August 25th - Development Blog - AI Development

Posted on August 26, 2013, by Nertea.

For AI in the beta version, we've made many improvements from the demo. Everything is new, everything is better and you'll notice the result when playing the game. To do this, I've combined the two common approaches to AI in doing this - a finite state machine (FSM) and behaviour trees. I was explaining the system to Alex today and he suggested I write up a post on it, so I did! You can read it over at the devlog. Because it's a whole bunch o' words, I also included some nice pictures.

 

 

 

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August 15th - Beta Screenshots!

Posted on August 15, 2013, by Nertea.

Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything around these parts! Rest assured that we're still working hard on getting the next version out. We'll actually have some more info on release plans in the next weeks, so stay tuned.

Here are some screenshots from our latest beta build, which is coming together quite nicely. Of note - directional shadows, new skyboxes and lots of cool effects.
 

 
 

Head over and check out the rest of the screenshots over at IndieDB.

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May 22nd: Development Blog - Redesigning the UI: Part I

Posted on May 21, 2013, by Nertea.

Good morning!

 

 

A new development blog entry has bee added here. This is the first in a series about the drastic redesign of the ingame user interface from the demo. This entry talks about changes made to the navigation panel, which are extensive.

 

 

Head on over and read it!

 

 

 

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May 13th: Development Blog - The Look and Feel of Spaceflight

Posted on May 13, 2013, by Nertea.

Hey all, been a while!

 

A new development blog entry is live in the usual place. It talks about some changes we're making to starship physics and visuals from the demo. It also has a nice render of the EMPOL Blackjack battleship.

 

 

 

Head over and read it!

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April 2nd: Development Blog - Chris Destroys a Starship

Posted on April 2, 2013, by Nertea.

Hey all,

 

A new development blog entry is live here. This is the second in the How to Destroy a Starship series - Chris Destroys a Starship. It's about how I go about creating and animating the destruction effects that bring the destroyed meshes created in our previous entry to life

 

 

Head over and read it!

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