In my continuing quest to improve the Drake’s visuals (despite subpar art skills) I redid some of the joint visuals. Adding some texture blending & some stretching effect to the main body. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

The Drake has been difficult to balance. Test runs alternate from “die quickly” to “steamroll everything.” Our focus has been on tweaking max health & heal rates. It’s slow but we’re getting there. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

As part of our controller implementation testing we got a virtual keyboard to pop up when you get a high score! #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This #SteamAutumnSale all our games are on sale! Tower Alchemy (#towerdefense #alchemy), Ark Defender (A #roguelike #Missileommand ), They Dug Too Deep (#turnbased #dwarfgame), & Doomed Stars (#kaiju #spacemonster)! #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

All our games, Tower Alchemy (mix to unlock towers), Ark Defender (survive in a hostile galaxy), They Dug Too Deep (defeat unleashed swarms), & Doomed Stars (become the empire ender), are part of the #SteamAutumnSale! #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This #SteamAutumnSale, our #eldritch #roguelike Doomed Stars is on sale! Consume the civilization of the fools who unleashed you upon the universe. Become the Empire Ender! #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Our #dwarfgame #roguelike They Dug Too Deep is part of the #SteamAutumnSale! Can you deal with the swarms the dwarves unleashed since They Dug Too Deep? #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #turnbased

This #SteamAutumnSale, our #Missilecommand #roguelike Ark Defender is on sale! Survive as long as you can aboard the Ark, humanity's last hope, in a hostile galaxy. #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Our game, Tower Alchemy, is 50% off for the #SteamAutumnSale! It’s a classic #towerdefense game with a twist. Mix & match basic towers to unlock anything from laser cannons to holy storms! #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This week's Doomed Star's short goes into ships with non-direct (or no) attacks. youtube.com/shorts/zkU0U... #roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

This week in Doomed Stars we added a new ability to the Stellar Drake. A mass stun effect called Primordial Fear. It stuns all on screen enemies for a short time. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

One of the milestones for the Stellar Drake in Doomed Stars echos the systems of The Dreadnought. Every encounter the player starts with 5 reskinned dreadnought drones as “drake offspring.” #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

The last of the new “Assertion of Power” effects for the new monsters, is a series of screen covering explosions launched by the Automated Dreadnought. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

We have been giving each monster its own “Assertion of Power” effects. For the Stellar Drake we have a roar & screen shake. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This week's Ark Defender short is on the Morradin ghost ships! youtube.com/shorts/wQFf5... #roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

A recently revised evolution for the Stellar Drake in Doomed Stars is the Gloating Roar. Previously it sent enemies flying when the upgrade bar was filled, now it repulses on screen enemy projectiles! #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

This week we worked on some Stellar Drake evolutions. Splinter Scales send off a scattering of railgun like projectiles when the Drake is hit by a missile, creating an automatic rebuke of enemies when hit! #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

Awhile ago we added a system where the Imperium increases defenses via coilgun placements as the game progresses. Unfortunately, it was bugged until we this week when we finally got them working. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

One thing we noticed while testing the drake is it was missing a dedicated healing mechanic. We opted to extend the frontal immunity to also have a chance to heal. Full speed into the barrage! #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

We started recoloring ability icons to match their parent monster’s palette. Dimensional Horror (purple), Automated Dreadnought (red), Nanite Swarm (blue-grey), & Stellar Drake (green). Gold is for evolutions. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This week's Doomed Star's short goes into miner layers variants and EW capital ships! youtube.com/shorts/SNCsY... #roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

A change this week to The Stellar Drake is giving it immunity to frontal attacks. It encourages the player to play with position with the monster that is hardest to maneuver precisely. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

This week in Doomed Stars we added a new eveloution for the Stellar Drake. A speed control. While it defaults to full speed you can slow down to make tighter turns or longer flybys. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

While the visual for the Drake’s grab ability is the simplest it was disappearing under larger ships. So we tweaked the visual a bit to scale with the ship size. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

