Debris Field

Devlog

• V3 Ready to Launch
  October 25, 2023 by Binary Nomad

  After a long time in the oven, Update V3 is finally out. It's been a long time coming, but I am finally ready to call this 10 year passion project of mine complete. This update could almost be called... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 14: Music, Performance, Polish
  September 20, 2018 by Binary Nomad#Debris, #field, #physics

  We skipped a couple versions on the way, but this update is a pretty big milestone that includes a lot of work accumulated through several previous unreleased builds. Alpha 14 adds, music, composed by... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 12.5: New enemy spawning and in game options menu
  March 26, 2018 by Binary Nomad#Debris Field, #update

  For this update, I refactored how enemy spawning works. Now, instead of enemies spawning on top of you, enemies are spawned around the level, and will attack when you find them. This allows areas to b... Continue reading
• Update 12: Full game loop
  February 11, 2018 by Binary Nomad#Debris, #Field, #space, #game, #physics

  It's update time once again! For this update, I have added the final level and a proper victory screen. This means that the primary game loop is complete now complete. I have also done a bunch more w... Continue reading
• Update 11: GDEX and Performance
  October 03, 2017 by Binary Nomad#debris field, #update, #9.3, #performance, #GDEX, #bugfixing

  This will be the first of several performance and bugfixing focused updates, as I move towards trying to optimize the game in preparation for the content phase of development. In addition to improved... Continue reading
• Update 10: Music
  September 23, 2017 by Binary Nomad#update, #music, #bugfixing, #polish

  With this update, I have added a new soundtrack by the prolific Loco Lobo . Along with this, I added some volume controls for music and sound effects. The settings aren't persistent currently, but tha... Continue reading
• Update 9: Weapon swapping
  September 17, 2017 by Binary Nomad

  This update, in addition to the large scale refactor I discussed in the last blog post, adds the ability to swap to different weapons over the course of the game. Weapons can drop from enemies, and c... Continue reading

  
• Refactoring
  August 16, 2017 by Binary Nomad#refactoring, #programming

  Hey there, I just wanted to talk about what I've been up to lately, and some changes in direction that I will be implementing over the next couple updates. The primary project I've been working on is... Continue reading
• Update 8: Narrative and Streamlined level flow
  August 03, 2017 by Binary Nomad#Debris Field, #update 8, #story, #progression, #level flow, #lore, #polish

  This is a pretty comprehensive update, the biggest change is that the level flow of each level has been streamlined: instead of visiting the same 3 different stations each level, you now only need to... Continue reading
• Arbitrary Update 7: Reworked game flow
  July 02, 2017 by Binary Nomad#Debris Field, #update 7, #game flow, #objectives

  I have arbitrarily decided that this version of the game will be called alpha 0.7, and I will be continuing the naming scheme from there. With this update, I've made a pretty big change to the overall... Continue reading
• Turrets and Explosions
  June 07, 2017 by Binary Nomad

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  #Debris Field, #Update, #turrets

  Hello once again, I've got another update for you. This time around, I made some changes to turrets; They now have physics, so you can push them around. Targeting is also improved, so turrets will tar... Continue reading
• AI and balance
  May 16, 2017 by Binary Nomad#Update, #Debris Field

  I've got another update for you! The primary component of this update is a new and improved AI, enemies will now make an honest attempt to avoid crashing into terrain and each other, as well as keep a... Continue reading
• GUI update and the start of a devlog
  May 07, 2017 by Binary Nomad#Debris Field, #Update, #interface, #GUI, #UI

  Hey folks! I'm going to start posting updates in this devlog instead of the community post I've been using, so stay tuned! Anyway, on to the update! I've completely redone the worldspace UI with new v... Continue reading