2026-07-29T00:38:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae Brianna Townsend https://nostr.ae/npub15tfqty56xd5w7g4a0zzpsfzlwtvstfrn6q4l3rlv99t00hhwqcvq5tera8 https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/110/583/101/098/415/127/original/8d7bc0bcd6054183.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/110/583/101/098/415/127/original/8d7bc0bcd6054183.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd0fsmel63m8sku7gxzlk0jzl9ugtrg9mu0vx4f6znq7zze8dw88qzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrps60vm07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs089666kptshtppdu9svmtkan943ce4c4pktcqetkfgzszpr7jerccca23d'>nevent1q…a23d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>its slow 2026-02-07T05:47:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst6fuayv8lyf0rr5t080wjwmld3yap2fu8kg8d6w6kanfqm9k43gszyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpscjfur0 Was reading something about how System Shock was going to have NPCs and dialog trees but it felt so bad that they decided everyone in the station was dead.<br/><br/>Realizing video game dialog sucks so much that you restructure your entire narrative and invent audio logs. 2025-08-10T22:37:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsymk4lzedgl209f32x0fxht20vj07vv2qt9v7aztweeuedklu4vjgzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpsdn0263 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5jwpqwtcvjsdlv0ypau853vlac6kvk6kdjzuhwwr7sn9lgylxtsgvdrnx'>nevent1q…drnx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it lives! 2025-04-29T20:09:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszh8wtx6fxg56vlfqw8d6jv3ka4cw23p83h3vwm5w49hxxt4wzg7szyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpslqajpx The new ItemSet inventory management system is done. I think I ultimately netted out ~1800 fewer lines of code, massively improved stability around a very complicated genre of interactions, and unlocked a ton of new feature possibilities.<br/><br/>The feature I was dreading adding 3 weeks ago is now trivial to add.<br/><br/>One cool thing is I can make ground-item-searching into a fully-interactive side-by-side view completely arbitrarily<br/><br/>#gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #indiedev<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/408/832/169/913/558/original/77ade35e6f1001f4.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-11-01T18:20:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0w20cnjah460ayytrg5p34waml29jxg8fcz9pztcdjfyhm9evqjqzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpsf8ehd5 During a run you&#39;re not only searching for your own gear, you&#39;re also shopping for future runs. <br/><br/>You can offer up items that you can&#39;t use or don&#39;t need by spending a currency earned from enemies, protecting them from being lost upon death.<br/><br/>Future characters can withdraw these items when starting their runs!<br/><br/>#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #roguelike<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/330/683/215/722/098/original/2c1c7e5b0884b3a8.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-10-19T06:43:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsylfjrkgtcq2u2649fl03xmudalxe32n7puencvpjzz4wd4cqzmhszyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrps9wh39x As promised, a technical write-up about the knowledge-journey I went on to implement Japanese Unicode support in my software-rendered retro game engine.<br/><br/>There&#39;s a lot of juicy bits here about Unicode, string parsing, localization strategies, and more! Enjoy!<br/><br/><a href="https://blog.brianna.town/japanese-font-support">https://blog.brianna.town/japanese-font-support</a><br/><br/>#gamedev #indiedev #japanese #retrocomputing #unicode #gaming #pixelart 2024-10-11T01:48:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9cs7acxzg64k4l4x9hvudpps5t2ywkds5ffhks7uredmyvs67dzgzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrps0guu63 Came up with a very low-tech solution to something that I want players to think is a very high-tech solution 😈<br/><br/>#gamedev 2024-10-07T19:56:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf7ea2kn7tlnth5l2njmyx3ycjzxt0pnpa90l7ltplz6eu735k6tszyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrps0pnspj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkeg9dxy906hv2ful6javw38tyc932anjq8pls9amj9ayw35hrzs5dqqts'>nevent1q…qqts</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>aaah I see so me having a residential ISP with dynu updating my DNS whenever my IP changes is probably no so good huh 2024-10-01T11:25:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgnepdf5n0hg8mmhflg6rsa594djxclsuen2zc0dlnfkvqkdcm5rqzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpssws5dx Happy Friday! Otherwise known as extremely-early- #screenshotsaturday !!