Alexander Samarin

Indie game developer. Programming and game design. Obsessed with turn-based, grid-based puzzle/strategy gameplay mechanics

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@flibitijibibo Cool! What programming language is used in N engine?

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@exQUIZitely Yeah, the soundtrack was mind blowing! 🔥

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

I've made this (with a tight-knit team of talented folks):
https://t.co/5W9qVby7EI

[COMBOTRONICA @CombotronicaGCG]

COMBOTRONICA IS LIVE.
Build chains. Trigger combos. Watch the show.
The ultimate hi-tech roguelike deck-builder just dropped on Steam.
Your next "just one more run" addiction starts now.
🔗https://t.co/ekEnUvS4ji
#roguelike #deckbuilder #indiegame

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@Flatpanels That’s peak meaningless consumerism. No relevant display specs were mentioned, only 6.4mm thickness. “Would enable”, “in the future”, pff 🥱

[COMBOTRONICA @CombotronicaGCG]

DEMO INCOMING. Combotronica hits Steam Next Fest next week. Your new "just one more run" obsession starts soon. Wishlist now! https://t.co/ekEnUvS4ji #TurnBasedThursday #indiedev #gamedev

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@simplex_fx hey, my upcoming game is a roguelike deckbuilder, but at least, it's not pixelated 😅
https://t.co/N54tMZsd6z
(have to say I LOVE pixel art games though)

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@reijowrites Looks great! What kind of lighting setup do you use for such clean and expressive renders?

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

What I really like about @jetbrains IDEs is the ability to specify different colors for class instance fields, function parameters, and local variables. It seems this is not popular, as default themes don’t have such a distinction, but once you get used to it, it's so convenient!

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@simplex_fx Do you still work in (non-gamedev) tech?

[COMBOTRONICA @CombotronicaGCG]

🎮 We're thrilled to reveal COMBOTRONICA!
A roguelike deck-builder where YOU balance logic and luck your way.
✨ Discover patterns
⚡ Build insane chains
🎯 Trigger massive combos
📈 Chase astronomical scores
Wishlist on Steam 👇
https://t.co/9ml0EOoXwH

https://t.co/pSvbvuiSjZ

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@krajzeg looks awesome! btw, it seems like a custom engine is used, is that correct? If so, I wonder why have you decided to migrate from Unity?

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@SebAaltonen My favorite is awesome Tom Spilman, one of Monogame maintainers

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@cyangmou the article is top-notch, thank you for posting it! it is curious that Stardew Valley is *mostly* pixel consistent, with some slight deviations from your definition(scale-related item animations, thin line for fishing rod cord,etc.) and looks like there are no complaints on those

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@_kosovsky @cyangmou Yeah, got it, thanks! 😊 best of luck with your project! 💪

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@_kosovsky @cyangmou Thank you for the info! And for pixel sprites - do you have them always aligned to the pixel grid or do you allow smooth ‘sub-pixel’ movement?

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@FlohOfWoe @kinjalkishor @awr_hey Do I understand you correctly that instead of having an array of base class pointers which point to objects of different sub-classes, use an array of some base type objects that have 'components' depending on their 'differences'?

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@SebAaltonen What would be the most suitable languages for game (not engine) programming?

[Alexander Samarin @vadersb]

@luciascarlet Well, on the standard dpi screens macOS fonts look like a blurry mess, Windows ones are the sharpest on the other hand. Linux is on par with Windows mostly, but once you set is scaling to 125% on KDE - text rendering quality degrades a lot.