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Devlog #31: Some good news, some bad news
February 29, 2020 by Pandaqi#godot, #pause explanation, #marketing, #back to study, #big plans
Welcome to the thirty-first devlog! It’s been two months since the last devlog. That’s a long time, especially considering all other devlogs were at most one week apart. What happened? Has there b... Continue reading
#30 Creating a Website
December 22, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#website, #landing-page, #physics, #holiday-break
Welcome to the thirtieth devlog! A few days ago, I published the latest major version of the game (version 0.3, with 13 levels). I’m very proud of it and hope you enjoy it as well :) I also just upl... Continue reading
#29 Version 0.3 released - Thirteen levels!
December 18, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #version 0.3, #major release, #tutorial world, #world 1
The moment has arrived! The moment you've all been waiting for! I've just uploaded version 0.3 of Package Party , which has .... Thirteen levels => 3 in world 0 (the "tutorial world"), 10 in world 1 P... Continue reading
#28 Evolving mechanics
December 13, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #level design, #evolving mechanics
Welcome to the twenty-eighth devlog! In the previous devlog, I explained that I was able to playtest the game (a lot) and gained valuable feedback from that. This week was all about implementing that... Continue reading
#27 Why playtesting matters (a lot)
December 07, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #playtesting, #big changes for v0.3
Welcome to the twenty-seventh devlog! Last week a rare and magical event occurred: I was able to playtest the game four times with four different playgroups . This gave me loads of useful feedback, wh... Continue reading
#26 Player modifiers/powerups
November 30, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #modifiers, #power-ups
Welcome to the twenty-sixth devlog! This time I want to talk about player powerups (or “modifiers”). When I started development on this game, I never thought I would be implementing these powerups... Continue reading
#25 Tutorial: dynamic masking
November 23, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #shaders, #masking, #obstruction, #hidden
Welcome to the twenty-fifth devlog! This one is delayed by a few days (I try to post them weekly), sorry about that. I am also participating in the GitHub game jam (Game Off 2019), which has a deadlin... Continue reading
#24 Fun vs Frustration
November 13, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #level design, #mechanics, #playtesting, #iteration
Welcome to the twenty-fourth devlog! Last devlog marked the release of v0.2 of the game, with MANY changes to the gameplay. In this devlog I want to explain what was changed and why I did it. Hopefull... Continue reading
#23 Version 0.2 - five levels!
November 06, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#version 0.2, #five levels, #godot, #major update
It's finally here! Version 0.2, with five playable levels! I'm really happy this update is out and my playtesters seem to like the game more and more. A lot has changed and improved since last version... Continue reading
#22 Pathfinding and Package Timers
November 03, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #pathfinding, #package timers, #AStar, #navigation
Welcome to the twenty-second devlog! As I’ve been creating levels for the game these past few weeks, there’s been only one consistent roadblock: setting good TIMERS on the packages. If you give pl... Continue reading
#21 Input management
October 30, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #input map, #input management, #controller, #keyboard
Welcome to the twenty-first devlog! Today I want to talk about input management: how I made the game playable for any controller and keyboard (at most two players on the keyboard, though). Basically,... Continue reading
#20 Better Camera & Better Players
October 26, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #physics, #player movement, #camera, #solo mode
Welcome to the twentieth devlog! The past week or so I’ve been making improvements to the camera and player control again, and here I want to explain why and how I did that. Player physics In an e... Continue reading
#19 Level 2 – The “catching” mechanic
October 23, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #level design, #level 2
Welcome to the nineteenth devlog! With level 1 finished, I can finally start work on level 2. In this devlog, I will explain my though process and how I went about designing this level. The new mech... Continue reading
#18 Version 0.1 – A playable level 1
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #version 0.1, #first demo, #major update
Great news! I just made the game page public and uploaded the first demo: a fully functional level 1, free to download for Windows, Mac and Linux. Of course, I would love it if you tried the game and... Continue reading
#17 To level 2 and beyond!
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #level design, #pickup houses, #simplicity, #new level 1, #old level 2, #I don't know how to use these tags properly
Welcome to the seventeenth devlog! Last devlog, we finished level 1. I wrote that devlog a week ago, and this week … I realized I needed to create a different level 1 and rethink my strategy for des... Continue reading
#16 Campaign – unique worlds, easter eggs, and at least one star
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi
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Welcome to the sixteenth devlog! The title of this devlog says it all, so let’s just get started without any introduction. The campaign Over these previous fifteen devlogs, I’ve already given bi... Continue reading
#15 A game for 1-4 players, or is it?
