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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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,

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

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,

Polished mixin solution Work has continued with ARW the past weeks. Not much progress with the actual game, been concentrating on reviewing and improving the code before continuing on. I have previously

Tiled, PixiJS and Rapier Before doing this weeks project update, let's have a quick review of the main tools used in creating this game. Tiled: Level editor that is highly configurable and is not made