Today I want to show off a technique I'm using in my upcoming Godot game to give the top-down environment some perspective. I'm sure plenty of others have used a technique like this, but this is my im...

As you may have noticed if you're following my devlogs, the deadline for my next game has passed without the game's release. Unfortunately, soon after my last devlog I hit a snag and needed to take a....

ALT: John Wick Cocking Pistol - Keanu Reeves

After a few months on hiatus, I'm back developing top-down shooters! After the most recent update for my previous game, Bahooey v Ziwaa, I had an opportunity to do some freelance development work for....

The new challenge mode for Bahooey v Ziwaa is now out! You can now select challenges from the start menu that add a restriction and increase your score multiplier. You can mix and match any combinatio...

The performance improvements I talked about last time seemed to have worked reasonably well. Lag on Chromebooks is way lower now, and now I want to add some challenge and replayability for those who w...

After the launch of Bahooey v Ziwaa, I took a break from development to avoid burnout (and to focus on a new job!). I'm starting to get the itch to make another project, but first I want to give some....

A regular fella attacked by a wizard

As I was working on a background for a cutscene for Bahooey v Ziwaa (my upcoming top-down shooter), I found myself curious about how different types of gradients/dithering would look for sky artwork.....

For a couple days, I worked to find a solution on the unfounded belief that GDScript has no easy way to pause before executing the next line. Eventually I double checked and found that there is, in fa...

As I'm nearing the release of Bahooey V Ziwaa, I have a quick preview to show you. I have finalized the animation for the opening cutscene! I was surprised by how much I enjoyed making this since I do...

Yes, the streamer is going back to its old ways.

This is a late update, as I made the mistake of somehow thinking I would be able to finish and release Bahooey V Ziwaa right before college finals. I didn't release the game in April like I announced....

Last time , I mentioned that I was struggling to compose the music for my next game as a non-composer solo dev. I have now completed a music track I'm fairly happy with, though I may make changes to i...

My recent work on my next top-down shooter has been divided between music, cutscenes, and boss tweaks, similar to what I mentioned in my last post . The boss tweaks are fairly minor, but have made the...