MondayMapOut
(REMINDER: Download keys will be sent out Monday, May 4th. If you want to playtest the Beatdown in the Hollerprototype, either subscribe or email me at pete@petemakesgames.com.) Now the real work begins. Speaking only for myself, there is no true “maintenance” when it comes to personal growth: I’
SundayShowOut
(REMINDER: Download keys will be sent out Monday, May 4th. If you want to playtest the Beatdown in the Holler prototype, either subscribe or email me at pete@petemakesgames.com.) The prototype is finished, five weeks ahead of schedule. That doesn’t just mean the game is in a playable
ThursdayTurnOut
FIRST: Do you want to be a playtester for the Beatdown in the Holler (BDitH) prototype? You can either subscribe to the newsletter (subscribers get itch.io download keys and a link to a Google Form for feedback) or visit hollergames.com, which admittedly just has you sign up for
(REMINDER: Download keys will be sent out Monday, May 4th. If you want to playtest the Beatdown in the Holler prototype, either subscribe or email me at pete@petemakesgames.com.) The prototype is finished, five weeks ahead of schedule. That doesn’t just mean the game is in a playable
I reckoned that Monday’s to-do list was going to be a challenge, but not unmanageably so. By Thursday, I’d sketched the map for Beatdown in the Holler’s prototype and had a simple, clean tileset. I was beginning to feel the pressure of not having more done, but
Let’s just forget about the unannounced, unplanned week off posting I just took. Oh, you’re not going to forget about it. Fine. Life, as always, is a pot of simmering water, ever threatening to bubble over force us to react. The myriad of bubbles in this case took
This is likely going to be shorter than most weekend devlogs. My Saturday was spent traveling and most of my time went with it. I don’t regret the trip, it was necessary and mostly relaxing, but it was a momentum-breaker. I need my free time today to get back
First, some clarification. Just Beneath the Holler (JBtH) is the full top-down, 2D Zelda-like game I’m creating. It’ll be a few years before that sees the light of day. In the meantime, I’m making Beatdown in the Holler (BDitH), which is a combat-only, Link to the Past
Do you want to talk about what I was able to accomplish this week? Do you want to that? Do you really want to do that? Fine. Let’s do that. I managed to hydrate and rest, so that’s cool. And I felt pretty good most of the week.
Get gamedev updates directly in your inbox! Or not. I can't tell you what to do.
I’m still riding the high of having a completed prototype and, as fate would design, I now have some extra time in the mornings to capitalize on that momentum. Facilities issues are forcing us into virtual instruction until Spring Break and that gives me an extra two-plus hours every
I reckoned that Monday’s to-do list was going to be a challenge, but not unmanageably so. By Thursday, I’d sketched the map for Beatdown in the Holler’s prototype and had a simple, clean tileset. I was beginning to feel the pressure of not having more done, but
On Monday, I said that I’d like to finish Beatdown in the Holler’s prototype level, implement my infinite-scrolling code, and place grappling posts and enemy respawn points. How’s that going, you ask? I mean, I assumed you asked. You wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’
Yesterday, I determined I had all the pieces of the prototype puzzle, I just had to put them together. So, what are the easy-to-find edge pieces I need to place so the rest of the puzzle is manageable? This week, I plan to: * Build the prototype map (with elevation); * Implement
Let’s just forget about the unannounced, unplanned week off posting I just took. Oh, you’re not going to forget about it. Fine. Life, as always, is a pot of simmering water, ever threatening to bubble over force us to react. The myriad of bubbles in this case took
Between the time I wrote Monday’s to-do list and the time it was posted, I created the new flying enemy archetype. Most of the code was just extended from the base enemy, I just had to: * have flying enemies ignore elevation; * code a swooping pattern that homed in on
Update: the flying enemy archetype is done! That felt great to do. It’s a new week, a new opportunity to get stuff done and march ever onwards towards Beatdown in the Holler’s release. Where will that march take me this week? Ideally, I’ll pound my feet through:
This is likely going to be shorter than most weekend devlogs. My Saturday was spent traveling and most of my time went with it. I don’t regret the trip, it was necessary and mostly relaxing, but it was a momentum-breaker. I need my free time today to get back
I said I’d work on Zel’s sprite sheet this week and that’s precisely what I did. I’m not finished, but check this out: 0:00 /0:05 1× Yeah, that’s a walk cycle. I actually have one for all four cardinal directions (up, down, and
I’m back to work today so this week’s to-do list has been pared a bit. I still have a big-ish task set for this weekend, though: I’d count the following seven days a success if I could: * Finish Zel’s sprite sheet and * Implement a third enemy
First, some clarification. Just Beneath the Holler (JBtH) is the full top-down, 2D Zelda-like game I’m creating. It’ll be a few years before that sees the light of day. In the meantime, I’m making Beatdown in the Holler (BDitH), which is a combat-only, Link to the Past
One day, I will be able to accurately estimate what I can get done in a week. Monday was not that day. Did you know you can assign different elevations to specific tiles using Godot’s TileMap system? I didn’t until early Monday morning. It took some fiddling around
