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• Radical Rethink
  May 25, 2024 by oofoe

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  Looking at what I want to do, and looking at the time left... Something's got to give. Fortunately, I've (maybe) figured out a good pivot (ha) so that I can use what I've got without getting mired in... Continue reading

  
• Some Assembly Required...
  May 24, 2024 by oofoe

  So... Pivots. My design calls for a "model" that is displayed to the player to show them what to do. As the twist and shift their build plate, the model moves in synch so they always have a good refer... Continue reading

  
• Rotating While Falling
  May 23, 2024 by oofoe

  Tried changing out the shader for the toon treatment. I'll keep it in mind, but probably won't use it if I can figure out a decent lighting solution. Got player-prompted rotations working! And in a ve... Continue reading

  
• Stacking Up...
  May 21, 2024 by oofoe

  So, hey! Look! It's a stack of bricks! Now there's a lot of problems with it. They all seem to be sharing a materiel, so colours flicker when a new brick is spawned. No controls working. No proper sta... Continue reading

  
• First Light
  May 20, 2024 by oofoe

  So, I picked Urlang (with Racket) so that I could re-use my old stuff from Robot Finds Kitten 2000. I figured it would be pretty easy to just repurpose that engine (my first implementation of ECS!) fo... Continue reading

  
• Setting the Stage
  May 19, 2024 by oofoe

  Well, I went through a number of ideas. But today, I had a good one. Ticks a lot of the boxes: Simple visuals, but still 3D. No humanoid characters or story (per se -- may wrap something around it lat... Continue reading

  
• Choosing a Weapon
  May 18, 2024 by oofoe

  So, it's the start of a new Lisp Game Jam. Yet another chance to tilt at the windmill! This time around, I'd like to do something that's really fun. I'd also like to... finish it. What is finished? So... Continue reading