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Devlog

• In which I create yet another spreadsheet
  March 26, 2026 by folcon

  I’ve been spending the last few days building out a spreadsheet to start trying to make sense of how everything could fit together One big point of complexity is that the underlying game is running... Continue reading

  
• In which I wrap up and take stock
  March 23, 2026 by folcon

  Whooh I’m tired Also kinda energised seeing what’s been completed so far =) I probably cheated just a little bit with time because I wasn’t keeping track of how long this last day has been runni... Continue reading

  
• In which I try to improve AI pathfinding
  March 22, 2026 by folcon

  Right, last day, here’s yesterday’s progress =) So the current AI approach is just really simple A* and honestly that was fine and I’m not moving away from that, A* is solid However when our AI... Continue reading

  
• Suddenly my allies desert me
  March 20, 2026 by folcon

  So I’m going to have to either rethink pathfinding or how my little allies can track me because currently they just fly off They’re just not that adept at tracking as you can see from the gameplay... Continue reading

  
• Nicer noses, boids based collision detection and a deploy pipeline
  March 19, 2026 by folcon

  I keep forgetting that jpackage on the mac won’t let you use a 0 prefixed version number, so as much as I’d like to call this v0.0.1 as it would reflect the true version of this software, it’ll... Continue reading

  
• Mechs with Momentum, we're on the road to SMASH!
  March 19, 2026 by folcon

  I managed to add some noses and momentum based movement which has been quite entertaining to watch, the AI’s pathfinding really needs to be improved on, but for the moment it’s good enough =) I re... Continue reading

  
• Shoot I missed 7drl this year! Ok, well I guess I'll do something =)
  March 17, 2026 by folcon

  I’ve been travelling a bit so feeling a bit shattered and I’m trying to wrap a few things up before I take a short break I’ve been getting back into drawing and oh god it’s terrible However wh... Continue reading

  
• Designing Expressive Spaces
  March 09, 2026 by folcon

  It’s been quite interesting to slowly realise how tired I am, and yet at the same time there’s still thoughts a bubbling about things I’d like to think about and play with For one I’ve been th... Continue reading

  
• Playing in Excel
  March 03, 2026 by folcon

  This last period has been a bit strange I’ve been spending more than a little time fiddling about with code and excel, just trying to find my feet I’m trying to work out if this is what they mean... Continue reading

  
• Getting Real
  February 19, 2026 by folcon

  It’s been two weeks of a lot of changes for me The first of which has been shutting up for a bit xD A few things have changed in my life and I’m not in a place to talk about them yet, however what... Continue reading