Planetary Exploration Company

Devlog

• New demo version (66) with better tutorial + more.
  June 20, 2023 by Christian Ibarra#tutorial

  This new version has better tutorials, and these updates: IMPROVED: Danger: the danger level of sectors of the starting area was reduced to make playing easier to learn. Contextual actions: now Action... Continue reading

  
• v65 New controlls WASD enabled!.
  May 23, 2023 by Christian Ibarra#wasd

  V65: NEW: WASD: you can now use the "wasd" and arrow keys to move the explorer in the exploration screen. Weapons: shooting weapons is now automatic, no need to press a button to shoot or attack. Expl... Continue reading
• New version (64): changed the starting location when exploring.
  April 28, 2023 by Christian Ibarra

  V64: NEW: New sound fx in different parts of the game. Robot start: when exploring, now the robot will start in a random position. This add more variety of how each sector is explored. IMPROVED: Shoot... Continue reading

  
• New tutorials added.
  April 03, 2023 by Christian Ibarra

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  #tutorials, #easier

  I changed how the game starts changing how the tutorials show to make it easier to understand, if you had difficulty understanding the game try again now and let me know if its better this way... Continue reading
• Invent your own weapons by mixing features!
  March 30, 2023 by Christian Ibarra

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  #weapons, #invent, #create

  In this new update you can invent new weapons (also it has many other changes, too many to list). Please try it and let me know what you think!... Continue reading

  
• New fixes, new tutorial. Feedback wanted.
  February 03, 2023 by Christian Ibarra

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  Some people told me the tutorial was too long, so I tried to fix that. Also fixed many other bugs. Feedback is more than welcome... Continue reading

  
• ** Another big update! ** :D
  January 18, 2023 by Christian Ibarra

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  #major

  Check all this changes: NEW: Menu buttons: added a new game and credits button to the menu. Danger levels: now there are higher danger levels, when a sector is higer than 8, the danger bar turns red t... Continue reading
• Major Update!
  December 08, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #major, #playable, #sounds, #new, #updated

  NEW: Sound FX: added new sound effects. Story Events: when you explore, you can encounter story events. In them you can do actions which have positive or negative effects. Needs research: added a smal... Continue reading

  
• An update about dev logs and new versions frequency.
  November 01, 2022 by Christian Ibarra#update, #dev log, #log, #news

  In case you where wondering about of the lack of updates, since I realized that making many small updates didn't attract that much attention, I decide to instead work on bigger updates so each new ver... Continue reading
• Start of the BETA!: new full tutorial and many fixed, please I need FEEDBACK!
  September 01, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #beta, #tutorial

  This is the beginning of the BETA version!, please give me feedback so I know how to keep improving the game. NEW: Tutorials: many new tutorials where added. Tutorial button: added a new type of butto... Continue reading

  
• New procedural recipes and new tutorials + more...
  August 22, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #tutorials, #unclocks, #recipes

  NEW: Robot Laser: finished working on the laser weapon. It can be upgraded in damage power, length of explosions and rate of fire. Item unlocks: All lab and workshop recipes are proceduraly generated... Continue reading
• 4 New Weapons!: Missiles, Laser, Flamethrower, Boomerang.
  August 08, 2022 by Christian Ibarra#weapons

  Follow on STEAM https://bit.ly/PEC_STEAM_itch NEW: Bomb powerups: new upgrades for rate of fire, explotion size, and damage power. Missiles: your robot can launch missiles to kill enemies around the e... Continue reading

  
• New upgrade items + more :D
  August 01, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #items, #weapons, #saving, #extracting, #destructables

  NEW: How to use Weapons: when you explore a sector, the robot will send you a box with a weapon that was stored in it. But when you go back to a base, the weapons the explorer has will expire. Book to... Continue reading
• Better News + funny walking + new weapon + more!
  July 25, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #bomb, #funny, #walking, #max, #destructable

  NEW: Destructible UI bar: Added a visual bar that tells you when the explorer will hit the destructible object to extract its resources. Walking animation: Added new walking animation for the small en... Continue reading

  
• New sprites + new objectives + more! :D
  July 18, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #objectives, #short, #term, #quick, #powerups, #news, #tools

  NEW: Sprites : Many new images for biomes, terrains, walls. Tile discovery : The tiles you discovered when exploring a sector will remain discovered the next time you enter the same sector. This way y... Continue reading

  
• Sector map changes in size + balance improvements! + more!
  July 11, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #exploration, #roguelike, #roguelite, #space, #planet, #map, #biome, #terrain, #tiles

