Early Fall October 2022

Finishing up all the surrounding menus that go around the main tactical map.  With my health issues causing delays I'll be lucky to get a January 2023 launch.  Though I'm hoping the drastic measures I've committed to over the last month will start to show results.  I guess this will give me time to actually flush out the strategic, operational, and tactical AI for Computer matches.

 

September 2022

 

Perfect lighting.  Overcast grey sky in September.  I need to make a Steam account and figure out the whole 'green lit' and Early Access features.  Integrating the Steam API to Godot.  I've been disconnected from the internet for so long.... at least my old programming skills still apply to a certain extent.  Though I have to admit abusing the near limitless ram most computers have (for 2D games) is something I still can't get used to.

Entering August 2022

 

Solo GameDev will give you high blood pressure.  Believe it! Hospital visit blood pressure = 248/158!

July 1st 2022: Crimson Sky on Canada Day!

Reading the news, animating tiles, watching some dude walk around Tokyo in 4K.  Polish and test.  Polish and test.  Trying to aim for a 2022 release at maximum CRUNCH!

 

Nice cool June evening

 

Testing some initial menus and introductions (along with SFX and music).  Inputting 'Unit Data' for all factions.  Oblivion longplay (no commentary) playing in the background

Early Hot May Summer 2022

 

Over hundreds of units across 6 unique factions with individual base paradigms.  Currently setting up "Squad" unit types as infantry to function as a single unit while allowing complexity in combat.  Watching Better Call Saul.

2022 April

 

Over 600 tiles for the tactical map alone.  Campaign map will be for future releases depending on popularity (if any).  Attempting to abstract artillery ranges (grenades, mortars, tube cannons, rockets, missiles, etc.) to tiles while keeping game play speed intact.  While Robert McNamara talks down to me about game theory and decision making in an imperfect information environment (paraphrasing).

Spring Cleaning 2022

 

Melting snows.  Fresh air.  Vacuumed carpet.

Reading Up Foggy Spring Morning

 

Fog white out.  Trying to read but actually watching Twin Peaks like a lazy POS.  Thank PhD students and their well-written papers on turn-based strategy game architecture, game theory (especially decision making on the game tree; useful for future AI), and algorithm solutions (like super-cover lines used for a 2D tile grid system).  Truly a wealth of information.

New Years 2022

 

Even MORE bugs to fix.  Oh yay!

Dec 20 2021 Winter

 

Another cold winter morning... Must finish 1001 items (GUI art polish, GUI code polish, integrating a less basic AI, adding minor transition graphics, interactive loader, etc. etc. etc.). Awkward chest pressure.

Winter 2021

Play testing first build

Fall, 2021

Fine-tuning multiple features.

Summer-Fall 2021

Creating art, sprites, units, animations.....

 

Summer, 2021

 

Building the prototype/pre-alpha

Spring, 2021

 

Thinking about what to make