Whew, just in time!
I was freaking out, because I had a really big bug to squish right at the 3 hours left mark. It took me over an hour to fix it, then I rushed really quickly to finish the game world and license the...
View ArticleFixed a cache issue
I’ve bumped up the version on the play page to force everyone to re-download the game. If you played one of the beta versions and tried to play the final version, you might have had the issue of it not...
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AP Exams are a Must
It’s unfortunate that I didn’t get to compete this time around. I was really looking forward to LD20, considering it’s a milestone number for the event. Oh well. I had AP exams to study for, a couple...
View ArticleRe-uploaded my LD19 game.
It is now playable here. I lost my original domain, so I have to re-upload the play pages to my games. This was the first one to receive that treatment.
View ArticleI’m in.
Once again, I’ll be here for the December LD48. I enjoyed it so much last year, but scheduling conflicts prevented me from competing in the April and August competitions. I’ll be using Java and either...
View ArticleA revision to my “I’m In”
I will not be making a 3D game this time around. I simply don’t have the time to learn the basics while doing the compo, so I’ll just be making another 2D game. By basics, I mean all the 3D math and...
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Preparations for the Weekend
Pinkie Pie is ready for the competition. So, I’m cleaning my desk and room, getting my tools in order and preparing for the big weekend, when some of my friends walk up to my door bearing gifts of the...
View ArticleDay 1 Conclusion
No screenshots to share at this time; unfortunately, I spend the better half of this evening working out the collisions for player movement before doing anything else. I have to use ray-tracing to...
View ArticleI was so very close to giving up
but I have not! I have learned how to use ray casting to calculate the amount to “push” back on an object to ensure they don’t slide straight through it! Unfortunately, my implementation doesn’t work...
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Now I actually have something to show for all of this
Well would you look at that. There’s a built-in level editor in the game, special thanks to jME’s rather robust AppStates system and input manager… Now I have to tweak it.
View ArticleI’m actually getting further, faster
When I think about the progress that I’ve made in the game so far, I realize that my LD19 project took about half the entire event just to get the entity management working correctly. I’ve been working...
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(Mostly) Complete Level Editor
Well hello there! I have almost finished my level editor. It currently saves the world data to the models folder using jME’s BinaryExporter (wow, that saves a hell of a lot of time), and you use the...
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Adding features, building the castle
So far so good. I’m coding in new types of tiles and I’ve finally managed to get the light code working perfectly in all conditions. After I’m done implementing the various gimmicks, it’s time to start...
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Gimmicks and Music complete, on to level design
Stepping into the final phase of the game’s development! Mechanically, the game is complete, but now the entire dungeon needs to be built using the built-in level editor. I could have the game finished...
View ArticleA public build for testing!
Here is the first build for testing. Simply double-click it on Windows, java -jar alonegame.jar on Linux, and whatever you OSX folk do, do what you do.
View ArticleTotal burnout, game submitted
Ugh. I reached a total brick wall (hehe) and couldn’t think of anything to do with the game. I realized that I would have to make a lot more gimmicks in order to keep the dungeon interesting, and I...
View ArticleJava SE 7 Requirement Update
If you were trying to play my game in the past few days and were met with “Could not find main class alonegame.AloneGame”, please upgrade Java to version 7.
View ArticleMy hosting is down for a bit
They’ve been setting up SSL on the domain for the past few days, and it appears my subdomain broke, so my game can’t be downloaded at the moment. Sorry for the inconvenience, trying to get it working...
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