DevLog# 12

After spending some time on making a tutorial I decided that I will leave it for future update. I guess making a good tutorial isn't an easy task.

• created a "How to Play" screen explaining some of the basic mechanics of the game

Here is one from yesterday. Updated the UI and some other stuff.

Hi all,

Long time since my last post, but I decided to take a brake from the project due to some burnout.

Anyway, now I am back and here is my latest update on it:

DevLog# 11

• added "Evade" ability to the player. While in this short state you are invulnerable to attacks.

• new animation for robot destroyed

• new fx for gathering Junk
• new particle for collection processors and gems

• fixed bug where unit will get stuck during stage 3
• all robots now share a common family for their health, thus making them more ease to pick

• update ingame UI art with FX

• combined two of the upgrades for Canartche-1000 and increased the damage it deals
• added new ability for Canartche-1000 to be able to shoot rockets

• player will get a hint when the bag is full of resources
• fixed some minor bugs

Michaelb :Thanks mate!

I gave up on the idea for a full tutorial for now, as it will take me too much time. I will focus on a single screen describing the core mechanics of the game, so new players can understand what is going on in the game.

Cheers all

Awesome work everyone.

kraed Thanks for the comment.

Michaelb Thanks. I am almost ready with the public build. Thanks for the support

DevLog# 10

• new obstacle "Lava Pool" is now working
• if you are in close range to the pool it will shoot a Lava Ball at your location
• standing over the Lava Pool or the splash from the Lava Ball will damage you or your enemies by -1 every 1 sec

• new enemy "Beholder"
• Beholder will shoot two beam shots ( projectiles ) once he is leveled with the Y of the player
• beam shots can hit the player or other robots

• rgb channel separations effect is used when damage is taken by the player

ErekT

Thank you. I am having a great time creating it, so I am glad it shows. When it comes to the sampling for now I am using Linear instead of Point, because I wanted to have the game running on full screen ( Letterbox Integer scale ). If I use it with Point sampling it looks sharper, but ration gets all messed up. It only works if the art is upscaled x2, x4 and etc.

At some late stage I will do some experiments with "pixelate" or look for different solution. If you have some other suggestion I will be more than happy to try it.

ahr Ech

Me to, I am so eager to read yours and others feedback. And Thank you for the article, that was a great read!

Thanks for sharing. Just what I needed for my project.

Nice.

Are you going to animate the background? Clouds, trees, falling leaves etc.

procrastinator - Thanks mate. There are a couple of

DevLog #9

I present you my latest "Obstacle" - the Totem

• By making full circles around it ( native american rain dance ) you can charge it up, up to 5 times. After that the next circle will trigger a thunder attack:

• if there are robots on screen it will hit one
• if it is raining and there are robots on screen, it will hit two of them
• if there are no enemies on screen, there is a 50/50 change for the thunder to hit you ( the player ) or the main generator charging it with 30 energy

There are only a couple of things I want to implement before I share my alpha build with you guys.

After that I will focus on my Greenlight campaign.

BTW can anyone point me to a good article/ thread about that?

onur Thanks.

I am almost ready with the public alpha-build and as soon, as it is a fact I will send you a link. I will be more than happy to hear your feedback.

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Raicuparta Simple yet it looks, so addictive. Good idea you have there!