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Today started with a bit of cleanup, and planning regarding how card zones should work. I wanted to make the cards stackable as well, but I …

Day 1 So I’ll be documenting the creation of a little game from start to finish on here, on a daily post basis, for experimentaion and …

So I did another game jam. This time it was a colony sim (or had aspirations to be) about fighting global damage through roguelike relics & three …

Haven’t updated in a while! I did a couple more game jams & worked on more system code improvements so I can iterate quickly on gameplay …

Working on another game jam: https://itch.io/jam/jame-gam-christmas-edition

Taking some time to refactor my code and split it into modules that can later be reused for future game jams, etc. Notable changes include a new input …

It’s been a while since I posted, but I made a new bluesky account @chugget.itch.io. I also did another game jam, and made some progress with …

Scuffed text implementation, needs correcting more work on understanding the code

More work on text animation!

modified event system to be more precise, text system needs overhaul

updated event system code, now it needs testing more research regarding input system

Added new event system, needs editing and testing. Event system method missing some things, needs redoing. Learning about how other games structure …

Refactored imgui::ninepatchbutton(), needs debugging debugged imgui::ninepatchbutton()

Started imgui ninepatch button, needs work tweaked input system, more work on buttons Added a couple of buttons for easy console access Set dithering …

Tweaked waitForEvent() in lua to deliver payload. Need to run unit tests on event system again Made sol2 error message more detailed, Got event …

Explored input system more Input system needs testing/fine-tuning Input system fully tested. Now to integrate it into the game. …

Cut out some features from tutorial system Got main game/menu music playing via lua script Dithering shader added Trying entt.fwd to reduce …

Nothing new to post today.

explored task management & ninepatch scaling some more Wrote drawNinePatchUIIndicator() Worked on npatch component for in-game npatch indicator …

Added goap world state atom access function Added zoom camera to entity/location functionality Added a method to display indicator arrows around an …

Nothing new to share today. Work continues on tutorial system.

More ninepatch debugging Ninepatch working now, needs tweaking to look right. Added bg and fg to ninpatch window Changed gui color scheme to konsole …

Worked on ninepatch functionality some more (needs testing) Placed game assets in a centralized repo Added Kenney and universal sound fx packs to …

-Integrating sound system, needs testing -More work on sound -Added ninepatch configuration json -Added initial worldstate and goal state to creature …

show lua window on script Your browser does not support the video tag. Tutorial windows will fire an event on close which lua scripts can listen for …

Made changes to website code to better allow mobile viewing (didn’t work, does anybody know how to keep edges from being cut off in mobile?) …

Started work on tutorial system (lua scriptable), with dummy methods for now Added spotlight effect shader that can be triggered with lua (untested) …

Made a new hugo batch file that auto-generates a new post (so I don’t have to enter the date each time) Changed console font again.. Finished …

Made a “Lua mode” in the console for inputting lua code with spaces in it (makes inputting lua code hassle free)

Did a lot over the weekend! It’s no longer necessary to specify worldstate update functions New blackboard access function hooks Added automatic …

Added current state caching for correct detection of changes Made postcondition setting automatic Fixed some bugs Fixed deltatime value bug Fixed …

Learned about coroutines in lua (plan to use them to make wait() functions for timers, specific game events, keypresses etc.) Still working on …

Unit tests for event system that can be tapped in from lua scripts (subscribe to c++ event, publish c++ event, define new event types in lua, …

Working on configurable goap system with lua + json for use in future projects.

So I recently did a bunch of stuff, in addition to a game jam. I’ll upload what I made soon. In the meantime, I got my particle system working …

Started work on general tweening system. Work on animation of imgui windows.

Started work on tutorial/dialogue system that uses lua, for extensibility. Completed correct color rendering for various tilesets loaded in with …

Recently completed a game jam! Here’s the game: https://tommyv2.itch.io/autorock-roulette Some recent progress on my personal projects: LDTK …

Added animated transitions for when there are multiple entites on a map.