<br/><br/>Showing off the fruits of the last few weeks! Non-combat interactions are really solid and the contextual UI/UX for them is really slick! <br/><br/>Here&#39;s 3 minutes of fullscreen gameplay picking up items, opening doors, and then fighting some ogres!<br/><br/>Have a great weekend!<br/><br/>#gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #gaming<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/211/690/659/949/947/original/6db3b17666e82f32.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-09-27T23:44:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqxsc5murxayk0dqgje90mylnkly8zy2263yucj8gqe988g8ywf8czyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrps6c0rwy First pass at a system I&#39;ve been working on for a while. In many classic roguelikes, equipping and unequipping takes several turns, and can be interrupted.<br/><br/>Now equipment changes show how many turns it will take and for cases of swapping, the &#34;to be unequipped&#34; gear becomes unused (greyed out) halfway through the delay.<br/><br/>Actors also now have a Donning Speed stat that can be affected by gear to make this faster<br/><br/>#gamedev #indiedev #chron4<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/145/370/514/676/516/original/69655769fb0c9dd3.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-09-16T06:38:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8lwwcsyjvc9elvd09wzl32fce8pzufj5308jm2swlwp4axlq0sjszyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpse8mzx5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswjm9d5e8c8arpwtt3d2cpx9nzuvgwmmr7gpmyj57arh3g483t4gsft046d'>nevent1q…046d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#quail #babies<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/138/462/420/474/854/original/1d41a4863df44444.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-15T01:19:21+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2npjzv9uv2jdrulew2zmsmkx566y34v60largkvgpls2uu20ndqzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpssnxfrq If you&#39;re looking for something to play this weekend, check out the demo for Super Puzzled Cat! It&#39;s a super adorable game with a ton of hidden secrets, and your save will transfer to the full game!<br/><br/>My good friend <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1yhzkj673zqtxp7u3xs5m3s9pvdgr3hak4dxl3wyvmpjm3nlp97lqhf8ks9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>SP | Puzzled Cat Out NOW!</span> (<span class="italic">npub1yhz…8ks9</span>)</a></span> has been working on this for the better part of a decade and I&#39;m so excited for it to finally be out there!<br/><br/>Share with your friends and don&#39;t forget to wishlist to appease the steam algorithm!!<br/><br/><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3045020/Super_Puzzled_Cat_Demo/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/3045020/Super_Puzzled_Cat_Demo/</a><br/><br/>#gamedev #gaming #indiedev #indiegame<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/051/951/208/825/408/original/dc69d03337159eab.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-08-30T18:38:03+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstlg6whaadph4hm2aqshxpw5dq5rmhucp0tt3f36gz2zr8nj2ksagzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrpsmqa43h The Super Puzzled Cat demo is out and free and is great fun and you should check it out but don&#39;t take my word for it!<br/><br/>Here is a Spanish-language heterochromia cat playing it:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYH_g2CK18">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYH_g2CK18</a><br/><br/>#gaming #indiegame #steam #demo 2024-08-13T00:28:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspw0575ezylpuwdj4rxlt3kztx06clu6kxvxen8plxtgwml8cu5fgzyz3dypvjngek3mezh4uggxpytaedjpdyw0gzh7y0as54da77acrps0snzd0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwel302f7xr6gk0t9x5suculzmlwej5cqyke7vle73avem0drm5c2y59zq'>nevent1q…59zq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a single map is a set of 2D tiles. The way the larger world works is that maps can have child maps so there&#39;s a tree where each child&#39;s top-left is relative to their parent&#39;s.<br/><br/>For z-layers, a whole map is on one z-coordinate, relative to the parent&#39;s z-coord. <br/><br/>Eg: A multifloor dungeon base-floor map could have one child for each floor and then you could move the dungeon in 3D and have all the relative children still line up. 2024-08-05T22:17:37+02:00