just performed the fastest wishlist in the west

There are few channels where I get so excited when notified of a new post.

7:34 The “stuck in dodge mode” glitch feels like a fun taunt. If the enemy held its arms out to the side while doing it, it’d be even better

The portraits are beautiful, and they would fit in amazingly in a retro murder mystery, but they do seem kinda hyper-realistic and intense compared to the rest of the game. My creatures are pre-emptively filing a restraining order against Hank From Accounting.

FASTEST WISHLIST IN MY LIFE

That guy is single-handedly creating our childhood dream game

"i didn't like the portraits i drew" in reference to some of the best pixel art portraits i've ever seen

Just a small suggestion: For the small critters maybe make a small HP Bar over their heads? The huge HP bar could work for bosses and the such.

This game just has a "vibe" that no other game has, and I love it

I’m very excited for this game, I personally believe that procedural animation and generation is sickeningly underused in games, not only that, but I’ve always been a fan of using breeding in games to make something stronger, so this game is basically made for me Can’t wait for it to release! Take your time tho, don’t wanna rush

my 2 cents is that your portraits are very realistic and your creatures are super goofy. When put together it's gonna look like Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Living in the same world but feeling like creatures of different realities altogether. Ultimately, you should create the game that you feel the most proud of, so do as you will with this comment.

This game has the the "Spore" level of potential. Amazing concept and mechanics and the ability to appeal to a large portion of people. I can imagine wheezing when playing this with friends as my slug-giraffe gets slapped by a crocodile.

heck yeah we’re back

"Pretty long" - man I literally watched it twice in a row because I love your presentation and dev process insights. This could be the first game I would ever buy early access, and that's coming from someone who has very strong feelings on that.

I would just call this game "Breed"

If you give up on this project I will never forgive you this is the best game I've seen ever.

When I saw palworld explode on the game market I was like: "wait a second wasn't there someone who also worked on a really cool pokemon like game". Here you are lol. Hope your game explodes as much as palworld because your idea deserves it. It's fricking amazing.

WOW when you switched from the creature being nose-point based to being able to face different directions, they made a huge difference to making this look way way more polished

Your portraits look great and you're like "nah this sucks" True artist grindset right here

My friend... I have never loved a game idea more. I have thought about this type of thing since I was a kid, and have constantly thought about how to improve the IP's like Pokemon that the creators unfortunately do not utilize to their fullest. Your combination of perspectives, innovative ideas, style, design, speed, it's all just spectacular. I applaud you not only as another aspiring developer, but as a person who would be thrilled to play your game as soon as it's released! This project clearly has passion behind it, and I hope you go so very far my friend. Take the time you need for breaks, do not overwork yourself, I know all the hype is very encouraging but do not allow it to burn you out. You're one in a million my friend.

Honestly, when i see your notification, my heart just skip a beat from the enjoyment and exitation that i have will watching your video,the advencements that you have made from the begining is pretty imprecive ! I love the feeling of the game so keep it up!

Babe wake up, new Critter Crosser devlog just dropped

I love that you explain WHAT you're doing, not how you did it. This sort of information presenting feels more valuable than tutorials, because there's a millions ways to apply perlin noise in different programs, but making people aware that it exists and what it is capable of just inspires the imagination and let's us know what to search for when we need it

fastest Wishlist ever. Always a treat to watch these!

The final fighting scene looks terrific, it actually looks fun to play and actively makes me want to try it for myself, meaning you absolutely delivered with this mechanic, awesome job!

Had to wishlist but one suggestion I would make is have the health deplete from outside->in instead of inside->out. I remember a fighting channel pointing out bad UI design in fighting games and that having it go towards the middle makes it easier to read when someone is low on health. Very minor issue to me and not sure if the end version of this game will attract the more hardcore crowd that will care much more. Hopefully you're having fun as you make this!

The second you said "Real Time" I sat up in my seat and said "Oh I'm actually getting this game"

I am very much enjoying the direction you are taking this project, I remember when you first shared this project on youtube, I was absolutely blown away by your coding wizardry and I love seeing you polish this game to perfection

And when we needed him the most, he returned!

I audibly cried out in joy at the mere sight of this video...

Ran so fast to wishlist it before I even watched the video lol I'm so excited for you reaching this stage!! It's amazing to be able to follow along with the development and know how much effort you're putting into this game. Thank you for the update post!!

