Currently, I’m playing the game again, fixing small bugs (rendering and scripting) in the cutscenes, trying to tune up what I’ve done so far, so I can start progressing a bit more in the direction of having a complete game (then I’ll have the balancing and polishing phases, yay). First third of the game is […]
Today I fixed some more of the text system, it looks much better than yesterday now, in terms of spacing (which makes the text easier to read): Also fixed some bugs with z-fighting (still plenty to go around with a 24-bit buffer), and now the fade-outs go to real black (annoyed the hell out of […]
After yesterday’s update for multilingual support, today I had to change a lot of scripts to conform to this new usage type. Scripts became clearer, which is a big advantage. Also introduced this update to the tutorial system, and the Captain’s Log system… Still need to do these changes in the hardcoded C++ part (game […]
Revamped the speech system a bit, to make it easier to script and to prepare for the future in terms of multi-language (not sure if it will ever have more than one language, but this way it’s just a matter of translating a directory)… Previously, the script for a text exchange would be something like: […]
Nothing fancy today, dead tired from the paintball yesterday; can hardly move… Anyway, today’s screenshot could be exactly the same as yesterday’s. I just tweaked the map “editor”, adding “auto” orientation to objects… Now objects with “auto” orientation will always face away from the nearest wall. This is dead simple, but makes it way easier […]
Not much time for working on the game today, busy weekend with my sister’s birthday… Anyway, got enough time to put in some of the new assets in game, on the Skydancer: Featuring a table, shelves and power generators… Exciting, I know! Need to add those to the pirate lair generation as well, to make […]
Just added crystals as props on the cave areas… and for good measure, decided to add a lighting effect to them, to spice up the area a bit, especially because the cave levels are all dark (the only source of light is the player’s flashlight). It turned out better than I expected: I just added […]
Today, I’ve worked on making the caves a bit more traversable. Procedural generation is very hard – there’s a big conflict between “playable” and “correct”, so you end up with a lot of code to fix situations where the generation is “realistic”, but that would lead to a whole lot of issues… Case in point, […]
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted something on the blog… the reason is the usual one: I don’t have the time because of my DayJob™, and when I finally get some time, I’m trying to compensate the work I’ve not done! No more! I’ve decided to try something new to keep me more […]
Just a reminder that I took part on the Ludum Dare 48-Hour competition this weekend… You can see the log about the development here, where you can also download the game. Looking forward to hearing your comments!