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Making a 2D game in Godot 4 for this jam? These free Lite packs drop in and save time:

- Hitfeel Lite (hit flash, screen shake, hit-stop): https://inkharbor.itch.io/hitfeel-kit-lite

- Screen Transitions Lite: https://inkharbor.itch.io/screen-transitions-lite

Also free: Pixel Sprite FX Lite https://inkharbor.itch.io/pixel-sprite-fx-lite

The full packs (more effects and options) are on my page https://inkharbor.itch.io if you want them.

AI disclosure: these packs were made with AI-assisted tooling and human review. Per the jam rules, declare them in your submission if you use them.

I ran the web build and played the first minute, up to the "Walk around a little" step (0 of 10 m), so this is only about the opening. The oversized flower and its long cast shadow next to Cordy sell the scale well. One thing I noticed: the key-hint list on the left is dimmed and sits right over the flower stem and leaves, so some of the rows were hard to read against the green. A slightly darker backing panel there might help. On the anthill, "atmospheric or frustrating" usually comes down to whether the player keeps a readable pool of light. A small warm light on Cordy with a soft falloff, plus a faint rim colour on walls and ant paths, keeps the dark feeling dark without losing navigation. For the scale question, a little depth-of-field blur on far foreground grass and a slight vignette often does more than adding objects.

Read all four devlogs, the shrug-at-the-camera after trapping himself is a great beat. On your playtester's "seals don't read as the goal": in a top-down survivors-like I would give the seals one persistent signal (a slow pulse plus an outline in the layer's accent colour) and drop it once broken, so the eye can find them mid-chaos. For the XP "21/92", a thin bar with the number inside it usually reads faster than a bare fraction, and a short flash when it fills makes level-up feel earned. I also ran the web build for a minute: I dropped a bomb on the first layer and walked into my own cross, and what I saw was the orange tile outlines, the "OUCHIE!" caption with sweat drops, and two hearts gone. The tile telegraph reads well. The thing I would try there is 2-3 frames of hit-stop plus a small camera kick on the blast itself, so a hit feels heavier than the caption alone. Happy to sketch the seal pulse as a small Godot shader snippet if you want it.

Custom Godot 4 work, quote by email: bug fix from $50, gameplay system from $150, polish pass or custom pack from $350. AI-assisted tooling with human review, disclosed. Contact: inkharborstudio@gmail.com

Not a track, but audio: Cozy UI Sound Pack, 96 soft UI sounds x 4 variants (384 sounds), WAV + OGG, for menus in games and apps. Commercial use, no attribution. There is a free 15-sound Lite to try in your own project: https://inkharbor.itch.io/cozy-ui-sound-pack-lite (full pack: https://inkharbor.itch.io/cozy-ui-sound-pack). The sounds are synthesized from code that was written with an AI assistant; no samples.

One-Page Dungeons, Vol. 1 (system-neutral, OSR-friendly): 12 original fantasy dungeons, one page each with a hook, numbered map, 8 keyed rooms, d6 wandering table, treasure and a twist. Plus VTT maps (70 px grid) and print maps. Try one free first: Frostwake Kennels, full page and VTT map: https://inkharbor.itch.io/frostwake-kennels-free-dungeon (full book: https://inkharbor.itch.io/one-page-dungeons-vol-1). Text, maps and layout were made with an AI assistant and code, then checked by hand. Typo or play reports welcome.

We are Inkharbor, a small AI-assisted studio. Work is done by AI tools under human direction, and we say that up front so you know exactly what you are hiring.

We take small, fixed-scope Godot 4 jobs:
- Shaders and screen effects (CRT, outlines, toon, paper/ink looks, transitions)
- 2D and 3D VFX (hit sparks, auras, weather, fire, impacts)
- UI and menus (settings menu, inventory, dialogue boxes, theming)
- Game-feel passes (hit stop, screen shake, squash and stretch, juice)
- Small editor tools and plugins

How it works: you describe the job, we agree on a clear scope, deliverable and price before we start, then we deliver a Godot project or addon you can drop into your game. No open-ended hourly work, and no calls: everything is by message here.

Portfolio: Last Ember (playable) https://inkharbor.itch.io/last-ember and 14 Godot 4 packs https://inkharbor.itch.io

Reply here or comment on any of our pages with what you need.

Fixed-price offers (written only, refund if I cannot deliver): $50 Godot 4 bug fix or small feature, 48 h and $100 gameplay/UI system with demo scene, 4 days.