Koder makes Games – Page 2 – and occasionally writes a devlog

Shading the EMP

2018-09-19 koderGames

The EMP blast causes massive discharges on the surface of the hull, as well as lasting damage to electronic equipment. It’s about time I had some fun with shaders and show it off. Ships in ΔV[…]

With a little after-hours studio in-depth testing becomes an issue. We are doing my best to test everything I write, but our resources are limited, so we often miss some edge cases. That’s where our[…]

Avoiding responsibility

2018-09-09 koderGames

Time to add AI-controlled ships. Since all movement ΔV is physics based, AI has to be physics aware. This is first attempt of AI-controlled flight: Seems to work well enough. Collision avoidance is bit reckless, but[…]

Enceladus Prime

2018-08-21 koderΔV: Rings of Saturn

Introducing the commercial hub orbiting Enceladus and base of your operations. Station is a cylinder with over 1km diameter and 6km length. Most of the materials used for construction are mined locally in Saturn’s rings. As[…]

Equal and Opposite

2018-08-11 koderΔV: Rings of Saturn

For every action, there is equal and opposite reaction. Thrusters exhaust near-plasma gas that pushes ship back. But the same gas will push anything it hits in opposite direction. Physics at work.

Polishing the flames

2018-08-09 koderΔV: Rings of Saturn

Today I finally got around to polishing some visual aspects of the exhaust. Plume no longer just grows trough everything, it will dissipate when it hits something. It also pushes and melts the rock. The[…]

Steam powered starship

2018-08-07 koderΔV: Rings of Saturn

ΔV: Rings of Saturn is listed on are a steam now. You can follow our release progress there, or simply add it to wishlist to show your interest and support.

Wise man does not fly with broken reactor

2018-08-042018-08-07 koderΔV: Rings of Saturn

But game won’t stop you. You won’t get very far tough. Today I added more systems damage: fuel rods jamming, forced rods engagement under high acceleration, thrusters shutting down under high centrifugal forces and finally[…]

A subreddit is born

2018-08-032018-08-03 koderΔV: Rings of Saturn

I created a subreddit for ΔV: Rings of Saturn – as both community hub and a support forum. You can find it here, or in the top-right icon menu.

Designing the damage

2018-07-23 koderΔV: Rings of Saturn

Games usually handle damage via hitpoints, or similar concepts. But my car does not explode if I kick it a thousand times – and neither should a spaceship. Those are sophisticated machines with many levels[…]