How I released a game that has no assets

The creator of Crow Sign explains how they used mathematical sine waves to procedurally generate all audio, graphics, and animations for a game.

Let's explore how far I can honor sine waves in a project, to see how that affects the assets and game. This inspired me to be creative in so many ways! Links below: Like what I do? Join on Patreon for frequent dev updates! patreon.com/zanzlanz Play Crow Sign in your browser (Warning! It may be slow on some computers or hard to play in general haha. Also the JPEG shader is turned off due to oddities across most GPUs): zanzlanz.com/g/Crow_Sign The Haxe source code of Crow Sign is available to patrons: zanzlanz.com/patreon-bonuses/secrets/source-code/Crow-Sign_s… Thanks so much to SomeRanDev and LeahStray for playing my game on video!! You were amazing playtesters. - @SomeRanDev on YouTube - @leahstray: questlist.io Chapters: - 00:00 Intro - 00:52 Sound - 01:35 Graphics - 03:09 Making Planets - 03:33 Creating Sprites - 04:48 Compression - 06:33 Animations - 07:00 Plane - 07:57 Game Idea - 08:14 Fonts - 09:33 Arranging Balloons - 10:56 Grass and Water - 11:32 HUD/Map - 12:49 SFX Synthesis - 14:55 Noise and FM Synthesis - 18:02 Intro to NPC - 18:25 Music - 20:10 Let's Play (pt. 1) - 26:48 The Gameplay Loop - 27:15 Let's Play (pt. 2) - 30:10 Compression Results - 31:14 Wormhole and JPEG - 32:06 Making Everything Sine - 32:51 Sine Off Music: - Intro music made specifically for this video - WIP available to patrons - 00:51 Something I scored to make raw waveforms not ear-piercing on some devices - 01:36 and 09:09 "Being Cryptic" made for youtu.be/nXrEX6j-Mws - WIP available to patrons - 02:56 and 16:26 "Mycophile" (2013) - soundcloud.com/zanzlanz/mycophile - 03:08 ID (2021) - WIP available to patrons - 03:46 and 06:16 and 30:20 ID (2022) - WIP available to patrons - 05:14 ID (2026) - WIP available to patrons - 05:55 and 26:49 ID (2015) - WIP available to patrons - 06:34 "A Loose Connection" (2024) - WIP available to patrons - 07:02 ID (2022) - 07:58 "Finish Your Greens" (2021-2022) - WIPs available to patrons - 10:20 "Second Glance" (2015) zanzlanz.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-drop - 11:27 "Tidbit" made for youtu.be/XDsYPXRCXAs - WIP available to patrons - 12:42 and 14:04 Score made for youtu.be/fnR7djDnkyo - Available to patrons - 13:57 ID (2015) - 15:01 and 15:29 ID (2021) - 15:38 ID (2018) - 32:15 Outro music made for this series, heard first in youtu.be/Z9xFWjdg2IY - Available to patrons Songs referenced in FM synthesis history: - Bassline from "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley - Lead from "Green Hill Zone" in Sonic the Hedgehog - Lead from "Time to Pretend" by MGMT - Baseline from "Underground Theme" in Super Mario Bros Thanks so much for watching :) Hopefully I'll make it through my next ambitious project. Wish me luck!!! #programming #gamedev