2023-04-03

dino refactors

jump refactor to use height and variable input

collect list of pixel characters to maintain across future games

a hit list of assets to target with planning and doing pixel tut execution

Could build something similar for backgrounds and tilesets and particles and props

Gotta get closer to that 2d side scroller look and feel!

asset roadmap coming together!

A cross-section of the future games (roadmap)

Not sure how this will net-out, org-wise. Probably the todos belong to the game brainstorms/garden files themselves, and maybe they can link to a relevant source file?

add juice to menus/buttons

Saw some menus recently that had a whole screenshake when the buttons were clicked. Made me wonder if I could reimpl the camera shake logic to apply to buttons moving when highlighted/selected.

dino feat: full controller support

Noting that this also applies to menus.

dino refactor: all art gray scaled

learn and nail those color reassignment shader windows

shaders

dino abstraction: rooms api

swappable and composable tilesets, backgrounds, canvas modulate, env lighting

think i called this hotel themes last time

game assets game dev resources

https://www.gamedevmarket.net/

Game Assets for Indie Developers | GameDev Market

DONE ignore case in roam completion/insert funcs

I thought I'd fixed this before, but apparently not.

metroidvania month jam results are in!

I was scared to check the scores when the jam ended (my jam results have been uninspiring, historically), but someone left a comment on my game today and I decided to take a peek.

Well hey! I did great! I ranked #7 for enjoyment and #14 overall! That's out of 132 entries, and is way better than I thought I'd do.

It was only with 7 ratings, so not much data to go on, but I'll take it.

HatBot's rating numbers after the 19th Metroidvania Month Jam

HatBot's rating numbers after the 19th Metroidvania Month Jam

Probably my best jam scores so far! Here's to the next one!

captured: 2023-04-03 12:10

blog supporting screenshots and clips

gameplay recording from HatBot

Some clip or other

captured: 2023-03-13 09:30