We have not been happy with the Stellar Drake’s look for awhile. This is not great, but it is a better look at a moment in the right direction. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

For quite awhile we have been meaning to replace the animation of the Stellar Drake’s tail. The new one uses the same systems as the neck, but automated instead of following the mouse. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This week's Ark Defender short is on the Morradin sensor swarming beacons. youtube.com/shorts/1widC... #roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

Originally the omniscream used particles. That had issues with telling what it had hit since the start. This week we wrote a system that uses Line2Ds. We get a similar look & solved our detection issue. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

While testing we have been finding eveloutions that are underwhelming. One such had destroyed enemy ships leave flak fields. Instead we replaced it with a smart bomb that clears the screen. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

Continuing our revisions of Monarch Dreadnought visuals we refined the gravity gun visual since its VFX was blending too much with the background. Now it has more red & purple to make it pop. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

We had been using a rather hacky system for the Monarch Dreadnought’s special tracking missiles. We bit the bullet & made them unique visuals (which look better and get fancy red trails). #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This week's Doomed Star's short goes into some of the more unique ships. youtube.com/shorts/q6lLG... #roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

While testing it occurred to us that we have a lot of armor related upgrades. But armor was not showing up that often. To fix that we bumped the armor drop rate quite a bit & may do so more. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

We added a new encounter this week to Doomed Stars. A new blockade variation with emplacements crisscrossing the map. It was going to be a maze, but we couldn’t get it working. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

Looking ahead to icon recolors we wanted to give the stellar drake its own color palette distinct from the Dimensional Horror, switching from a pinkish color to green. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

We had a bug where reflector regions check if the center of the monster has entered them. This works fine for circular monsters, but irregular ones like the Drake and Dreadnought needed this week’s fix. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

While the reflectors on the ring fly through encounter do help add challenge they also serve the purpose of hiding some rendering order ugliness. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Originally, the Explosive Basic Attack power up was designed for its tentacle smacks. But, we had to redefine it to include Dreadnought fighter plasma shots, Swarm Basic Missiles, & Drake fire breath. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #2dgame #IndieGameDev

This week's Ark Defender short is on the insectoid Staug Colossus youtube.com/shorts/O3cz4... #roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

We added an encounter to Doomed Stars specific to the Automated Dreadnought this week, flying through hyperlane rings. It can be quite bad if you hit the reflectors. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

This week in Doomed Stars, with the shifting of trishot to a normal upgrade we needed a new evolution. We settled on a Railgun bomb. Instead of piercing the railgun explodes with massive AOE on impact. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

As mentioned yesterday we will eventually need to recolor icons. That includes evolutions and cards. Which is what we started here. Going from red for evolutions to a gold theme. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

With the addition of new monsters we have new icons. Each monster type has its own color theme. This means we will eventually need to redo upgrade icons for upgrades that all monsters can get. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

While testing we decided to move the trishot from an evolution to a normal upgrade. While powerful (especially when paired with the corrosive trail) it just was a worse version of the shotgun spread evolution. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

This week's Doomed Star's short in on some of the cruiser variants! youtube.com/shorts/Ae_b5... #roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

This week in Doomed Stars we prototyped a new encounter unique to the Automated Dreadnought. Surrounded by hyperlane corridors firing missiles at you need to fire back & intercept incoming attacks. #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

This week in Doomed Stars we’ve added a new boss enemy. Fighter bases are heavily armored & spew forth more parasite craft than any other enemy is capable of spawning. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

As part of our re-balance of the Nanite Swarm we wanted to give it an AOE attack. Rather than create a new one we opted to nerf the megabomb and give it as a starting weapon (along with some visual reworks). #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Part of per monster balancing for the Automated Dreadnought was changing the targets at the end of the hyperlane encounter from 2 to 1 (50% of health loss when testing occurred destroying the 2nd one). #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

With the different monsters we have had to make some tweaks to accommodate them. Most obvious is adjusting bosses to take damage from something other than thrown ships, namely railguns & missiles. #roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame