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Hey everyone! Honestly, I’m still super blown away by all of this... 🤯
What changed
- Gameplay
Billy the Hero changes
A little while ago, I shared a quick look behind the scenes of my dev process—specifically, how I took photos of my sleeping wife to design an in-game boss monster for Billy the Hero.
Next thing I knew, it rapidly exploded into a global viral sensation! I'm pretty sure most of you hanging out in our cozy little community right now found your way here because of that exact meme. 😂
For those who missed it, here is the original post that started the whole madness:
Steam post image When you run out of ideas, but game dev must go on. (Making a boss out of my sleeping wife!) The monster that took me the longest to create... mainly because the relationship took over 20 years to incubate! 🤣
Since my game features a late-game marriage system, I needed a lore-accurate guardian for the wedding ring. As an indie dev looking for inspiration around the house, what could be better than turning my own wife into the boss?
Here is my workflow:
The Stealth Mission
She stayed up late baking for the kids, which meant she was in a very deep sleep by morning. Perfect lighting, perfect timing. I sneaked in and took reference photos from multiple angles.
Crucial rule
Do NOT wake her up. Deep sleep gives that raw, natural look. If she were awake, her natural instinct would be to pose and try to look pretty. We need monster material here!
Photo-bashing: I cut out the faces and arranged the core form. because I planned to use morning sunlight. It will be easier when I combine the images.
Grayscale & Textures: Reduce the saturation of all colors to a grayscale, then layer with colors to adjust lighting and shadows, and overlay with raw textures. (I pixelated the raw meat references in the image so I don't gross you guys out too much).
- The GoreA horror monster needs blood. Added some red in the crevices, painted in some veins, tendons, and fleshy connections.
Ta-da! After some final color grading, she is ready to be unleashed. You can now queue up to spam your skills on her.
💬 Check out some of the featured posts here: (I mean, I know you probably won't click on them anyway, but I just wanna flex a bunch of links to look cool lol) 😎 (Also, huge apologies to all the media outlets, channels, and creators that I couldn't include here—there are just too many! Thank you all so much for all the incredible interest and coverage!)
IGNindia https://www.instagram.com/p/Da2sDSxDXeb/
Gamersradar+
SavePoint https://savepointgaming.co/games/billy-the-hero-sleeping-wife-rpg-boss/
UDN https://game.udn.com/game/story/122089/9624366
Unseen.World https://www.instagram.com/reels/Da5k1LABEes/
Explaining https://www.instagram.com/p/Da9J0mKF_1K/
Fact.philes https://www.instagram.com/p/Da-OiEwEZry/
VATER https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122135187435152196&set=a.122101881681152196
Nmia https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1982544032552909&set=a.818976522243005
เกมถูกบอกด้วย v.2 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1385239097095660&set=a.408398174779762
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1384295567190013&set=pb.100068287482319.-2207520000&type=3 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1396670322619204&set=a.408398174779762
udngame https://x.com/udngame/status/2076562957375529381
Automation https://x.com/AUTOMATON_ENG/status/2077000157548229069
Indie Game Devs (Facebook)
IndieDev (Reddit)
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1uu4c2z/comment/oy54g2q/?screen_view_count=2
The Gamer Notes https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1937401187257182&set=a.1041470756850234
CatDumb https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1517622973500020&set=a.710601544202171
แวดวง https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1608383330645152&set=a.750582843091876
I genuinely want to thank every single one of you. Whether you liked, shared, left encouraging comments, or just dropped by to laugh along with the madness—it honestly means the world to me and keeps me motivated every day.
What's Next? We are getting ready to drop a Playable Demo very soon, and the plan is to release the Full Game within this year! 🚀
Don't forget to Wishlist Billy the Hero on Steam to help us push this madness even further! 🙏🐻⚔️ P.S. I’ll do my absolute best to drop by and be more active here in the community! If I'm a bit slow to reply to your questions, please forgive me. I'm wearing many hats!
Love you all, bye! 🐻❤️
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