  NEW stuff: New: map sector size changes depending on its danger level: lower danger means smaller area, higher danger means bigger area. Improved : the sectors with lower danger levels have more resou... Continue reading
• New explorer animations and MORE
  July 04, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  New stuff: Improved: I reworked the fog transition to make it look better. New: visual feedback for when the terrain damages the explorer. New: added a smaller health bar next to the explorer so that... Continue reading

  
• New biome wall graphics + smoother fog of war + more!
  June 27, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #fog, #of, #war, #biome, #walls, #powerups, #sectors, #exploration, #smoother

  New this week: Fixed: You could open a powerup box window more than once if you clicked it many times, now you can only open it once. Fixed: each time you clicked a powerup box, you got different powe... Continue reading

  
• More fun combat fx + goals more clear + more.
  June 17, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #kill, #destroy, #defeat, #combat, #fx, #effect, #better

  New this week: Changed the introductory text to explain better the objective of the game. Changed some texts to make the game's goal easier to understand. Added new tooltips to the upper bar, and othe... Continue reading

  
• New Save Game system! :D
  June 10, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #save, #load, #sci fi, #vampire survivors, #exploration, #combat

  New this week: Changed the speed of the small enemies, making them easier to kill and avoid. Fixed many issues with the save system, now it saves and loads a lot more things than previous week, and it... Continue reading

  
• New sprites and started the save & load system.
  June 03, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #save, #load, #sprites, #combat, #exploration, #roguelite, #new

  New this week: Added new sprites: terrains, buttons, window border, explorer sprite, and more enemies. New save system is working, still need some work to be completed. I did not upload a new version... Continue reading
• 10 New research items + Buildable items + Enemy waves counter...
  May 27, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #enemy waves, #reserach, #items, #plastic, #lab

  New this week: Added Rifle powerup: recoil reduction. Added visual feedback on the duration of enemy waves and time between enemy waves . Added visual text for enemies danger level. As time increases,... Continue reading
• Terrain Attributes + medkits + more.
  May 20, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #medkit, #terrain, #effects, #items, #weapon, #roguelite

  New this week: Now you can buy medkits to heal your employees. To heal someone: Buy medkits on the market, add them to the inventory of who you want to heal, and let time pass. Now your employees rest... Continue reading

  
• Freeze!, Punch!, Drone!, Explosion! and more!.
  May 13, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #vampire survivors, #roguelite, #combat, #arpg, #action, #explore, #grenade, #mine, #freeze, #ice

  New this week: Polished the melee weapon , now its an animated punch. Added new weapons: Mine that freezes enemies. You can upgrade its size, freeze time and rate of fire. Defence drone that surrounds... Continue reading
• *NEW* Power-up: Melee
  May 06, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #vampire survivors, #melee, #new

  New this week: When you explore enough, a power-up item will appear, you have to select it to see a small power-up selection window. Added a new weapon: "Melee". Added power-ups for the pistol: power,... Continue reading
• Combat mechanics change: from "Diablo 2" to "Vampire Survivors".
  April 29, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #vampire survivors, #diablo 2, #arpg

  New this week: The camera now follows the explorer. Changed the shape of the explorer field of view from a box to a circle. Sectors are now bigger, its harder for enemies to overwhelm when you start e... Continue reading
• More playable than ever.
  April 16, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #playable, #alpha, #exploration, #crafting, #tutorial, #shmup, #arpg, #simulator

  This update is important because players can see and have a better understanding of all the most important features of the game, some of them don't work perfectly yet, but you can have a better idea o... Continue reading

  
• Crafting and research system reworked:
  April 08, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #technology, #unlock, #new, #news, #refinery, #workshop, #crafting

  I re-worked the crafting system used inside the bases, it works fine now, although its not completely finished. The "Refinery", "Workshop", and "Research labs" are working, and you have a few options... Continue reading
• New weapon recoil system + more stuff...
  April 01, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #bases, #lab, #research, #recoil, #shoot

  New this week: Changed the weapon recoil system to feel less random, now you can have more control where you aim. Now, to travel to a new planet, you have to: Complete all the jobs on all the bases. C... Continue reading
• Destroy Hives to complete planet objectives.
  March 25, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #exploration, #planet, #hive, #bullet hell, #target, #complete, #jobs, #task

  New this week: I implemented a weapon recoil system: each time you shoot, the crosshair moves to a new place, you have to move the mouse pointer to have more accuracy. This makes shooting more fun. Ne... Continue reading

  
• New enemy makes exploration more fun...
  March 18, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #hive, #enemy, #arpg, #action, #shooter, #bullet hell

  New this week: I created a new type of enemy that makes exploration more interesting, its smaller, and has much less health than the bigger enemies, make it it quicker to kill. In the near future it w... Continue reading
• Better combat: evation roll!
  March 11, 2022 by Christian Ibarra#evation, #roll, #bullets, #combat