Frustrated with the limited time I have (I translate multiple webnovel titles daily from Korean to English on a daily basis) to program, I took it …

Added a log window where the majority of the colony’s story will be visible.

Added game over condition.

Farm plot designation by mouse drag. These need to be actually built by the colonists (TBC)

Added mouse drag events to be used later for placing objects and buildings, among other things An input mode to indicate what is being input through …

Now creatures can get hungry/thirsty and will die if they reach a certain limit.

Added some placeholder objects to the environment. These objects can be inspected now. Gravestones!

Added rocks to the map. Rocks!

Trying to come up with some intersting stories that can be used as a basis for gameplay. Sample Story 1: The Serial Killer Colonist A team of settlers …

Water evaporating?

More work on cellular automata water. Started baseline brainstorming of procedural stories that could be told with this farming sim.

Line of sight integrated into game.

Finished porting line of sight code from here Now it needs to be tested, along with cellular automata code. Initial testing of GOAP code complete. …

Added pond generation back in. Integrated cellular automata system, which will need to be tested.

Starting work on simple farming prototype.

Website updates have been slow. Completed combat prototype and sent it off in an email to Jonas Tyroller, hoping it will get reviewed. Not much hope …

Mapped possible counter moves to each attack Data structure that serves as a record of an action, as well as a possible counter to that action (which …

Removed stance Created more streamlined system for battle flow (first steps to make this into a real-time sim) Added event structures for system …

Bug fixing. Made it so specific body parts are used for specific actions Removed stance (for now)

Created basic event queue structure. Refined some status messages. Added vital body parts such as arteries, internal organs, and eyes Made window …

Made it so “NONE” was not being diplayed as a body part. Refactored some code. Gave individual body parts degrees of pain, and added a …

JSON processing is a lot less intuitive and slower than just using maps and vectors and the like. Going is slow.

Finished initial setup of json files for a combat system. Now to apply them to the actual game!

Started filling out json files as the data needed for the branching combat scenarios is best described in that way.

Some bug fixing. This talk by Tarn Adams was very insightful regarding how to mesh systems together to create a story generation effect and make …

Tried a little combat text generation. Ported over some Java cellular automata code for smoke, water, etc. in a 2D grid.

Some more planning into combat sequences.

A bit more planning into what goes into a combat system that has no hitpoints.

Working on combat slice.

Side project Creating a combat slice for the bear game. Started by adding body parts, basic body parts linking, and some color-coding for text …

Side project Bears can now create trophies randomly on the map.

Fixed issue with buttons that have the same name refusing to respond.

Side project A bear fetches wood, then builds a table on the map.

Side project Ironing out bugs in task queueing.

Side project Working on building task system to allow fetch + task queueing.

Side project Some state editing to allow bears to become inspired.

Added capability to disable buttons.

Worked on permanent upgrade screen functionality. Mingw linker is painfully slow on Windows. Trying to work out a way to switch over to ld.

Implemented some shop functionality.

Shop - buy random item button functionality.

more work on shop screen.

Added buttons and tabs for the shop menu. Side project: Refactored entity creation Item fetching

Shop screen planned out (in a rudimentary way). Added shop button on the top right of the screen.

More planning. Added timer to wait for a short moment before spawning the next wave.

(Roughly) Planned out shop screen progression.

Added point multiplier powerup (which multiplies all points gained by X)

Attack speed per kill powerup. The game has almost no decision making at the moment since the tower is stationary (runs on autopilot) other than the …

Bug fixing. Extra HP per kill powerup added.

Fixed tower shield recovery bug.

Implemented shield powerup.

More bugs.

Worked on bug fixing.

Implemented healing-per-hit powerup. VFX callback destruction needs debugging.

Implemented extra HP powerup. Bug fix regarding invalid entity handles.

Implemented extra drop rate item.

Added healing over time mechanic. Area damage animation, healing animation. Triggers for visual effect deletion. Removed stack trace logging feature …

Instalkill chance item. Area damage powerup. Bug fixing.

