Catacombs

Devlog

• Finished!
  March 07, 2020 by Geoff Blair

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  My #7DRL game, Catacombs, is done! Play it here . Overall I feel pretty good about the challenge, and the game. I kept the game within scope, and delivered a small, decently polished experience. First... Continue reading

  
• Day 6 Progress
  March 06, 2020 by Geoff Blair

  Some light changes today: Skeleton form cannot consume health restore or food pickups 3 new monsters: Bat, Ghoul, and Giant Skeleton (the latter 2 appear after floors 5 and 10 respectively) Loot table... Continue reading

  
• Day 5 Progress
  March 05, 2020 by Geoff Blair

  A cool new feature landed today: Affixes! Affixes are floor-wide modifiers which, when active, increase the difficulty in some way. Two affixes currently exist: Combustible: Monsters burst into flame... Continue reading

  
• Day 4 Progress
  March 04, 2020 by Geoff Blair

  Day 4 progress on my 7DRL 2020 game: Added gold a resource to gather Added shops to consume gold / resource trade Gameplay is now endless, with a saved high score (lowest floor reached) Updated title... Continue reading

  
• Day 3 Progress
  March 04, 2020 by Geoff Blair

  Day 3 progress on my 7DRL 2020 game: Limited time today so here's a quick run-down of what changed: Added food items to the game which can only be collected while alive Added pots and chests which con... Continue reading

  
• Day 2 Progress
  March 04, 2020 by Geoff Blair

  Day 2 progress on my 7DRL 2020 game: Today was all about some infrastructure and playing with the core mechanics. I ported over some sprite font rendering and put in the game's core flow: Title => Pla... Continue reading

  
• Day 1 Progress
  March 04, 2020 by Geoff Blair

  Day 1 progress on my 7DRL 2020 game: I had an existing turn-based tile engine prototype collecting dust, so I started with that as a base. The graphics are from Kenney's 1-Bit Pack . You start off as... Continue reading

  
• Ready, set, roguelike!
  March 04, 2020 by Geoff Blair

  As a big fan of "roguelite" games ( Spelunky , Dead Cells , Invisible, Inc. , and Intro the Breach are a few of my favorites), I've often appreciated more traditional roguelikes; even though I do... Continue reading