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Jens Nilsson
@smjn
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Maker of small shitty games. Spelmakare.se
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2017-12-14 11:48
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smjn
GAME DEV
2025-11-04 11:34
Update loops, physics and render.
Doing side quests This will be long! A few weeks ago I started working a bit on the next version of the "engine" I have been using for making A Ruthless World (ARW). I got it rolling by branching
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smjn
GAME DEV
2025-10-15 09:44
[ARW Game] Bats, toxic waste and dangerous dark caverns.
Another level completed Took a break from ARW during the summer, but since a few weeks been back at it. Last time I posted an ARW update, I showed the top of a new level that I had done some early work
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smjn
GAME DEV
2025-05-09 11:28
In the murky depths of the wastewater, something unseen lurks.
Slow and steady development continues with A Ruthless World... Spelmakare is game development using web technologies. Wishlist on Steam Spelmakare.se Discord GitHub Play ARW Play Hive P v. S
smjn
GAME DEV
2025-03-28 15:59
[ARW Game] Beat dancing tutorial
Another mini-game Quick video of a tutorial teaching the player how to make use of a power-up soon to be acquired. Make some sweet moves to unlock the container storing the power-up. Spelmakare is game
hive-122422
GAME DEV
2025-02-22 06:33
smjn reblogged
Introducing the GAME DEV community on hive
Thats GAME DEV all caps! 😄 @web-gnar here. I have decided after about a year of posting game development updates on my blog that Hive needs a proper Game Dev community that is active, authentic, and
smjn
GAME DEV
2025-02-21 15:27
[ARW Game] Gamepads, gamepads & gamepads
Sidetracking extravaganza with gamepads this past week. Originally started a check to make sure that using a gamepad was working well when solving a particular puzzle. While doing this, I noticed a bug
smjn
GAME DEV
2025-01-31 21:50
[ARW Game] Friday evening matinée
A Ruthless World Been working on a rythmn game section for ARW, but not ready to show it yet. Here is video with another level while waiting. Lure enemies into boxes to harvest their motion as power for
smjn
Hive Gaming
2024-12-06 12:58
[ARW Game] Mini-Boss Fight
What's a game without them? While adventure platforming is a joy in itself, at times a little shoot 'em up isn't wrong. A few weeks ago I added a first mini-boss fight to A Ruthless World. It gives the
smjn
Hive Gaming
2024-10-01 10:54
[ARW Game] Demo Released
A Ruthless World Demo In preperation for Steam Next Fest a demo of A Ruthless World has been released. The demo features the first few levels of the game, hopefully giving you a good insight into what
smjn
Hive Gaming
2024-08-23 21:58
[ARW Game] Long overdue progress report
A Ruthless World While work with the game ARW has been intense, the progress reports have been lacking. It seems the last report was posted back in October 2023! ARW has not been dead, after doing a another
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-12-12 08:05
[ARW Game] VIMM is back and so is the daily dev stream.
Back to VIMM I've been streaming daily on YouTube and Twitch as usual, but not on VIMM as they have been down for quite some time. They had some unfortunate events, but finally they are back on track!
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-11-06 12:03
[Hive P v. S Game] Maintenance Update
Hive P v. S Maintenance Update One and a half year has passed since the initial release and Hive P v. S has not received an update for a year or so. There has not been any issues reported and the game
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-10-24 10:28
[SCREAM JAM 2023] Dead Cry Death
Scream Joined the SCREAM JAM 2023 game jam last week. The jam ran for seven days and had the theme... horror. Having worked on ARW for a long time, it felt good to take a break and do a short project.
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-10-06 08:58
[ARW Game] Tiny bat(man)
A final foe A bit less time this week and have not managed to fully finish the last foe for the game. Or rather last planned for now, might add more later as the project progresses. This foe is a small
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-09-29 11:54
[ARW Game] Additional danger for the world
Creating more foes Last week showed two new foes added to A Ruthless World. This week continues on the same theme, showing another addition to the dangers of the world. Slug Originally intended for it
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-09-22 14:02
[ARW Game] Crafting foes
It just got more ruthless In the world of ARW things have been progressing. Some new inhabitants have started to appear, making it a bit more challenging for a goo blob to mind its own business. Sworm
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-08-18 13:38
[ARW Game] Movement and abilities
A Ruthless World Six months since previous progress update! There was good progress made after the last post, then summer came... and this year made good use of it and did not spend much time at the computer.
smjn
Hive Gaming
2023-02-01 09:43
[ARW Game] Tech complete!
Tech complete? Decided last September to only do the needed tech points in the TODO list and spend the rest of the year trying to complete them all. In November it was clear there was not enough time,
smjn
Programming & Dev
2022-09-02 08:19
[ARW Game] Back at it with liquids
Summers out Short, but sweet, the summer came and went like the years before. Here we are, back at work, longing for those weeks to come once more. With the waters cold, let's make our own so bold. Let
smjn
Programming & Dev
2022-07-01 13:48
[ARW Game] Fun with ropes
Got rope? While working on ARW some of the older functionality has become none working due to all the changes and the usage of Tiled as an editor. One of the things that no longer worked was the rope class,
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