Everything about this game is PHENOMENALLY impressive. The pixel art portraits is the best I've ever seen, the animation is the most fluid I've ever seen - you've succeeded where so many other game developers have languished!!!

This is literally the only channel where I rang the bell. I like the way you dev. Always happy to see a new video come up, and very ok with how long it takes to do so. I'll wait patiently til you ding the bell on your end. Looking forward to trying the game too, but mostly just happy to watch you make it, lol. It's hard to throw out old work, and I'm sure it wasn't as easy as you made it look in the video to get rid of the old walking style, there are certainly some tradeoffs. But the new style will make a more fun game, so hard to really be too upset about losing the cool critter walk animations. I wonder if it might be worth having a "fighting stance" and a non-combat walk animation where they still follow their nose.

Your technical ability within Gamemaker is absolutely flooring. Combine that with your artistic ability and it is so inspirational!

Honestly I think it should be titled simply as“Critter Cross” and not “crosser”, feels more catchy and more emphasis on the critters then the ‘crosser’ that you play as. Also this is inspirational man, hope this does well when it’s done!

Dude those pixel art portraits are freaking AMAZING

The art for the game looks so good, I can't wait to see this fully released! Keep up the good work!

Defiantly wish listed when i spotted the description, love seeing the progress of this game!

this is so cool! I just found one of your earlier logs and I love the progress thats Ive seen in between all of them! quick wishlist for me! also I entirely relate about the want for collecting but also wanting slightly different creatures for creature breeding and I'm excited about this game!

Added to my wishlist. I’ve been eagerly following your progress since the beginning. Your game and personality just hit me in the feels. Can’t wait to play.

Its amazing how far this game has come over the past few years and its turning out so good! Keep it up man cant wait to see how the game continues to evolve!

I really like the second to last logo with the purple. The tone really fits the game and sets off the orange. Blue and Green has been done to death these days

put this in my wishlist so hard

Wishlisted. As a small suggestion, I think adding a subtle hitstop effect to attacks when they land could make the combat feel a bit less floaty.

Literally yesterday I thought to myself: "Huh, its been a year! since the last vid. We must be due for a new one

I absolutely love perlin noise for abstract art!

I just came back to this channel after it wasn't recommended to me for like 2 years and holy shit man this looks amazing

This is absolutely amazing, i whislisted this so goddamn fast keep up the amazing work!

"hey its me" Me: IT'S YOU

I don't know if I will like this game, but I love everything this developer is doing and I'm buying it regardless. Keep up the great work and videos!

Worth the wait! Most excited I’ve been for a video in a long time

I remember seeing this project a few years ago and forgetting the name, but finally KZfaq finally recommended you again.

I opened the video and INSTA wishlisted your game, dood. You don't know how much I was waiting for ur game. So excited, pls open a Kickstarterrrr

LOVE what we're getting so far. The combat has loads of potential! Personally, I feel that the different spells could be tweaked a bit more to differentiate between them. Fireball and waterball seem to function very similarly and lightning/magic could be very broken due to being hard to dodge. I think giving each spell type a unique charge attack would do wonders for the combat system. For example, perhaps charging up a fireball results in a short-range large continuous burst of fire breath that can light grass and enemies on fire. In contrast, perhaps charging up a waterball turns it into an ice shard that has a small hitbox but does sizeable damage if it hits its target. I think something along these lines would make the current fire and water spells more different from each other and function as direct opposites, with charged fireball functioning more like a short-range large AOE attack and charged waterball functioning more like a long-range precision sniping attack. To balance out the brokenness of the charged attacks, perhaps make it so that being attacked while charging up interrupts the charge. As for the lightning and magic spells, I think creating another spell type to counter them could work. Perhaps an Earth element spell that allows the player's critter to conjure up Earth walls from the ground within a short radius from the player's critter like Earthbenders from Avatar. These destructible walls could then provide an adequate shield against homing attacks that are tricky to dodge for a short period of time before being destroyed or disappearing. To prevent players from camping and hiding, I think implementing a charged magic type spell that acts as a vortex that pulls other critters and objects towards the player's critter could work. Those are just my two cents though. Regardless, I have faith that the combat in this game is going to end up good. Keep up the good work! I hope future development goes well.

