ShooDemUp

Devlog

• Heads up to Linux Download Users
  September 10, 2023 by Michael Macha#bug

  (If you're a Windows user, there's a slight chance that this will carry over, but mostly don't worry about this; the game is primarily meant to be playable on the web anyway, and while I hesitate to t... Continue reading
• Cosmetic Tape Update
  January 30, 2021 by Michael Macha#update, #shader

  Some may have noticed an earlier version of this yesterday. I had a cool idea for an effect where the duct tape would actually be visible, after use, on the little fighter ship; and now I've got a new... Continue reading
• Second Update Today-- A Region Timer!
  January 27, 2021 by Michael Macha#update, #timer

  Second major change this morning—there is now a region timer, in the top right corner of the screen, that ticks down until you progress to the next area! It feels much more convenient to me than jud... Continue reading
• Hit Points In
  January 27, 2021 by Michael Macha#update, #hit points

  In the interest of tuning, I've added hit points to the game. Your standard hearts, you'll see them at the top in a refurbed HUD/UI. While I've added a lot of things to the game, which I personally th... Continue reading
• MRS. ShooDemUp!
  January 26, 2021 by Michael Macha#update, #pause

  In the interest of making the game a bit more player-friendly at this point, I've added a Pause function. While I was at it, I did a bit to expand the game's timer management, too, which may be helpfu... Continue reading

  
• Expanded Region Shaders!
  January 25, 2021 by Michael Macha#update, #opengl, #glsl

  So, after getting the fractal Brownian cloud to work, I kept working. I added a tunnel-like shader to the second region, and for the third, I have derived a method of hue-rotation and fed it through a... Continue reading
• Very Special Update!
  January 21, 2021 by Michael Macha#update, #opengl, #background, #UV, #noise, #fractal

  After rooting through and pruning a lot of old strictly-SDL code, I've managed to make a major improvement to the background. This should be the first of at least three on their way, and a new bonus... Continue reading
• OK. I'm back.
  January 13, 2021 by Michael Macha#update, #stars, #OpenGL

  In my defense for disappearing for so long, it's been a hell of a time here in America. I'll say this about the Capitol Riot—Goodman, the man who baited the angry rednecks away from the senate chamb... Continue reading
• WHEW. That was a big one.
  December 05, 2020 by Michael Macha#update, #GLSL

  So, I hear all the crickets asking, where the heck have I been for the past month? Well I'll tell you lovely green locustoids. I've been adapting this game to use less SDL 2 and more modern OpenGL—i... Continue reading
• What I've Been Up To
  November 27, 2020 by Michael Macha#status

  So, I realize I've been quiet for a while now. It actually isn't because I've taken a break; it's because I'm working on something record-breaker big. SDL is a great tool, which I love; and it's also... Continue reading
• Basketballs and a bunch of updates
  November 05, 2020 by Michael Macha#update, #basketball, #region

  So, dribbled soccer balls (futbol, for those non-American-English natives) are great for chains of enemies above you, but we still needed a counterpart for those threats below you. So what else gets d... Continue reading
• New Music, Improved Special Weapons
  November 05, 2020 by Michael Macha#update, #music, #powerups

  I've finally mixed down my next two audio tracks well enough to include them in the live game. (It involved a copious and almost inexplicable amount of reverb and delay tweaking; but damn it, it's don... Continue reading
• Time to add some more diversity!
  November 03, 2020 by Michael Macha#update, #region

  I'm really liking how development is moving along, but I do have a clipboard of tasks to prioritize. One of them is progressing from region to region, and another is implementing some new music. Today... Continue reading
• Yo-yo Shields!
  October 29, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #powerup, #yo-yo

  I try very hard to come up with original things to set the game apart from other shoot-em-ups. The other day, I was thinking about defenses, and came up with a yo-yo. Today, it's implemented! It spri... Continue reading
• Soccer Balls!
  October 28, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #powerup, #soccer ball

  I added a new power up today. The soccer ball . The first thing I think about with these is how would they, tactically, be advantageous compared to other powerups? What makes them unique? Is it helpf... Continue reading

  
• Glitter Works!
  October 27, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #bling

  You know it's funny to be able to say this, but I actually have come to enjoy chasing bugs down in programs; especially these days. 2020 has been nuts, and it isn't over yet—we have a president who... Continue reading
• Bling!
  October 23, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #bling

  Blowing up asteroids now releases treasures, which vary in appearance but are worth three points each. In other news, I found the location of the bug after all! I preserved the state of the bling sour... Continue reading
• Back from a brief break
  October 23, 2020 by Michael Macha

  I have a few other features lined up, but none of them have adequately passed the soak test yet. (For the moment, that's where I play the game to 1,000 points+ and ensure that no unacceptable errors a... Continue reading
• Satchel Charges
  October 15, 2020 by Michael Macha#update, #powerup, #satchel

  Satchel charges are now available in game. What's a satchel charge? Well, Half-life players would recognize them as little satchel bags full of explosives that go off at a distance and do a mother-loa... Continue reading

  
• Magic Boomerangs
  October 14, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #powerup, #boomerang

  So, it's been a little while, but only because I've been busy for half a week with the technical side of things. I've been reviewing my object pooling—that's an old-school game development pattern t... Continue reading

  
• Gradual Difficulty Scaling!
  October 12, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #DGB

  So, I'm back at it. As many neat enemy and powerup ideas as I have, it's important to take time to address root issues in a game. In this case, it was inspired by a comment from my wife, who highlight... Continue reading
• Milestone
  October 08, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #object pooling

  So, last night I quietly added a new kind of chained enemy that travels in trigonometric waves. I didn't bother making an update note on this, as I determined that there's enough crap going on on-scr... Continue reading

  
• Chained Enemies
  October 07, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #chain

  So, you got chain-link enemies now. These appear in a chain from around four to eight—I think (it's been a while). They aren't especially intelligent yet, they just progress from the right side of t... Continue reading

  
• Homing Missiles
  October 07, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #missile

  I figured it was about time that I got around to adding some more special attacks. In this instance, homing missiles! They lock on to the closest enemy and actively guide themselves toward it, doing a... Continue reading

  
• Added Drones!
  October 02, 2020 by Michael Macha

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  #update, #drone

  Today I worked on drones. What are drones? Drones are additional ships that follow the player and shoot with him / her. There's currently a hard (at least, harder than usual) limit of two drones; I tr... Continue reading
• Second update today -- dense asteroids!
  October 01, 2020 by Michael Macha#update, #asteroids

  I've been looking for a way to diversify the game's scenery, and the asteroids are certainly a place to start. As of yet, we've had a ruddy brown kind of asteroid which you could break apart or deflec... Continue reading
• Bottle Fragments!
  October 01, 2020 by Michael Macha#update

  So, I've already gotten back to it and made a couple of updates. Bottles now fracture into fragments on impact, which direct themselves at other opponents and, if they're close enough, do additional d... Continue reading