Hi everyone! Regarding the development survey – since there wasn't an option for 'hybrid AI/human coding,' I chose the 'vibe coded' response. In practice, I'd estimate development was 50% my own programming and 50% AI-assisted implementation. Happy to answer any questions about the process!
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Hi there! Just checked out your game—what a charming start to the little frog's story! Really loved the vibe.
Let's connect! I'm looking to meet fellow indie devs who might find my web tool useful (PolishSprite). It lets you create smooth animations from static sprites, no coding or animation skills required. Thought it might interest you.
By the way, I also built my tool with Godot. It's a fantastic engine, isn't it?
Just to give you a quick idea: you upload a static sprite (like a leaf or a torch), make a few copies, and a shader turns it all into a ready-made animation. If you'd ever like to try it out, just let me know!
Either way, best of luck with your project!
The atmosphere of your game is wonderful, it really pulls you in! The visual style is exactly the kind of project I had in mind while building my tool, PolishSprite.
It's a shader-based tool that lets you quickly animate static sprites without coding or drawing. You can easily create effects like trees swaying in the wind, flickering torches, or flowing water by cloning a sprite and applying a shader effect.
I'm looking to collaborate with developers to help bring their environments to life. If that sounds interesting, feel free to reach out! Best of luck with your project!
Your game's concept is inspiring! I immediately fell in love with the atmosphere of "Heroes," but the urban setting makes it so fresh and intriguing. Creative projects like this are exactly what draw me to them.
By the way, I'm working on a developer tool called PolishSprite. It allows you to quickly add animated effects to static sprites without drawing or programming—for example, adding flickering neon signs, steam from manholes, or subtle movement to city banners. I thought it would be perfect for bringing your urban world to life.
If you ever want to experiment with this, I'd be happy to help. Anyway, good luck with your development—I'm really excited to see where it goes!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for checking out PolishSprite!
The exact goal of my app is to help people who aren't pros in graphics or animation. It allows you to take a static sprite you like, create 4-8 duplicates of it, and bake movement into it using a shader as an effect.
Ultimately, I want to give indie developers the power to quickly bring any static environment sprites to life on the fly — things like water, trees, flickering signs, smoke, etc. I'm just trying to figure out if this is something that would actually be interesting and useful for other indies.
In any case, thank you a ton! Your feedback is incredibly important to me.
That's not cool ! I just released my tool for quickly creating GIFs from images and modifying them using 90+ shaders.Maybe the itch developers won't need to worry about this anymore :(( Will itch.io ever fix GIF support?"
https://cofdins.itch.io/shader-swap-shaders-editor-online