Created basic shader-based particle system. Maybe it’ll be useful one day. Tower defense game Implemented more range pickup

More damage powerup implemented.

Make enemies gradually harder to kill with each wave.

ASCII Horror Tower * Added a shop window.

HP bars.

Tower defense prototype Added animation for item dropping Item UI at bottom to show owned items Attack speed powerup Powerups now slide toward tower …

Thinking about time management to make game development more of a focus. Blogging 30 minutes first thing in the morning has helped. Maybe I’ll …

I feel I’ll be ready for another game jam soonish, since the changes and improvements I wanted to make c++ side as well as to the lua codebase are …

Ideally I’ll start posting about game content rather than technical progress with code at some point.

Used a few hours to speed up gcc compilation times on windows, to no avail. I’ll have to stick with my macbook for the time being.

Learned about post/pre-solve as I integrate chipmunk physics into my codebase. Most of the steps are already done, thiugh the code is getting pretty …

Extracted a bunch of snippets and techniques from the official chipmunk demos. I have no idea how I’ll be using them, but it won’t hurt to be …

So income isn’t as steady now with some downturns with my main job. Need to consider how to play this with my goals for game development.

Game jams are usually the way I’ve found most success completing projects. I don’t think I’m 100% comfortable with exploring ideas at my own pace …

Finished working on the mind map for now. Starting to feel it’s time to build a little code before I can continue planning meaningfully and not bog …

One notable difference between game jams and working on a project by yourself is that you don’t really question the initial idea (at least I …

Day 2. Cleaned up my codebase and started a new branch. Cleaned off the main menu and other game code to start from scratch. Also did some design …

##Day 4. Added card stacking and fixed the graphics flicker. I also fixed some collision errors and layering issues.

My current schedule is, Do some translation work in the early morning Head to the public library at around 9:30 and do some more Develop my game for a …

Days 5 & 6. Added in placeholder visuals for triggers, mods, and actions (these are the backbone of the mechanics in my game). I’ve also …

A recent video from IndieGameClinic describes that game design is not a set of rules to memorize, but a soft skill that isn’t as easy to quantify. My …

It seems quite easy to become demotivated by looking at other people’s progress and how fast they get along, while it can also be very helpful. I have …

Days 7 & 8. No work done on 7, since I had IRL work. Now cards will pulse when triggered. Next step is to link these actions with the survivor to …

Day 9. Realized I hadn’t laid out how the stats in the game will interact with the rest of the systems and sat down to try and plan it out. Was …

Day 10. Clean state changes so that I can focus on the overall flow of the game as I flesh it out. Sidetracked a bit adding imgui bindings to my lua …

A major mental snag is when I feel I have little time to code today. And the pressure is on. I have to do something meaningful toward progress. Not a …

Day 12. Some bug fixes. Ran into a snag with performance I’ll have to figure out sooner or later.

Day 13. Had work. Other than that, added hot-reloading of lua scripts to speed up iteration.

Day 14. Added walls. Did a bunch of coding, adding reload at button click, debugging collision, adding juice to player enemy collision, and some …

Days 15 and 16. Did a shift toward noita-like system of card eval for more depth and complexity. Let’s see how this pans out.

Days 17 and 18. Work is starting to increase a bit again. It’s kind of a struggle, balancing game dev and work, but not because of motivation (though …

Days 19-22. Fell down a performance rabbit hole. In my defense, it was really bad, and I had structured the main loop wrongly. Things should be better …

Work continues. I may have something to report soon.

Encountering maddening web build issues with no stack trace logs or anything. How am I supposed to debug? Lol. Game freezes for no reason, and mouse …

Testing a quick upload feature for my blog.

Suffering through a ui overhaul. I seem to be getting nowhere…

It’s not much, but the ui overhaul continues.

almost done with inventory ui. not very happy with it but if it works, I’ll move on to the next bit (wand ui)