  New this week: Explorer movement is more responsive now, making combat more enjoyable since you can move better to reach your enemies and avoid better the incoming bullets. Obstacles in the terrain ar... Continue reading

  
• Better combat experience: new enemy movements.
  March 04, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #enemies, #movement, #attack, #experience, #shooting

  New this week: New types of movements to the attackers: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, circular, random. Added a range to your weapon, so its not so easy to kill enemies from far away, you have to ge... Continue reading

  
• Working on enemies movement.
  February 25, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #movement, #enemies

  No new version today, but this week I have been working on adding new movement types to shooting enemies, a few are working, but I want to add more types of movements before uploading a new version. S... Continue reading
• More info for map sectors + More! :D
  February 18, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #map, #sector, #info, #bullets, #bullet, #shooting

  New this week: Added new tooltips to lots of places. Added new information when you click a sector in the planet map: You can see the biome of the sector you selected. You can see the entities that yo... Continue reading

  
• More detailed maps to explore.
  February 11, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #map, #detail, #exploration, #sectors, #walls

  New this week: Finished the spaceport window, now it should work correctly: To travel to another planet you need to: Complete all the jobs of all the bases of the planet your are in. Upgrade the space... Continue reading

  
• Travel to new planets.
  February 04, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #planets, #galaxies, #travel, #upgrades, #resources

  New this week: When you explore a sector, now you can see all the resources of the base that owns that sector, that way its easier to know which structures you need to build to increase the population... Continue reading

  
• Many bases per planet.
  January 28, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #planet, #bases, #jobs

  New this week: Made each job easier to finish. Now there are many bases in the planet, each one with its own features. Each one has its own jobs list. You can only deliver jobs in the base it was give... Continue reading
• Designing about planet map progression.
  January 23, 2022 by Christian Ibarra#planet, #exploration, #progress, #win

  No new things this week, but I have been thinking about how to make the planet map exploration more interesting, right now there is NO clear reason to move farther and farther away the starting zone,... Continue reading
• Bullet hell! New type of enemies: shooters.
  January 14, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #bullet hell, #bullet, #enemy, #evade, #avoid, #explore, #biome

  New this week: Now there won't be things extremely close to the starting point when you explore a sector. Bullet hell experience: Added enemies that shoot bullets, there are many different types of sh... Continue reading
• Working on new enemies...
  January 07, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  This week I started working on new enemies, studying and planning them, I did not finish anything yet, but next week I'll upload a new version with new enemies when you explore. This will make the exp... Continue reading
• New map designs.
  January 03, 2022 by Christian Ibarra

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  #pathfinding, #map, #planet, #tiles, #terrain, #exploration, #perlin noise

  New in the previous week: Fixed: windows glitched visually when you opened more than one. Fixed: some bugs in the market and item transfer window. Fixed: when you clicked an icon, the square selected... Continue reading
• Sell or Transfer items, resources, tools, etc!.
  December 24, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #market, #transfer, #items, #buy, #sell

  New this week: When you explore and click on a destructable object: Now you can see its health, and what property is used to destroy it. The higher the value of that property, the faster you can destr... Continue reading

  
• New destructables are harvestables!
  December 17, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #destroy, #extract, #destructible, #resource, #click, #arpg, #action

  New this week: Fixed: the explorer moved randomly when shooting, now it moves normally. Fixed: you could drag the map while shooting which was a bit disorienting, now the camera stays still while you... Continue reading

  
• Finally, path-finding works!
  December 10, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #path-finding, #ai, #walls, #exploring

  After so much work, trial and error, learning, bug fixing, etc, I got path-finding to work: This means that the creatures in the sector will chase you and avoid walls at the same time. That's the main... Continue reading
• Movement re-worked.
  November 27, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  This week I had to re-do the movement of the explorer, so that the explorer could collide with the new walls, it works well with the new system but there are a few details to work on, like for example... Continue reading
• Procedural walls.
  November 19, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #walls, #cellular automata, #procedural, #map, #random

  This week I started working on procedural maps, so that exploring planet sectors can be more fun. I implemented perlin noise and cellular automata to create them, but its not playable yet since the ex... Continue reading

  
• Help the population of the base grow.
  November 12, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #base, #grow, #population, #build, #explore

  This week, I changed some things that make the game more playable, so I'm interested in receiving your feedback. Changed the text of the introduction window to explain a bit better the objective of th... Continue reading
• Try the new employee management windows.
  November 05, 2021 by Christian Ibarra#roles, #managment, #money, #payment, #deadline, #windows, #buttons

  This week I have a playable version you can download: I finished working on the "employee hiring" window and the "employee management" window. You can can hire, fire, change roles, and compare candida... Continue reading

  
• Assign roles to your employees.
  October 29, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #jobs, #roles, #employee, #management, #window, #manage