I'd say keep how the animation used to look like for "wandering" or just normal exploration, but if you encounter an enemy/get into combat, it can switch to the twin sticks control scheme. That way, you still get the nice animalistic animations with everything following the head but the functionality of the twin sticks when you need it. I'm not unaware of how much that could be to code, but it's something to consider if you don't want the game to change so drastically ❤ Best wishes on thus, you've inspired me to make my own art

this is impressive. You can't imagine my joy when you said you're doing real time combat instead of turn based. This is a W for someone who isn't a fan of turn based combat

He has once again graced us with his presence!

Your background music choices are impeccable 🤌

Oh my god, the creature guy is back! Your videos are always the highlight of my year. Don't know when the game will come out, but I'll wait as long as I need to play this masterpiece.

Brooo the channel really grew, I remember watching your first ever video that was randomly suggested to me out of nowhere. Love to see you doing great man

this is my favorite devlog channel, very nice

RETURN OF THE KING

Always wonderful when someone not only showcases their creative work, but also goes to the effort to YTP themselves!

Insane, you're the most talented gamedev I've seen in a while. Keep it up!

I love your work! My only comment on the new art style is that it's kinda jarring how realistic it is when compared to the rest of the game.

I can’t tell you how excited I am for this game! Immediately wishlisted it! The attack effects looks really awesome as well. I do have one constructive criticism if you want it: First of all love the style and dramatic boldness and italicization though I think the healthbars kink down into the screen is a bit to intense and distracts the eye from what’s going on in your screen and makes the bar a bit harder to decipher.

Bro this is the game I never knew I wanted until now! Now I’m invested! Can’t wait to see the next upload in a year :)!

Wishlisted instantly. Glad to see so much awesome progress. Good job!

Dude used The Three Stooges footage. I have a new favorite person in this platform. I remember previous videos of this, I'm happy to see you've continued and how much progress you've made :D And with this video... oh you don't have 0 wishlists in Steam, no you don't, haha

You don't need a AAA studio when you ARE a AAA studio!

This is what i wanted since i was a kid, can't wait to buy it, looks amazing.

Your uploads may be rare, but they are always amazing. Building all this in GameMaker is unreal.

You have no idea just how long my girlfriend and I have been waiting for this to be playable! WE WERE STILL IN LOCKDOWN WHEN I FIRST SHOWED HER YOUR FIRST VIDEO!

My man!

Idc if the video is 8 minutes or 80, i could watch the development of this untill the day I die. I am so excited. If you would like to stream the dev process I would be more than happy

I love seeing these little glimpses into the programming world. Very neat

This video feels like it was made for adhd people. I love it.

The king returns

Twin stick is an incredible upgrade IMO! Keep up the great work, this is already looking so good.

This game has so much potential! You should have it so certain monsters have certain abilities, which could encourage breeding to get the perfect combination of those abilities

ANOTHER VIDEO, YAY!

Dude, I think it's about time you launch a kickstarter campaing, I think there's so many of us willing to back this project ❤

I personally like turn-based combat, but the real time stuff looks sick too! This is basically my childhood dream game, and I imagine that's the case for anyone else who played a creature catcher. Keep doing what you're doing!

Man I literally don’t even play these kinda games that much, but this concept is so unique and cool I’ve seen every single video you’ve made on this - hyped!

LESGOO I LOVE THESE SUPER RARE UPLOADS

I knew there was an update coming. Adding it to my wishlist now!

This video is giving off 'history of the entire world, I guess' vibes

CATS: Actually there were 5 of them 1 - 0:06 (top left, NPC) 2 - 0:16 3 - 0:57 4 - 2:49 5 - 4:02

Bill Wurtz if he was a game developer

We miss you, man

amazing work, I just stumbled upon your video from a year ago and watched this sequel right after, easiest wishlist of my life

everytime i start to wonder abt this project, you upload a video shortly after. great progress!!!

I made a steam account just to wishlist this game

wow glad to see an update

So glad this popped up in my recommended, added to wishlist before even watching the video fully

Please upload AT LEAST once a month!!! I love your videos.

With the explosion of palworld I imagine people will be hungry for a creature collecting game with more fresh twists and this might just be it! Excited for more!

2:51 love the cat 4:02 this one also 8:14 Wait! There were 2 other ones!?! 0:17 🆗 this one is really sneaky 0:56 This one is also really sneaky

never have i opened steam so fast. wishlisting rn btw changing the controls must have been soooooooooooooo difficult man, very well done!

Godamn it looks promising as hell. Seeing it evolve since the first video shows your dedication and hard work which is not unnoticed. Kerp it up man, because all your hard work is really paying off!!!