Beta Test
Things are starting to cook! We have: Scalable backend In-app purchases Error reporting Analytics Most importantly we have a game people say they give a damn about (so far). We […]
Framework
2020 Summary
Holy cow, an entire year without any blog posts. Might have to step that up! In spite of that, work has continued unabated. I left the U.S. for a break […]
Server Side Overworld
This commemorates server-side Overworld emulation. I achieved this using vanilla javascript, and vanilla node.js. I am not constraining myself to any architecture, javascript will serve merely as the discrete execution […]
sad, sad front-end learnings
so I spent a couple hours learning a valuable lesson it’s completely not worth my time to try to casually add something like: half transparency over characters, when in water […]
Overworld, Breaking Radio Silence
Howdy ho peeparinos, dis ya boi rasty rappin’ from way down south where he all holed up in west LA. Had a kid about 4 months back, that’s why updates […]
Overworld Meta and Public Nudity
After a couple week’s work I have the first iteration of the metagame in place. There’s now a section of the final screen telling you what award you received, and […]
Tutorial and Profiles
I spent a few days adding the most intuitive informational assist I could think of for Overworld. By tap+holding on any tile or inventory item, you get a text blurb […]
Private Alpha
Well, tonight’s the night. I just sent the invitation emails, soon a couple dozen folks will be moseying over to see what I’ve been up to for a couple of […]
Major UI Progress, Alpha Plans
Hey wide world, I’ve been just ridiculo-busy with what have you, but here I am to tell you the Overworld haps. I’m rounding out an extremely prolonged graphical development arc […]
Overworld Dev Log Kickoff
Will start keeping a dev log. Today I colourized the world map, and noted creatures on it. This may all change but is currently useful for observing behaviour. I tidied up […]