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Lancer order for one of my patrons. A Death's head named Partisan piloted by Saint.

Very fun to work on.

Visit my Patreon to see all the progress work, It's only $3 a month.

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Hi! I was just wondering if we're ever going to get the ability to use custom images for pilot portraits in Lancer Tactics. I'd really like to be able to make my actual Lancer character in tactics and use their art. I'm really impressed with the progress though!

Eventually — mod support didn't make the cut for the Kickstarter work, but custom pilot graphics is near the top of the list for when we do start enabling custom assets post-KS. I'd like to setup a way to import custom mech tokens as well, seeing how much player mech pixel talent there is in the Retrograde Minis world.

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I’m not even exaggerating when I say your game is the one I’m most hyped about coming out (ok maybe tied with silksong but still) it looks so good and I’ve been wanting a lancer game since I read the books

Aw thanks! We're doing our best. I'm very grateful that we're able to work in the Lancer universe. Big props to Massif for their third party license that made it possible.

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SSC + HORUS frames done!

Lancer Tactics v0.3.3 is live — we've finished off implementation for all SSC and HORUS mechs. Almost there!

Also ft. a second blog post that I broke off of the update bc it ended up being longer and more technical than I expected. Titled BRING YOUR BALOR TO WORK DAY; my lab notes as I implement the Balor frame traits.

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SSC + HORUS frames done!

Lancer Tactics v0.3.3 is live — we've finished off implementation for all SSC and HORUS mechs. Almost there!

Also ft. a second blog post that I broke off of the update bc it ended up being longer and more technical than I expected. Titled BRING YOUR BALOR TO WORK DAY; my lab notes as I implement the Balor frame traits.

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mills go spinny

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Hi! I've been quietly following development on Lancer Tactics for a while (it's honestly one of the things that got me to start learning Godot) and I was curious, will Lancer Tactics eventually have modding support/the ability to implement custom content? Not like some fancy editor or in-engine design tool or anything crazy like that, just code that's accessible to and compatible with modding. I ask since custom/third party material is a pretty big part of the Lancer community. idk how intense that would be to implement, so I'd love to hear your take either way (if for no other reason than learning)!

Mod support is high on the post-Kickstarter wishlist; I agree that it'd be a great fit for the homebrew Lancer community. But since I've never shipped a full project in Godot, I don't know the technical constraints we might run into for them in this engine and didn't want to promise something I'm not 100% sure we can do.

Having done a little more research now, my understanding is that to truly enable full modding for a Godot project you might have to release the entire project's source code? And since I don't know what sort of publisher situation we'll be in once we finish up the Kickstarter build and turn towards Steam, I don't know if that will be an option business-wise.

Limited mods like additional portrait maker assets // mech tokens are pretty much a sure thing, but until I get to interview someone who's already gone through the setting-up-modding-for-a-Godot-game process, I can't say much more than that.

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Lancer Tactics' next build is going to have some big improvements to the map editor, incl:

a "palette" picker for blocks/setpieces/doodads

eyedropper tool

hold shift to draw lines (pictured)

see preview of ramps before placing them

can mark tiles as off-limits (for interiors/hallways)

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Kill Credit card Companies

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thinking about what is and what isn't allowed in frame with reference ecosystems in prairie restoration

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Sisyphus + Universal Compatibility:

Going through a series of popup menus has never been so much fun.

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Eight new mechs in-game!

This month's changelog includes a new chunk of implemented content & now using Godot's Compatibility rendering mode instead of Forward+ (was getting too many unassailable Vulkan crash reports).

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Well i'm having a hard time lately since 2 months now, so i'm taking emergency commissions at special prices so i can pay my debts of this month and the nnext one, so if you are interested in having your characters in my style send me a DM or if you want to help ya boy i have my ko-fi, thank you and i will apprecciate all the shares!

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a touch of tweening

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Lancer Tactics 3D lines

Experimenting with a 3D line addon to add persistent visual effects between units; here's something to remind you that you're currently engaged in a To The Death duel.

This also enables ephemeral line effects like the Blackbeard's grappling-hook-everyone core power:

And also just nicer targeting indicators:

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Two weeks ago I found a piece of grass with a dead ant clamped to the top of it and was like wait... no way... so kept it, and now it's sprouting! Everyone say hi to the mind controlling fungus cordyceps! I feel strangely compelled to share it widely!

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I don’t know how to embed a video on here, but this quote so poetically explained a concept I couldn’t put into words.