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Merry holidays! Here's the update for December
December 27, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
I'll be honest, the festivities got me confused and completely forgot I was meant to post a progress update *last* week. Since I changed to a monthly schedule, the weeks simply seem to blend. I've bee... Continue reading
Week 28, 29, 30, 31
November 22, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
I'll be honest, it's been a very weird november. Following the release of the latest demo, the next step was to start working on Act 2. Act 1 takes place in the mountain range where Enkoure lives on... Continue reading
New demo! The Post-Sage update is here!
October 25, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#demo_release, #update, #singleplayer, #indiedev
Updated player behavior. Enkoure now curls into a ball after using a special move. Forward dash has been slightly nerfed. Enviromental bodies (Wind, water, lava) and the way Enkoure interacts with the... Continue reading
Week 27
October 18, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Created shrubbery, pending full implementation. NI. ACT1 Shrubbered. Updated checkpointer to use a slightly differend validation method. BGM overwritting master volume fixed. Turns out it was a miss-a... Continue reading
Week 26
October 11, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Increased the attack box for some moves (Slidrill, Slide, ground Attack) Adjusted a wrongwarp form a checkpoint (Act1-4) and the speed of horizontal wind in the same section. Moved the upper checkpoin... Continue reading
Week 25
October 04, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Pause menu bug potentially fixed. Act 0 final section adjusted. Act 1: Adjusted camera change when going back into the crossroad from the top route. Act 1 (Wind path): Adjusted the horizontal (leftwar... Continue reading
Week 24
September 27, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
An outline will appear around the character under specific criteria. Forward Dash -> Air transition tentatively nerfed (falls off F-dash slower). I intend to study the outcomes of this decision. Chara... Continue reading
Week 23
September 20, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Updated waterprlx in Act 1 with a better water shine effect. Modified part of the wind puzzle in Act1 (screen after wind powerup) to be easier. Added an informative signpost too. Changed the behavior... Continue reading
Week 22
September 13, 2024 by SpanishVanguard
Adjusted parallax for tutorial zone Adjusted troublesome bumper that caused a softlock when transitioning screens in the tutorial. Updated Rogue function to set a parent by default instead of having n... Continue reading
Week 21 - Sage2024 begins
September 08, 2024 by SpanishVanguard
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#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
It's been quite the hectic return to habit. Sage started two days ago but it got so busy I could barely afford the time to post an update. I've started work on the tileset for the next Act, but to be... Continue reading
Week 20 - The road to Sage '24
July 19, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
This week is focused on level polishing. Start of Act 1 has been touched on to be slightly less boring. Degrassified the lava of Route A. Some underground/cavern gass has been left for visual variety... Continue reading
Week 19
July 12, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
New actor (Sheeplot Limiter). A signpost that forces Sheeplot actors to respawn. All Act1 routes now connect to the final boss chunk (04). Act 1 is now beatable! Updated floatsam logic. Done! Act 1 is... Continue reading
Week 18
July 05, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Initial implementation of new actor (floatsam) created. They're boxes that float on water. There isnt much to comment on this week because I've reached a point where I can construct most puzzles with... Continue reading
Week 17
June 28, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Fixed a logic bomb that prevented mover to properly move during greg mode. New enviromental tool: torch. It can be lighted up. [Bug] Unknown issue causes respawners to not respawn. Rebounder updated w... Continue reading
Week 16
June 21, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Detection range of freezables has been updated to reach wider. Mover updated with the ability to move to multiple places in succession. Work on the second half of Act 1 02b has begun. New Forward Dash... Continue reading
Week 15
June 14, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Act 1 BGM implemented. Tentatively. This week has been mostly a focused on level layout and design. There's been a relatively small change to the codebase since I've been able to reuse old actors to c... Continue reading
Week 14
June 07, 2024 by SpanishVanguard
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#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Changelog (Week 14 -> 13) A tentative update to how turrets operate has been made in an attempt go fix a bug where turrets would spam shots while offscreen under certain conditions. Rogue function upd... Continue reading
Week 13 - The lucky one right?
May 31, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Updated mover node with the ability to use global position instead of local position. Updated mover node to use a custom starter position. Mover is a node whose only function is to move from position... Continue reading
Week 12 - Three months in already.
May 24, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Work on Act 1's 4th chunk continues. A new node that spawns stuff into existence has been created. [BUG] A problem with checkpoints are causing checkpoints to not be saved properly. The summer heat is... Continue reading
Week 11
May 17, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Created a Spike Goblin. Behaves like your traditional spikes in a platformer. Spike Goblin has a chance to play a special animation. New platform that reacts to wind state. Only spawns while under win... Continue reading
Week 10
May 10, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Caught a bug that prevented the falling animation from playing, by sheer force of luck. The fire parallax has been updated for readability purposes. Still looks weird. Work on the new act 1 section (0... Continue reading
Week 9
May 03, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Level design work on the new section of Act 1 is undergoing. No major changes as a result. There's moving platforms now, but that's as a result of combining already existing mechanics, not due to the... Continue reading
Week 8
April 26, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Created new manager (bullet_layer) to decouble bullets from their nodes of origin. Some code needs to be updated to make use of it, but it'll be updated as it is necesssary. Player ground standing att... Continue reading
Week 7 - Well I sure am good at measuring workload.
April 19, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Changelog (Week 6 -> Week 7) The general layout for Act 1 (Piece 1) has been finished. Further work on Wind Path's feel. Potential logic flaw in bullet invocation that fixed (position .x += initial_po... Continue reading
Week 6
April 12, 2024 by SpanishVanguard
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#Indie, #Pixel Art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Changelog (Week 5 -> Week 6) Wrote a simple emissor to help with the visualization of wind currents. (Bugged) Semisolids are, suddenly, completely solid. Investigating cause. +info on the bug: https:/... Continue reading
Week 5
April 05, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#indie, #pixel-art, #solodev, #singleplayer
Rebounder default vertical strength -350 -> -460 Diagonal wind animation added. The second extra parallax has been further spruced with stalactites and stalagmites. Act 1 Piece 1 is 66% done. A sense... Continue reading
Week 4
March 29, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#Indie, #pixel art, #single-dev, #Singleplayer
Work on the second extra parallax for act 1 has finished. The second extra parallax has been touched to fall in line with the rest since it felt too static. Fixed a logic bomb that caused parallax bac... Continue reading
Week 3
March 22, 2024 by SpanishVanguard
Changelog (Week 2 -> Week 3) Work on one of both parallaxes has been finished. Work on the second(third?) parallax background has begun. Slow week. All on account of trying to nail feel... Continue reading
Week 2
March 15, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#progress update, #short post
Changelog (Week 1 -> Week 2) Updated the way drag force (gravity_x) is calculated to make water currents work. Added countermasures to prevent slide to transform over slidrill due to high speeds. Drag... Continue reading
Week 1 - Welcome to Dream Enkoure!
March 08, 2024 by SpanishVanguard#weekly update
Hello everyone and thanks for your interest in Dream Enkoure! Even though the demo has only been uploaded last week, I've been working in this project for over a year - around November 2022 if memory... Continue reading