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #solo mode, #automata, #skill-based, #player count
Welcome to the fifteenth devlog! Ever since I first had the idea for this project, I knew it was going to be a game for 1-4 players. I also knew that I wanted a dedicated solo mode, unlike some games... Continue reading
#14 Players (and how they want to see themselves)
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #player labels, #player identification, #see-through effect, #terrain circle
Welcome to the fourteenth devlog! The first weeks of this game’s development, every player was just two cylinders (a body and a huge nose). There was no way to tell which one was player 1 and which... Continue reading
#13 Zones: to drop or not to drop
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #zones, #navigation, #equidistant colors
Welcome to the thirteenth devlog! One of the most important aspects of the game I haven’t talked about before, is the “zone”. Every package goes from one zone (starting position) to another zone... Continue reading
#12 Pressure Buttons & Physics Fun
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #physics, #pressure button, #platform, #rope physics
Welcome to the twelfth devlog! The main attraction of level 1 is a huge crane, holding a platform hanging from a rope/chain. You can jump into the platform to move to places you otherwise can’t reac... Continue reading
#11 Level Environments (or: Fog is always the answer)
October 19, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #environment design, #3D environment
Welcome to the eleventh devlog! One of the major components I still had to create for level 1, was the level environment. Until now, the level was just “floating in space”. Everything around it wa... Continue reading
#10 Polishing deliveries & “Death system”
October 18, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #death system, #delivery pending, #better timers
Welcome to the tenth devlog! As I am playing and testing the game even more, I keep finding small ways to make the delivery system more fun to use. Delivery Pending For example: when you deliver a p... Continue reading
#9 Camera Kung Fu
October 18, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #camera, #algorithm, #visibility-notifier
Welcome to the ninth devlog! (My apologies for the title. It doesn’t mean anything, I just thought it sounded fun.) This time we’re talking about the CAMERA in the game. I’ve talked about it bef... Continue reading
#8 Color Palettes & Physics Problems
October 18, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #color palette, #3D texturing, #physics, #RigidBody, #player movement
Welcome to the eighth devlog! This time, I want to explain a certain workflow I’ve adopted that greatly improves in-game performance AND my work speed/efficiency. Additionally, I want to add some qu... Continue reading
#7 Iterating level 1
October 18, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#godot, #level design, #movement, #iteration, #playtesting
Welcome to the seventh devlog! Now that the game doesn’t lag anymore – at least, not with my small and basic level 1 terrain – we can start iterating on the design for level 1! Because great pla... Continue reading
#6.5 3D Optimization
October 17, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #optimization, #3d performance, #3d modelling, #3d texturing, #draw calls
After the last post, I was quite worried about the performance (as you’ve probably noticed), and I literally couldn’t sleep over it. So I took a few days off working on the game to learn about 3D... Continue reading
#6 Let there be light!
October 17, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #performance, #lighting, #ambient occlusion
Welcome to the sixth devlog of “Package Party”! Lighting is everything in 3D games. (I learned that the hard way, after years of asking myself: “why do my 3D games always look far worse than tho... Continue reading
#5 Building a delivery puzzle
October 17, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #level design, #puzzle
Welcome to the fifth devlog of “Package Party”! What do we have so far? A very simple terrain to walk on, a player that can pick up and drop packages, and random deliveries being created (and show... Continue reading
#4 The Problem of Packages
October 17, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #game design, #physics
Welcome to the fourth devlog of “Package Party”! Last devlog, I explained (in broad strokes) the delivery system and the corresponding interface. I also stressed that this was the backbone of the... Continue reading
#3 Make delivering great again
October 17, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #game theory, #graphical interface
Welcome to the third devlog of “Package Party”! In the previous devlog, I explained the basics of the terrain and level layouts. With that implemented, we can think about delivering packages. Most... Continue reading
#2 A whole new world
October 17, 2019 by Pandaqi#godot, #gridmap
Welcome to the second devlog for “Package Party”! The first thing I did was experiment with the level layouts. What’s the style? How will the terrain look and function? How can I make the world... Continue reading
#1 Let’s deliver some packages
October 16, 2019 by Pandaqi
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#first-devlog, #project-announcement
Welcome to the first devlog for my new game “Package Party”! In these devlogs I will report on my progress, but also mix in some tutorial-like information and explain my ideas and thought process... Continue reading