TheMightyGlider @themightyglider@gamemaking.social

Good progress on the road toward v3.0.0 of RogueBox Adventures.
Yesterday I fixed a really wired bug for items that are supposed to grant blindness protection.
Now I'm about to do some final playtesting. If I'm able to finnish all quests without encountering a major bug I'll release the new version.
I'm already half way trough, so I guess I can release it next week.

#rba #rbadev #gamedev #freegaming #foss

P.S.: I'm going to post some screenshots soon!

Seem H.P Lovecraft's 'Color from out of space' has been filmed by Hollwood. I just watched the trailer...

It looks terrible!
This has absolutly nothing to do with the original story!

Dear Hollywood,
if you like to have a Lovecraft movie, please don't do such a crap but give Guillermo del Toro the chance to make 'Mountains of Madness' into a movie, like he wisches for years.
'Color from out of space' is a lap into the face of all fans of horror literature!

Another small change I made to #rba was to add a new option for furnaces.
If you interact with them you will be able to fire them up with 2 units of wood to cook some food or to spend 5 units to heat them up. This will let them act as heat source for a couple of turns.
This may look pointless at the first glance but my idea was to give a oppurtunity to do some terraforming in the early game.
Heat sources allow to vaporize water and develop new builing land.
#rbadev #ganedev #foss #freegaming

The most important change I've made was to add a new game mode with reduced difficulty.
On the one hand RogueBox Adventures is a roguelike and as such it is supposed to be hard. But on the other hand the game is inspired by sandbox games like Terraria, Starbound or Minecraft too and I want Players, that like games of this kind, to enjoy #rba as well.
My solution was to add a game mode with more HP for the player. I know this sounds cheap... but it works surprisingly well.
#rbadev #gamedev #foss

I didn't post anything about my #gamedev activities in this decade...
Time to give a little overview:
I stopped working on my ZX Spectrum game for now. But don't worry it will get it's final polish and will be released.
ATM I started working on RogueBox Adventures again. I want to get v3.0.0 out ASAP and feel very motivated to do so.
The feedback about the BETA I released some weeks ago and my own playtesting let me make some changes I will explain in other toots later today.
#rba #rbadev #foss

My #roguelike for the #zxspectrum is almost finnished. I've added a couple of items to make the game more varied. Furthermore I've added some special abilities for the monsters.
My last change was to add an examination mode, where you can check out what things are surrounding you.
Only a good name for the game isn't found yet.

#gamedev #retro #8bit

For a couple of days I've real problems to read stuff on my laptop/phone or in books.
For a minute or two it works well but after this everything starts to blure, no matter how hard I try to focus.
I'm afraid it is hyperopia. But does this issue appear that sudden? Last saturday I didn't had any problems.
If this doesn't get better soon I should visit a doctor I guess.

I put together a first playable version of my #zxspectrum #roguelike today. I've added a few more objects for better balancing and was able to finish one run without encountering any bugs.

You can download the rom from the link below and test it if you like.
The gameplay is still a bit basic and I will add more things soon.
Feel free to let me know what you are thinking.

https://gitlab.com/The_Mighty_Glider/zxrl/blob/68bd65f91e94e3b92a54df3aa5c2aec5f2dead92/main.tzx

#gamedev #retro #8bit