I've decided to join my first game jam in order to test my gamedev skills as well as meet and cooperate with artists who share my enthusiasm for creating games.
I was delighted to discover that itch.io/jams has a calendar full of indie game jams …
Words of Power devlog #8: Online Magic
First Words of Power game is now finally in development after 3 years of research on available game engines and tools 🥳
Godot fits my indie needs the best while being fun to use even after some real coding and my experiments indicate it should be able to handle the dynamic …
Words of Power devlog #7: In Search of a Better World
I'm very pleased with the accuracy and speed of TexnoMagic symbol recognition system while its universal interface allows integration with any other system/engine/language.
With the technomagical core of Words of Power in existence, I need a world to cast this magic upon!
The Dream of Dynamic Destructible World …
Words of Power devlog #6: Introducing TexnoMagic
It's only been 2 months since the introduction of
python-wopeditorand I've already rewritten it yet again, now in Godot Engine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯More importantly, I managed to create the core of texnoforge magic along the way called TexnoMagic 🧙🏻♂️
Let me tell you the story of how this unusual magic project …
Words of Power devlog #5: Introducing wopeditor
It's my great pleasure to finally introduce first ever texnoforge Free and Open Source project as promised in Free and Open Core devlog!
Behold, the Words of Power Editor python Kivy edition or
python-wopeditorfor short 🥳EDIT:
python-wopeditorwas superseded by the new wopeditor written in Godot Engine.Core Symbols …
Words of Power devlog #4: Free and Open Core
After finishing prototype MK1, the time has come for me to decide which game engine to use for Words of Power. The choice of proper tools is critical to any project so I've spent much time searching.
Finally, I can reveal the exciting future of Words of Power ⊂(✰‿✰)つ
Free …
Words of Power devlog #3: Lessons from Prototype MK1
I consider Words of Power prototype MK1 finished as I grow tired of Unreal Engine so I took my time to think about what I actually learned and how to get closer to a great game while having fun.
In first iteration I focused on core systems for magic symbol …
VR report #1: too much hassle
After more than a year of owning VR headsets it's about time for the first VR report.
As of beginning of 2021, PC VR situation with Valve Index and Oculus Rift S is best summarised with following quote:
"It's too much hassle."
-- fire of texnoforge
VR is really an impressive …
indie game dev's rant on Unreal Engine 4
We've spent last year and a half learning Unreal Engine 4. It's indeed a powerful and high performance engine with impressive graphical results which is pushing game industry forward. However, as a single indie game developer following certain vision, I found Unreal unfit for my purposes to a point where …
Words of Power devlog #2: Invocation of Magic
After intro to Theory of Magic let's think about Invocation of Magic and human-to-magic interfaces next. In particular let's focus on ways spells can be triggered by mages in videogames.
All videos in this post were made in-game by me, and they are all under 1 minute so don't be …
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