Clunky is fine for a prototype
The first mission in Space Game was hand-wired and bespoke. That’s fine for proving an idea, but a real game needs a system, so I turned the mechanic into one and built the tooling to go with it.
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DevLog
Behind the scenes on Space Game: progress, prototypes, and happy accidents.
I build in the open. Here’s what I’m working on, what broke, and what I learned along the way.
Versioning a Videogame: Semantics
I borrowed Semantic Versioning and moved one rule: the minor number now belongs to gameplay, which is why a new feature can land in a point release.
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I have been thinking about this a long time
The honest history of one small idea that refused to die, dragged through four engines and twenty years before it finally found one that could hold it.
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The journey begins
Every game starts as a blank screen. Mine starts with a very old idea about spaceships, asteroids, and what happens when pulling the trigger costs you something.
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