Hello, everyone! Issue #297 of my #gamedev newsletter is out, with a minor game release, plans for the near future, design lessons from classics, and then some. Take a look! https://notimetoplay.org/blog/weekly-links-297.html
.org is a gTLD for everyone, and is foundational to the Internet, for individuals, non-profits, and everyone else. Don't let it be sold to a private interest without any oversight. https://savedotorg.org #SaveDotOrg
The text-based edition of Space Cruiser Orion can now be downloaded from https://notimetoplay.org/misc/orion-tt-x86_64.zip -- source code included.
Survey of marginalized [game] designers, running through December 8th https://gomakemeasandwich.wordpress.com/2019/11/19/survey-of-marginalized-designers-running-through-december-8th/
also, fucking mock people who still say "alpha male" and "beta male" with complete seriousness
because that was research done in the 70s and the researcher has since retracted his theories completely, straight-up begging people to not pay attention to it, because he was studying wolves in captivity. their 'natural order' looks way WAY different.
even if you assume wolf society = human society (...? or owo i should say), it's a bullshit model of wolf society lmao
Okay. My game has a working Monster AI now. Next I need a death screen, a start screen and inventory interactions to make something playable out of it. Furthermore I should think about a good boss stage for the end game.
... and about a good name of course. (I'm bad in giving things a name.)
Another update for my #zxspectrum #roguelike .
I've added monsters. They don't move yet but you can already attack them.
Hello, everyone! Issue #296 of my #gamedev newsletter is out. Inside: .org domains in danger, plans for more articles on scripting, and a bunch of links with no comment: https://notimetoplay.org/blog/weekly-links-296.html
I make #games because the alternative would be to lie down and never get up again.
I make #art because art is good. One of the few good things we have in this world.
I #write about it all so that others may have a better shot at success than I did.