Gravitroids

Devlog

• 1.8.1—Noisy Saucers, Enemy Bullets
  April 08, 2019 by Michael Macha#Flying Saucer, #Bullets, #Sound

  Like the title says. Flying Saucer enemies now make a sound. Of course, I have no idea how you would hear that sound in the vacuum of space; but on the other hand, I also have no idea how your eyeball... Continue reading
• 1.8—Flying Saucers
  April 07, 2019 by Michael Macha#Saucers, #UFO, #coin magnet

  That's right; flying saucers of the most basic form. It was a bit more involved than you might think; I used the built-in infrastructure for an animated sprite, but wanted the result to be flexible; s... Continue reading
• 1.7.2 - Bug Fixes
  April 05, 2019 by Michael Macha

  Two things. Bug fixes, generally. Added a normal map to the title splash screen so it doesn't get washed out by the light Rearranged scene tree to prevent future errors, generally involving... Work I... Continue reading
• 1.7.1—Lighting
  April 05, 2019 by Michael Macha#Lighting

  It's still 2D; that's how it was designed, that's how I intend to keep it. That said, we now have normal maps and lighting on 2D game objects. It provides a unique feel of depth which I kind of like... Continue reading
• 1.7—Stellar Bouncing
  April 05, 2019 by Michael Macha#Sun, #Bounce, #Fragmentation, #Dampening

  Well, that's part of it, anyway. Change log: Made fragmentation velocity substantially more random, similar to what it was in the original Asteroids. Altered linear and angular velocity dampening so t... Continue reading
• 1.6.3—rotating sky, slightly faster ship
  April 05, 2019 by Michael Macha#Bug Fix

  So, it turns out that when you're in a smaller space ship, you can get your center of mass a lot closer to the star, making the pull effectively stronger. I had to fix that, by slightly increasing eng... Continue reading
• 1.6.2 (Just a quick bug fix)
  April 04, 2019 by Michael Macha#Bug Fix

  Nothing serious; I noticed that the touch-screen controls were showing on any new game after the ship was destroyed. That's not intended. It should be fixed now... Continue reading
• 1.6.1—Smaller Ship, easier on beginners
  April 04, 2019 by Michael Macha#ship, #scale

  So for this instance I've dropped the scale of the ship to about a quarter of it's old size. This is a much tighter target for asteroids and has made the game noticeably easier; but after play testing... Continue reading
• 1.6—Better Stars
  April 04, 2019 by Michael Macha#Sun, #Star, #Shader

  Stars are now drawn with a shader, that is, on your graphics card or chipset; and look much better. No longer are they brightly colored boring circles in the sky, now they have depth, and texture. The... Continue reading

  
• 1.5.1—Faster starter engines, Wobbly Bobbly Timey Wimey Space-Distortey Title
  April 04, 2019 by Michael Macha#Gravitroids, #Title, #Shader, #Engine

  Followed a hunch I had on how to write a shader for the title to make it actively distort over time. Worked. Cool. Set initial engine power to 200, instead of 100; as it's still way too easy to get ca... Continue reading
• 1.5—Mobile Support
  April 03, 2019 by Michael Macha#Gravitroids, #Stand Up Games, #Mobile

  As of 1.5, the game is now mobile-phone friendly. I've added touch-sensitive buttons to it, only visible when verifiably using a touch screen, which allow for engine thrust, firing, and rotation clock... Continue reading
• v.1.3.2 — Scaled Space-Penny Prices on Upgrades
  April 02, 2019 by Michael Macha

  Realistically, I should probably also put a cap on how high each item can be upgraded. (In some cases, having an item too high can make the game impossible to play.) The major change here is that upgr... Continue reading
• v.1.4 — Coin Magnet, Variable Stellar Mass
  April 02, 2019 by Michael Macha#stand up games, #update, #Gravitroids, #coin magnet, #stellar mass

  So I got something fine up and running today. Two big changes: Stars now have mass, which varies from level to level. Currently, they also change in size based on mass; though the real world is far mo... Continue reading
• v.1.4 preview one
  April 02, 2019 by Michael Macha

  So, stellar mass variation is a go. Stars start out lightweight, and gradually gain mass as level increases. (Take care of that engine.) Eventually I'm hoping to follow actual kinds of stars and stell... Continue reading
• v. 1.3.1 (Quick Bug Fix)
  April 02, 2019 by Michael Macha

  Single important bug fix, which I noticed this morning. As of the currency addition, asteroids were no longer spawning in the correct places. I've updated it to correct this; break-away asteroids will... Continue reading
• v.1.3—Currency
  April 01, 2019 by Michael Macha#Update, #Currency

  The first thing I look at when I start working on 'Troids, or any game, is my checklist of future improvements. Bug fixes are up at the top, but I try to add one fun new thing in, especially for peopl... Continue reading

  
• v.1.2 — Major update!
  March 31, 2019 by Michael Macha#Update, #Bug Fix

  So, I've handled a few bugs and added a bunch of new junk. (Expect a lot of that, going forward.) I'm never much of a fan of updates that fix bugs but provide nothing tangibly new, so here goes: There... Continue reading

  
• v.1.1
  March 29, 2019 by Michael Macha#fixes, #upgrades

  1. Fixed bug where, after a game over event and a replay, the original ship would "ghost" bullets. In other words, it wouldn't be completely freed from the scene, and would continue firing from its an... Continue reading