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Fleet Movement

Fleet Movement

I've probably done a lot less than I would have liked to recently! But, I have just managed to change the way fleets work. Previously if a fleet had...

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Fleet Connections

Fleet Connections

I had this idea that fleets could be made up of different ships, created by different types of star systems. But in practice this didn't seem to be...

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Star Distribution

Star Distribution

So graphically, the galaxy has always spun around even when you play, I don't know why I done this but I just found it cool (you can turn it off...

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How to make everything simple

How to make everything simple

So, this is the start of the first project I'll be able to work full time on. How did this happen? I've been making games for aaages as a hobby, and...

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Adding some colour to the world

Adding some colour to the world

So today I switched the mish-mash of character code over to a FSM instead. This was planned anyway, but when I tried adding something that would have...

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Automatic Squirrel-tasic

Automatic Squirrel-tasic

I have no idea why I chose that as I title, but I like it. So this evening was actually rather slow, but everyone seems to be on the same page and...

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I blinked and everything changed

I blinked and everything changed

So I eventually got home from work's "team-building" day, after being literally beat up by my producer. And I started working on the engine, with a...

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It began at 6am

It began at 6am

It began at 6am for me. Thankfully woken up by a friend who texted me because apparently she had a bad dream. But as I'm in the UK and 6 hours ahead...

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Post-Mortem

Post-Mortem

This is my post-mortem of Mindfield. The video is me droning on for 20 mins, showing examples of things in the game and explaining some of my code...

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Day 6

Day 6

Tried to get a lot done today, I think I did... Seeing as I still have some time left to go today. I'll probably stay up some hours more and just...

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Day 5

Day 5

So this was a nackering day, and I still don't feel I got enough done! But that's always the Jam way, last minute is when 80% of the game gets done!...

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Day 4

Day 4

More basic really. But looking pretty cool.Definitely need to get more of the GAME in rather than the ENGINE tomorrow. So that'll include more NPCs,...

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Day 3

Day 3

Showing off the game so far.Today we added in proper character sprites, lighting system, crouching mechanic and I done some changes to what the rooms...

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Day 2 - Video

Day 2 - Video

So today was just adding in some basic stuff to the engine, and some design and starting the proper art... So hopefully tomorrow I can show off some...

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WOA2: Day 1

WOA2: Day 1

I was up until 3am last night before I remembered I had a Jam to do, and then realized I also had work in the morning... So I slept without knowing...

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