Skeeter's Grid

Devlog

• Level Loading with Unity Addressables
  September 19, 2022 by strangeshuttle#addressables, #unity programming, #c#

  I knew from the get-go that I wanted Skeeter’s Grid to be contained within a single scene. Why? I wanted zero-transitions between levels; ad-hoc level replays; shared resources between levels; other... Continue reading
• Skeeter's Grid 0.3.0-early_access is available
  September 11, 2022 by strangeshuttle#release information

  This is a major early access update that includes new levels, UI tweaks, bug-fixes, and some endgame scaffolding. AI Core work (for endgame) 0.4.0 levels included (though the dialog / story is largely... Continue reading
• The Unexpected Challenges of Writing
  September 06, 2022 by strangeshuttle#writing, #narrative prototyping, #interactive fiction

  An unexpected challenge to Skeeter’s Grid has been the writing. I had assumed this would be of the easiest aspects of game-building… not so much because have a low opinion of writing or prose or p... Continue reading
• The Analog Sound...
  August 20, 2022 by strangeshuttle#music, #analog synth, #eurorack, #east beast, #korg, #moog

  I’ve taken special care with the music in Skeeter’s Grid, and a common sound motif is the classic analog synthesizer. I love it. I use it everywhere. It sounds great. But unfortunately, up until n... Continue reading

  
• Introducing Skeeter's Grid
  August 15, 2022 by strangeshuttle#launch, #blender, #unity, #unreal

  Today I released Skeeter’s Grid as early access, which is sort of exciting. (Right?) The background here is that in the early days of the pandemic, I started learning gamedev as a way to keep me and... Continue reading

  
• Rethinking Spawn Points
  August 14, 2022 by strangeshuttle#spawn points, #enemies, #puzzle systems

  In the in-progress 0.2.0 build of Skeeter’s Grid, I’m refactoring enemy spawn points. In the current version, any active space can be a spawn point, and the level manager employs a somewhat compli... Continue reading
• So I'm not great at the community thing...
  August 11, 2022 by strangeshuttle#anxiety, #community

  So I’ve been building this game (music, art, programming, systems, everything) since December 2021… almost exclusively evenings and some weekend mornings, and it’s been fun, but it’s also time... Continue reading