Space☆Gal

Devlog

• Progress Report
  July 07, 2020 by DStecks

  Hi there! You might be wondering where the browser demo went. And the answer is that it's gone, for now, for the best possible reason. I've been making so much progress on the game that the demo is qu... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build 5
  May 10, 2020 by DStecks

  New Demo! It's been two weeks since the last one, but that's because this latest demo adds three major new features: Moving Platforms Both vertical and horizontal movement Semi-Permeable Platforms Tho... Continue reading
• Demo Build 4
  April 27, 2020 by DStecks#update

  Demo Build 4 is now available to play. One of the game's big-ticket features, the map transitions, are now implemented and fully interactive. Space Gal also now has sprite-correct shadows. A few other... Continue reading
• Making Space Gal Move - Part 3: It Works
  April 24, 2020 by DStecks#physics, #programming

  I figured it out. The shitty part is that I don't 100% understand why it works. I rewrote the collision code from scratch, and discovered, to my chagrin, that the new holistic raycasting method had th... Continue reading

  
• Making Space Gal Move - Part 2: The Struggle
  April 22, 2020 by DStecks#controls, #programming, #physics, #development

  So yeah, I said that I was going to make a post about the player controls. Well, I was going to, because I had foolishly assumed that my basic physics implementation was complete. I was wrong. Let's s... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build 3
  April 18, 2020 by DStecks

  Updated Playable Demo: New idle animations Near-final movement animation and physics... Continue reading
• New Playable Demo
  April 12, 2020 by DStecks#demo, #update

  New playable demo: Slopes Movement smoothing Shadows... Continue reading
• Making Space Gal Move - Part 1: Physics
  April 12, 2020 by DStecks#physics, #controls, #design, #programming

  Unity physics are generally pretty acceptable for normal use. Unfortunately, a 2D Platformer is one situation where they just aren't fit for purpose. For those unfamiliar with the Unity engine, distan... Continue reading

  
• Playable Demo!
  April 10, 2020 by DStecks

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  There is now a browser-playable demo of the basic movement and animation of Space Gal... Continue reading
• A quick look at my sprite-making method
  March 08, 2020 by DStecks#art, #development

  Hello all, just wanted to drop in while I'm working on art to give you all a little peek at how I'm going about making the sprites for our Space Gal. So, my dirty little secret is that I've got little... Continue reading