Lol, Entry Fields Just Disappear On Android:

Working on the tutorial. Initially, i wanted to make an interactive tutorial but i realized it will be too difficult, so tutorial is just text with screenshots.

Hi!

Currently i optimized the game and didn't added any content because i want to add music. But i couldn't find any tracks suitable for my game. So yesterday and today i was making my own track, but it's so-so (to put it mildly), because it's my first track.

I'm also tired of it and every now and then i want to add some random tracks to my game just to stop torturing myself.

I created a simple algorithm for constructing buildings. It can construct factories, military plants and military units on the safest cells.

Also fixed bugs in the algorithm for calculating cell safety (distance from border)

Hi there!

I hope you (unlike me) remember about the poll where i asked you how to rename attacks stats (ground attacks (left), air attacks (left))

Let's look at the results:

Tumblr (2 votes):

. . . . user variants: 100%

. . . . . . . . Variants:

. . . . . . . . . . 1. attacks left -> attacks

. . . . . . . . . . . . attacks -> attacks will be

. . . . . . . . . . 2. attacks left -> attacks

. . . . . . . . . . . . attacks -> attacks production

Discord:

. . . . 'this' and 'next': 100%

We see that the "'this' and 'next'" variant won. But i think players' variants from comments are better because they don't have a prefix to attacks left stat. I think the 1st player's variant is the best because it's little shorter than the 2nd. It looks like this:

But you can still suggest your own variants

This weekend i'll just be fixing bugs so i may not post a devlog

War & Economy's birthday

Hi there!

I forgot to tell you that on november 6th my game and blog turned 1 year old! Year ago i published 2 posts: short one with 1 screenshot and long one with game's background and concept. But i decided to make the long post private because i thought it contained too many spoilers.

Now you know my game's concept so these are no longer spoilers. So today i made this post public! So you can read it right now!

For this year i published 91 posts and gained 32 followers:

For this year my game has passed alpha testing, was released on itch.io and now i'm developing beta 0.0 version that will be released on PlayMarket and/or Steam

Goodluck to everyone who read this post! Luck is a one of the most useful things in life... Unfortunately, i'm not always lucky...

Added different line of defense variants. Purely aesthetic change.

Added the first player selection menu and changed the main menu background

Hi there!

I'm gamedev. I'm developing a turn-based strategy. All sprites and icons for it were drawn by me. I'm not a professional but i hope you'll like them :-)

Buildings:

Attacks icons:

Logos for my game and studio were also drawn by me:

And yes, i like neon colors

I didn't add all sprites because i think that's enough

PS: what does "keep it safe for work" mean?

Edit: why do sprites look so small?

I'd like to know about and follow more artists on Tumblr, so let's do an Art Share!

RULES: 1.- Reblog this post with your art, animations, music, whatever creative thing you do and introduce yourself on it 2.- Keep it Safe For Work (please) 3.- Though it's not obligatory, please consider adding ALT/ID Text to your works! (if it's an image/animation) 4.- If you don't participate or don't do art, please reblog this either way, so it can reach more artists!

I'll go first, I'm Anubi, and I do various pixel art works!

Now if you're newbie, you'll be asked to read the tutorial; after a 1st game you'll be asked to rate the game. I also remade the pause menu again, now it and some other windows will change their size depending on the text length. And yes i ask people for help with development right in the settings menu 😑

This is pre-beta 2.0 interim-4 (the last interim before pre-release!) and i'll post it in my discord server within the next hour

PS: maybe i should make larger the yes and no buttons in the "pls rate my game" window?

Beginning of development

Hi all! In this blog I'll tell how I develop games.

From what it began

From the beginning of this year 'til the end of July I was developing my game and by the end of July it was full-fledged and playable. But I became notice bugs I couldn't fix.

I wondered what the problem might be. I realized the problem was I wrote my game on Python, this language isn't intended for it.

Then I decided to learn a new programming language. It was originally supposed to be C#. But I couldn't run my code in the new language. I tried to do it for some days but eventually gave it up. Then I started searching the Internet for programming languages for games and came across on Lua. I learned it in just a month and started searching for an engine for it. In the Internet I knew about Defold. I'll rewrite my game exactly on it.

But I think I must introduce you to the original game first.

Initial game

Entering the game we see the main menu:

When we press the play button we see this:

I'll label the interface elements so you understand:

In construction menu players select building they want to build. Its description will appear on the right. Players can build it on the game field. Buildings affect on players stats. After enemies' turn ends player gets different points. Players can also attack each other:

Players can capture enemy buildings:

Gameplay can be very intense:

To win, player must capture or bankrupt enemy:

So I can to start development.

Interface creation

To Understand the size of game field, I drew it in Paint:

Its size - 436x220 pixels. I created the project, set it up and set size like a field in Paint but with padding around the edges:

I added a simple main menu and made the game opens when the button was pressed:

It's time to make the interface. I spent a lot of time on it. Since the system font only supports English, I added my own Noto Sans based font. It's what I made:

But whet I opened it full screen, I saw this:

Yes, I didn't add anchors on purpose, to interface elements don't blur to different directions.

My first post ends. If you have any ideas for improving the content, write them in the comments, I'll read them.

Goodbye!