cragwind

Grappling Hook

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Exocave is a first-person shooter about exploring a subterranean world. One of the most important parts of the game is movement, which should feel natural and allow players to traverse chasms and other obstacles in the depths.

Scenarios and Playability

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse 0.8 adds training and challenge scenarios along with playability features like grid lines when building, edge panning, and radar proximity markers.

Territory and Spawning

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse 0.7 improves on territory and introduces adaptive spawning.

Melee, Repair, and Balance

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse 0.6 introduces a new melee claw part, simpler repair capabilities, and various tweaks to improve gameplay balance.

Torpedo Launcher

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse 0.5 adds a torpedo launcher part for taking down large or slow units.

Salvaging Parts

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In Triverse 0.4, workers can now salvage neutral parts to your inventory. Workers are any unit with exterior cores, and neutral parts are those without a nearby connected core.

Resources and Construction

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse 0.3 moves further into RTS territory with a harvestable crystal resource and incremental unit construction.

EMP and Unit Orders

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse 0.2.0 introduces a new EMP part, core-claiming mechanics, and RTS-like orders.

Triverse Playable Demo

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve finally released a playable version of Triverse with experimental survival and sandbox modes. It’s far from complete, but it showcases some of the basic mechanics.

Comparing a Voxel Game in F# and Rust

Sat, 21 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I recently ported Robocave from F# to Rust as a way to learn and experiment with Rust. The game is a first-person shooter originally written for 7dfps and PROCJAM using a custom F# engine based on Garnet and Veldrid.

Making a Spooky Game in F#

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

For the October F# Game Jam, I made Orb Light, a 1-bit platformer with fading light the player restores by collecting orbs. For this post, I want to share my approach to making games with F#. You can find a subset of the game code here.

Grid Projectiles

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse gives the player control of a drone made of triangle parts moving on a hex grid. Low-level gameplay resembles a grid-based bullet hell roguelike, where the player dodges incoming projectiles while looking for vantage points to fire back from.

Triangle Text Grids

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse uses a simple text format for triangle grids to allow hand editing and inspection. Almost everything within the game, from drones to projectiles to terrain, is a grid composed of cells, and players can define their own grids and store them as blueprints.

Building Mechanics

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Designing and building units is a core mechanic of Triverse, so it needs to be streamlined and fun. Among games in general, there are two basic ways to implement player building controls:

Introducing Triverse

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse is a 2D triangle-grid-based game where players build drones from scavenged or manufactured parts, leading their fleet to explore and survive in a procedurally-generated world.

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Triverse Controls Main Space: Pause or play Tab: Toggle selection mode W A S D or arrows: Pan view F10: Full screen Escape: Show/hide menu Tools Left mouse: Select or build Right mouse: Extract, erase, or issue orders Middle mouse: Pick part or pan view Mouse wheel or Shift+QE: Rotate blueprint Mouse wheel (over toolbar): Scroll tool Orders Q: Cancel R: Repair H: Halt Playback Z or .

Projects

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Games Triverse: Build and battle drones on a triangle grid Exocave: Fight robot hordes in endless voxel caves Orb Light: Spooky platformer with fading light Causality Drive: Fleet shooter with time reversal Libraries Garnet: F# game composition library with ECS and actor-like features