I spend bulk of the development time expanding the games AI. Latest improvement is the ability of NPC ringer ships to find and catch asteroids. This is a multi-level improvement: Pathfinding AI has been improved[…]
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Tag: dev
If you are not a gamedev, you will likely find this boring.
Sneak-peek on the dive summary screen
The dive summary screen will look something like this: The noteworthy detail is the fact that this screen uses exactly same mineral sprites that are used in-game – they are just zoomed in. This means[…]
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The Design of Mechanics
Aiden Iozzo has joined ΔV development team as Mechanical Designer. His role is to ensure that all contents of the game adhere to hard science-fiction paradigm we subscribed. He will make sure that all the thrusters are[…]
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The grand Paralax
“You know what ΔV needs?” – said a friend a while ago – “A parallax scrolling”. And he was right. This was supposed to be easy, but turned out not so much. Godot Engine has build-in[…]
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Shading the EMP
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[…]
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Does it scale?
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[…]
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Avoiding responsibility
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[…]
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Designing the damage
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[…]
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Taking a breath
Pause menu is not something you imagine doing when making games, but it has to be there. Another piece of dark work that is hardly noticeable once it’s there. Settings menu got complete settings, with[…]
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Dark Matter
Every software developer will tell you that last 10% of any project takes up 90% of the time. Tim Ruswick from Game Dev Underground calls this dark work – and he is accurate. It’s the[…]
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