Longwelwind

DevOps by day, GameDev by night - I prefer to work in O(1) 👨‍💻

Currently developing Pioneers (codename), a city builder and logistics game.

[Fabien Weibel - Wishlist Sandcastle @FabienWeibel]

Taking "sandbox game" quite literally.

Wishlist Sandcastle on Steam ➡️ https://t.co/ugfHvslGuE

[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

@Freefall95game Yeah, I'm inspired some of Civ's mechanics (and the fog-of-war is inspired by Civ VI's map looking FoW)

[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

First (rough) pass on the fog of war is done. I'll make it prettier later, but for now it works. Now onto implementing other islands... 🤓

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[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

@kantallive Will do!

[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

Ships are in! 😎
Pathfinding, though, isn't yet...

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[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

@vicenzo_comp Not yet!
I'm still in the prototyping phase right now, but I'll be sure to post it once I have a definitive name!

[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

Spent a few days reducing the size of an hexagon (32px -> 16px) so I can make granular buildings instead of big blocks
I'm not 100% satisfied yet (I feel like the roads are too big now), but I feel like it's a step in the right direction!

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[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

Life is calm on the newly settled island, as the pioneers are slowly harvesting the resources nearby.
(If you're wondering why the sprites are ugly, it's because I made them~)

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[Odd Steam Reviews @OddSteamReviews]

Expedition 33

[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

It’s finally taking shape! Still need to iron out the details—like getting the cart to actually follow the road 😅—but I’m proud of the progress so far.
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[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

@nostalgicrealms @SandorHQ Obvi it would be better to have a different death animation for each monster, but having a generic death doesn't shock me!
I think at some point in the gamedey process it's good to cut some ideas off otherwise the game is never gonna be finished

[VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏 @VCBrags]

“I've never seen the tech landscape shift so dramatically in my career. AI is literally reinventing the rulebook as we speak. We aren’t just building software anymore; we are architecting the soul of the next century.”

- Kyle, 22, Business Development Associate at DocuSign

[Ryanair @Ryanair]

we would never give out headphones

[Can Vardar @icanvardar]

i got an idea

[Jean-Moundir @supermegadrivin]

Trop bizarre ce week-end on change d'heure alors que d'habitude on change de gouvernement

[Ago@GSC @stiniuk]

Every week/month new games from solo or small developers often "out of nowhere", achieve success in the 100Ks of units, and at times millions. The industry is not broken, has simply evolved over the years and the old models often do not fit into the new reality.

[Harry @toutinverse]

Ça me paraît un peu extrême comme solution

[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

It's very basic, but I'm slowly putting the mechanics in place
Here, a cart is transporting iron ores from the nearby mine to the city, to be processed into construction material

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[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

And if the player releases the Left Arrow, should the camera stop or start going to the right?

[Longwelwind @Longwelwind]

You're designing the camera controls of a top-down strategy game; what should the camera do when the player presses the Right Arrow after having pressed the Left Arrow?
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