Achilleas Filippidis

Game Developer / Software Engineer
Building my own 2D Engine w/ #raylib
I love strategy games & TCGs :)

[Ioannis Koukourakis @JKoukourakis]

A new update for The Orb (Detis Engine Demo) is live on @itchio! Download link in the comments below.

Patch Highlights:

- AMD Fix: Resolved driver-level shader compilation crashes and bugs on AMD GPUs. Huge thanks to @Kiiiri7 for tackling this. Kiriakos has also served as the main rendering consultant for the Detis project in general in the last few months!

- Contact Shadows: Added support for Screen Space Contact Shadows, dramatically improving foliage fidelity and fine shadow detail across the board.

- MCP Server Integration: For those modding the demo before the full engine package drops, the update ships with detis_mcp inside the /bin directory. This connects the engine to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enabling AI-assisted gameplay scripting and letting LLMs build entire maps and world layouts directly inside the engine environment.

Thank you all for the testing and feedback!

[Ioannis Koukourakis @JKoukourakis]

No game engine is truly general-purpose. The cooler-looking tech is rarely the more suitable one, and indie developers pay for that mismatch in time, money, and sanity. https://t.co/y09UwhqSbm

[Kenney @KenneyNL]

GOOD MORNING ✨

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@misraeldev Hmm, add a “Death's Door” phase where the player is left at 1 HP, making the next hit lethal. After a few seconds, they start regenerating health.

Casting the ability won’t kill the player, even at low HP.

This passive can only activate once until the player returns to full HP.

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@BarrierXI I love strategy games and most of the genres around it (4X, RTS, Grand Strategy).

One of my first games are Warcraft 3, so it has a good mix of nostalgia + what I enjoy playing.

It will have a bit of enemy waves, a bit of unit upgrading and a bit of economy and management.

[Panos Karabelas @panoskarabelas]

Kiriakos (@Kiiiri7) just contributed a Metal backend to Spartan Engine. That means macOS support, and every release now ships a Mac build. It's probably the most cracked (as the youngsters say) contribution in 12 years of engine development.

Of course, he got a https://t.co/PbfkJjob8i key to play with his daughter and a fitting role in the Discord server. If you need someone cracked for Mac work, he's your guy.

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@BarrierXI I'm developing a RTS game w/ some roguelike features.
Custom 2D game engine, using #raylib for backend :')

I'm doing it to get better in C++ and use it as a portfolio (both the engine + a playable game)

When I have something playable, I would love to release it as well :)

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@daisyHyeseul I don't handle newly available paths 😅
The player will have to put new movement command again.
That's a QOL improvement that I'll do later (later later) on.

When I revisit the pathfinding system, my first priority will be switching from A* to HPA*!

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

While adding more animations & resources, I realized my navgrid never updated 😅

Now when a resource is depleted, its collision is removed and only those tiles get updated.

Next resource -> Food 🍖

#indiedev #gamedev #gameengine #gamedeveloper #raylib #solodev

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@EgeMustafaCelik I don't re-trigger the find-path function that I have when something is depleted, correct!

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@JYNetherAbyss I have a component + a system that handles all the things related w/ resources (trees, gold for now).

When I load the map, my navgrid updates the obstacle vector.

So, when I try to find a path, my trees obstruct the designated tiles like snorlax :)

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@kenzie__games Thanks for your comment 🙏
No, that not in my bucket list.
When a tree is depleted from its resources it wont grow back.
I also remove the Resource component from it.
But, I think thats a great idea to implement later on.

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@KiriArc_Games Thank you!
Well that’s thanks to @PixelFrogStudio and his assets! 😁

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@MitsosTalksGame Καλό κάψιμο!
Looking forward for the video 🙏

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@razzaq94 Yeap 🫡

On the map loading, I know what entities I'm about to load.

Based on that, I create my navigation grid. Each "unit" can move on every tile around it, unless the tile is an obstacle.

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

Winter is coming, so my villager is out chopping wood.

Spent two weeks improving my A* pathfinding and building a first gathering system! 😁

Next up: More resource types and more animations for my villagers!

#indiedev #gamedev #gameengine #gamedeveloper #raylib #solodev

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@MetropolixIO Thank you for your kind words!

First I want to add 1/2 more animations when cutting wood.

Then, I want to introduce 3/4 new resource types and add the appropriate animations.

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@playfatebound Thank you!That's a great question.
Right now every unit entity has a small collider on their feet.

I am planning to add a layering for my collision and thus, each unit should go on top of each other without a problem.

This will make my life easier and I think it will look okay!

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@corhoonx Thank you 🙏
The villager is both a Unit and a Gatherer.
The Gatherer is responsible to get an "order" (thats how I call it) and based on that he goes to gather resources :D

[Achilleas Filippidis @achfilip]

@lerugray Totally with you.
I think I'm happy with the outcome right now.
Later on I want to transition to HPA* pathfinding.