Project Bolero Devlog 27

More work on Tiled integration. Top: Tiled map editor, Bottom: In-game screenshot with debug drawing enabled to show geometry and spawn-points associated with the map. Work Since Last Devlog I went a little overboard this…

Project Bolero Devlog 26

Working on sloped terrain.   Work Since Last Devlog Added some ad hoc debug drawing functions which can be called from game ticks, and defer rendering until love.draw() runs. This is to highlight bounding boxes, print…

Project Bolero Devlog 25

Testing some temporary / stand-in actor types, with easier-to-manage collision detection and movement code than what was in Hibernator. The purple guys actually fall down when not standing on solid terrain, unlike any non-player character…

Project Bolero Devlog 24

Just hanging out behind a waterfall. Just standing and being cool, next to Building. Work Since Last Devlog Faux Amis (ZZT): Release 1.02 (Itch, Museum of ZZT). Fixed a few issues: Stop potential soft-lock just…

Project Bolero Devlog 23

Part-way through re-adding and rewriting platformer movement and collision detection. Also, temporary stand-in trees. Work Since Last Devlog I learned enough Tkinter to load an image from a file selection dialog, display it within a…

Project Bolero Devlog 22

Testing Multiple background layers with parallax scrolling, map wrap-around, and tile animations — all conveniently not conveyable with a still screenshot. Here’s a tweet with a video if you’re curious. Work Since Last Devlog Moved…

Project Bolero Devlog 21

Nested widget bodies. The deepest body contains a formatted text widget, which is cropped to only appear within the boundaries of its parent. Also, screen tearing. Work Since Last Devlog So, the plan to make…

Project Bolero Devlog 20

Work Since Last Devlog Fixed the issue causing Bolero 2’s startup to fail. Increased Bolero 2’s resolution from 384×216 to the more common 480×270. (Both can be scaled up to 1920×1080.) I also increased the…

Project Bolero Devlog 19

A board from ‘The Mask Of Atlantis’ Work Since Last Devlog In general: I started a secondary blog (oh no) for tracking smaller status updates and accomplishments throughout the week. I finished reading Game Programming…

Project Bolero Devlog 18

Unfortunately, I have very little to show for this week. I’ll try to get something substantial done for the 16th. Housecleaning note: I removed a couple of blog links on the root page of my…