSET STORE NOW

I've made a tool, where you can create 2d icons by your 3d game assets/prefabs.

Hope you'll like it and it will be useful in your projects

[https://assetstore.unity.com/preview/397774/1516074?ampDeviceId=cGBAQBUwaKK6vOf_6rvkTy&ampSessionId=1791918806362&ampTimestamp=1792005734534](https://assetstore.unity.com/preview/397774/1516074?ampDeviceId=cGBAQBUwaKK6vOf

Cheers !

I'm making ArrowSwitch, a one-thumb reflex game in Unity: arrows come at a shield from four sides and you swipe to face each one. Turning at the last moment counts as a PERFECT, which builds a multiplier up to x8.

My first version compared the time of the swipe (from Update) with the time of the hit. It felt random, because Update can't know which fixed step will actually register the contact. A swipe that looked perfect could land a frame early or late, depending on the frame rate.

What fixed it:

• each arrow watches a turn counter on the player inside FixedUpdate, so the swipe and the collision are measured on the same clock
• when the player turns to face the arrow, the arrow stores its distance from the shield at that moment
• PERFECT means that distance is inside a small window, rather than within X milliseconds
• turning away and back inside the window is allowed once, so a quick correction doesn't count as mashing

A nice side effect: the window scales with arrow speed for free, so fast arrows don't need their own tuning curve.

Curious how others handle timing windows in Unity. Do you use timestamps, distance, or something else?

Hey! Wanted to share some pixel art my team and I have worked on across different indie projects.

I draw environments, characters, animations and UI, and handle the art direction to help everything fit together. All the art shown here was made by hand in Aseprite.

I really enjoy seeing a scene come together after working on the sprites separately for so long. Thought some of you making 2D games might enjoy a look at our work!

About 6 years ago me and my pre-school friend started learning game development together online during covid. Since then we've participated in many jams, started many unfinished projects, and learned a lot. I'm filled with excitement now that we've got our dream project up on steam, and it's available to wishlist! It's so cool being able to see something we made appear on the steam marketplace. It's participating in the cooking fest right now, and we would really appreciate it if you checked it out!

Wishlist Sushi Loop

i've been creating and publishing unity packages for quite some time. over the years, i've developed tools that developers found useful, appreciated, and incorporated into their workflows. building these tools has been a meaningful part of my journey as an indie game developer.

but lately, i've been questioning whether it's still worth continuing.

ai has evolved incredibly fast. and i'm not talking about ai that simply generates code for you to copy and paste. i'm talking about ai tools that can build entire systems and projects from scratch, potentially in a fraction of the time and at a much lower cost.

this makes me wonder... why would a developer purchase a unity package when ai might be able to build something similar specifically for their needs in minutes?

as an independent developer, i have to consider where i invest my time. creating, maintaining, documenting, and supporting a package takes considerable effort. if ai can deliver comparable results faster and cheaper, does creating traditional unity assets still make sense?

so i'd genuinely like to hear your thoughts:

• do you still purchase and use human-made unity assets and tools?
• if you're a unity asset creator yourself, have you noticed any changes in demand because of ai?

im not looking for empty reassurance. iwant honest opinions, even if the answer is uncomfortable.

should i continue investing my time in creating new unity packages, adapt my entire approach to this new ai era, or seriously consider stepping away from asset development?

i'd appreciate hearing from both developers and fellow creators. i think this is an important conversation for anyone working in this industry today.

I've been developing Eternal Eclipse, a 2D top-down dark fantasy RPG, and I've now released the first public demo.

The main gameplay loop is:

Explore a dungeon → Catch creatures → Battle enemies → Defeat the boss → Return home → Farm, craft, and breed creatures → Build your collection.

The demo includes a playable dungeon, creature battles, a boss fight, farming, blacksmith crafting, breeding/daycare, and a Field System for extra creatures.

I'm trying to make the creatures part of the whole gameplay experience instead of limiting them to combat.

Built in Unity, with inspiration from classic Pokémon, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, and Stardew Valley.

Free demo: https://anarxhy.itch.io/eternal-eclipse

I'm continuing development and working toward a future Steam release.

It's called Hey! Shopeeker!

A shopkeeping game inspired by all the RPG classics, it asks the age old question... What is it like to live the life of the unassuming villager in a world of might and magic?

This was a pretty huge project for me, and it took more than 5 years to make and I started out knowing next to nothing about pixel art. So any feedback is appreciated!

The early access release is this Thursday on Steam, go check it out!