Well, still no progress on the “post every week” front. I started working on Possession 2 in November of last year. I’d hoped to get it out in less than a year, but things aren’t looking like that’s going to happen. Of course, January through April I was working 50+ hours […]
I’ve released a new version of the original Possession. No gameplay changes, but this adds support for graphics, though it has nowhere near the polish and fancy effects that Possession 2 has. There are separate settings for creature and environment graphics, so if you like having ASCII characters for creatures, […]
Boss design in games can be difficult. In the original Possession, bosses were pretty basic. They were creatures slightly stronger than most of the regular creatures on the level. None of them had any special abilities, except for the fact you couldn’t possess them. I made them unpossessable for a few reasons: one, […]
This post is a little more technical, but hopefully someone out there will find it useful if they’re wondering how to face a similar issue. Possession 2 features two basic types of creature behavior, dumb and smart (though there are a lot of complications that can go into them to make […]
Well, it’s been a month since the last post, but the past month has been pretty busy life-wise, first I was out of town, then had people coming in from out of town to stay with me, then out of town again. So that’s my excuse. Anyway, one major piece […]
It’s been a while since my last devblog (to put it lightly). Content progress has continued, and I’m sure I’ll get into some of that later. But what I’ve also been doing (continuing somewhat the theme of the last devblog), is working on adding some polish to the game. Maybe […]
Alright, here we go. The game’s obviously still heavily in development. Some things have missing/incomplete graphics, some features aren’t implemented yet, and there’s still a lot of balancing to be done. But you can try it out and see how you like it, and please let me know how you […]
I’m going to preface this by saying that work on the user interface is probably my least favorite kind of programming. It’s tedious and boring, and doesn’t feel very productive. But once it’s done, it makes a world of difference. Since the first Possession was whipped together in a week, […]
So I apologize for not really having posted anything recently. There’s been some work going on, but a lot of it has been kind of behind the scenes (probably worth a post, might be of interest to other game dev people), and honestly, there hasn’t been THAT much work done, either. […]
I’m working two jobs right now, and the past few weeks have been pretty busy for me. I have managed to continue working on Possession 2, just not as much as I’d like. Today’s post isn’t really focusing on any one aspect in particular, just highlighting some of the things […]
