An Apprentice's Codex

A place where I capture the highlights of my journey learning game dev

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Wanna catch up on the latest update for NanoSwarm: Dominion ?

Here's a link for the list with all the written posts so far : https://t.co/kkerJim2ID

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Since I haven't made any new developments this week, there will be no blog post.

But don't worry, I should return my usual routine next week!

If you're looking for something to read, may I suggest a past blog ? Like this :

https://t.co/Jg1knTlejm

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

@KoalaQuillHQ Update : Managed to get some extra time today, so I updated the blog post. Hope it helps!

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Running late, but ... Got this week's blog post done!

In it, I talk about creating a Level's preview info card, alongside camera zoom in/out and my inspiration for it.

Curious ? Here's the link :
https://t.co/ipRtYDqW0l

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Good news! Due to popular demand (as in, one person asked nicely), I took a few extra minutes and included up-to-date code snippets for the Camera zoom in/out

Here's the newest version : https://t.co/wdthpvDSzB

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[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Running late, but ... Got this week's blog post done!

In it, I talk about creating a Level's preview info card, alongside camera zoom in/out and my inspiration for it.

Curious ? Here's the link :
https://t.co/ipRtYDqW0l

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

@KoalaQuillHQ I can go back to the article and add a sample, of course!
Last week I did not had that much time for it, truth be told.
Also, this week I will probably skip the weekly blog post ( Haven't had the time for progress ), so I could instead improve this one.
Can you hold till Friday?

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

@KenneyNL Looks cool! Now I want to try and do a splash screen during boot just to add one :)

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

No progress today. So ... to compensate, here's a question for you!

For the Rewards screen idea, "when" it's best to show it ?

(probably no one will see this, but the idea crossed my mind)

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Also, this week might be a low on updates. Got some stuff to handle IRL.

Nonetheless, the next step is clear : try to integrate "rewards" in the current game's state. Rewards Screen, each Level specifies what it gives, maybe a HUD Resource counter, etc.

#gamedev #indiegamedev

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

A quick, not game dev, update! This weekend I took the time to improve some other project.

Integrate a Hugo site, GitHub Actions and Gists, so now I can write my Markdown files as per usual and, on push, Gists are created and the page published.

Does this sound cool?

#devlog

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Yesterday, I was down with the sickness (reference surely intended)

Today, I got back to the "level info" card to add a bit more info into it.

Mostly placeholders, but useful to prototype which info I want to show in the map at this stage or not.

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Started creating a "level info" card to use on the overworld map (still very WIP).

Also did a quick improvement to the zoom-in feature. See if you notice any difference.

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Quick glance at a zoom in-n-out mechanic (with a Godot Camera2D) on the overworld map.

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[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

@KenneyNL Sounds like a great initiative. I'd value more the advice and custom work more than the actual Steam submission cost.
Probably think on some sort of agreement like "you pay the upfront costs; if the game sells enough for steam to refund that cost, you receive it back" ?

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Also : It contains a small "update" about Medium, and me thinking on skipping it altogether.

I'll still be writing blog posts for the foreseeable future, don't worry *too* much

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Hot new dev blog, straight out of the oven.

This week's theme ? Using Godot's TileMapLayers to implement a simple fog-of-war.

https://t.co/LwFp93Sw7G

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

Mostly improvements of the existing elements today, but here's the highlight :

New marker that clears Fog of war when placed. Useful for the start of a new run (so I can see the first city). Also, thematic!

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

One or two quick changes and the fog of war seems to be working!

Also applied a quick n' ugly modulate to have an "enemy" city variant

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Godot

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

And, for those wondering, it is not a "I want money" thing.

Over 3 months, I have accumulated almost 1$. It was more about the "dopamine hit" of having a blog post I enjoyed writing performing "well" and getting 0.01$ in return.

So ... There's that

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

In other news ...

Remember my Medium posts being paywalled (plus free link) change from a while ago ? Guess I will stop that soon.

Medium now requires to have a paid subscription to paywall my blog posts. Which ... I can't justify having right now

(...)

[An Apprentice's Codex @ApprenticeCodex]

So, with that in mind, one of two things will happen

- Either I go back to posting the Medium blog posts with no paywall
- Or I skip Medium entirely and just share here the original link to my blog site (which I already have)

Inclined towards the second, since I got a bit sad