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Dev blog 14: Projects, paintings and Fly Games

Where I have been... Hello! Long time no see! Game development has taken a back seat lately as I have been focusing a lot on my career...

Rob

Nov 20, 20204 min read

Dev blog 13: Game 2

Hello there! This one was a little delayed due to a few life updates and a lot of DIY! But I'm back in the saddle again with my weekly...

Rob

Jun 16, 20203 min read

Dev blog 12: Game 1

Well, I did it! First game in the bag. The purpose of making these small games is to refine my skills as a developer and give me small...

Rob

Feb 23, 20203 min read

Dev blog 11: Moving forward

It’s with a combination of sadness and relief that I decided to shelve System Raid. After quitting my job, I worked on it for eight...

Rob

Feb 13, 20205 min read

Dev blog 10: System Raid

I’ve been pretty quiet lately. Mainly because I've been focused on my application video to the UK Games Fund. Video editing is...

Rob

Apr 5, 20193 min read

Dev blog 9: Here be monsters

Another sprint and another milestone complete. Last sprint my focus was very much on cards and how it felt to play them. This sprint I...

Rob

Feb 18, 20194 min read

Dev Blog 8: Cards and feedback

The sprint has been all about cards. There were a few things about the card system that I didn’t quite like. It didn’t feel slick, some...

Rob

Feb 4, 20195 min read

Game flow and terrain

It's been yet another busy month here in the office! I’ve actually just looked back at my previous post and the game looks so different!...

Rob

Jan 21, 20194 min read

Alpha 0.02

It’s been over a month since the last update! I apologise for it being so delayed, but it’s been a busy month! Some of you may be...

Rob

Dec 17, 20187 min read

Shields up!

I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things! I have totally re-written my business plan which was a great exercise in gaining a more...

Rob

Nov 5, 20181 min read

A new chapter

I thought long and hard about whether or not to address this here. But it’s been two weeks since my last blog and I haven’t been up to...

Rob

Oct 19, 20181 min read

Movement, battle mechanics and playing with Shaders

Last week I made some great progress on some core aspects of the game surrounding movement. Figuring out a system which sat nicely on top...

Rob

Oct 7, 20182 min read

Dev blog 2: Alpha 0.01.

Last week - I put together what I would need to get an absolute minimal version of the game that can be played and so the plan for Alpha...

Rob

Sep 28, 20182 min read

Dev blog 1: Tilemaps, why I chose not to use Unity's Entity Component System and new concept art.

Tile maps I spent some time playing with some tile generation algorithms and following tutorials, learning how to make some nice levels...

Rob

Sep 21, 20182 min read

Five....four....three....two....

What have you done!? Have you ever wondered if you've got what it takes to go it alone as self employed? Or sat on an idea, or two ideas,...

Rob

Aug 27, 20182 min read

ABOUT FLY

Hello there, I make games and art and music and stuff.

- Rob -