  New this week: Last week I worked on the Hiring window, where you could find candidates and add them to your employee list, this week I polished it a bit more, but its not finished yet. I added a wind... Continue reading

  
• Employee management.
  October 22, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #management, #employee, #hire, #fire, #compare

  This week: I worked on polishing the events system: Now you will be able to see branching narrative: Each action will open a different story branch, one branch if you fail, and another branch if you s... Continue reading

  
• New Events!
  October 06, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #events, #system, #story, #comic, #strip, #actions, #decition, #options

  New things this week: Added requirements for building: you won't be able to build something if you don't have the required resources. The required resources will be consumed once the building is finis... Continue reading

  
• Create Buildings!
  September 24, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  New things this week: Small resources scattered in sectors: Now they appear at the same time that a map sector is fully visible. Before, they appeared a second after discovering a sector, which looked... Continue reading

  
• New Store to buy items!.
  September 17, 2021 by Christian Ibarra#resources, #exploration, #store, #base, #oxygen

  This week: There is a new item Store on the base!. If you run out of oxygen or other common resources, you can buy them at the store at the base. Just be careful not to run out of money!. There are ne... Continue reading

  
• How to find sources for job deliveries.
  September 10, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #map, #terrain, #jobs, #deliveries, #sources, #robot, #mecha, #exploration, #planet, #sector

  This week I worked on: Bullets no longer stick to the robot. Added a new continual effect when the explorer steps on a terrain, giving more variety to the terrains. Now the speed of travel is calculat... Continue reading

  
• Entering and exiting your robot (or mecha?).
  September 03, 2021 by Christian Ibarra#robot, #mecha, #transport, #ladder, #exploration, #news, #notification, #tooltip

  Added “news notification” pop-ups on the “planet map” screen. When an event happens, for example a deadline arrives, a pop-up appears so you don't miss it. Fixed dead creatures that revived wh... Continue reading

  
• Payment deadline and the explorer dies.
  August 27, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #payment, #money, #health, #death, #loosing, #game over

  This week I worked on these: Added a payment deadline: When you move your robot on the planet map, in-game time advances and days pass, if you reach the deadline you have to pay money for business mai... Continue reading

  
• A systemic diagram that includes time and emotions.
  August 26, 2021 by Christian Ibarra#design, #decision, #diagram, #technique, #tool, #idea

  Until now, I have been designing my mechanics with a type of diagram that goes from node to node (like the diagram below), that way I can analyze the player experience in a step by step manner. The ba... Continue reading

  
• Better UI for health, energy and oxygen.
  August 20, 2021 by Christian Ibarra#UI, #tooltips, #action, #gui, #requirements

  This week: Added a more immediate way to see your health, oxygen and energy, since they are so crucial to stay alive while you explore. Now you can see big bars of different colors next to the explore... Continue reading

  
• Where to find the requested resources?.
  August 13, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #unity, #ui, #shoot, #hit, #resource, #jobs, #deliver

  This week I worked on fixing GUI bugs, Unity is so un-intuitive sometimes, its hard to believe, I think I solved the problem now, but there are still some minor bug where some tooltips appear mixed wi... Continue reading

  
• Combat with creatures!
  August 06, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #shoot, #atack, #alien, #creature, #shot, #fire, #explore

  This week: Added the ability to shoot at creatures. Press the right mouse button to shoot anywhere you want. Creatures can move around the sector. Creatures can detect you when you discover them. For... Continue reading

  
• Improved exploration screen
  July 30, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #exploration, #effects, #random

  New things this week: Changed the active effects windows so the effects are easier to read. Now you can see the base on the planet map. You can enter inside too. Fixed being able to click map sectors... Continue reading
• Improved planet map with fog of war and more.
  July 23, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #exploration, #map, #planet, #effects

  In this version you can explore the planet map with a new fog of war. It also has bigger dimensions which can change depending on the planet. You can drag and drop to see more of the planet map. The p... Continue reading

  
• Terrain effects "working".
  July 17, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #exploration, #space-sim, #management, #planet

  This week I worked on adding terrain effects: When you explore, and you touch a terrain, the effects belonging to that terrain are triggered and specific explorer properties are changed. Each terrain... Continue reading

  
• New exploration mini-game.
  July 09, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #explore, #exploration, #space-sim, #travel, #planet, #space

  This week I worked on implementing the new exploration mini-game. Once you enter a sector and decide to explore it, you will see a small section in the middle of the screen where you will be able to d... Continue reading

  
• Exploration sucks.
  July 03, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #game design, #diagrams, #exploration, #space-sim, #management, #design

  One of the most important things I've learned is to be honest on how much fun I'm having with my own games, not as a game developer, but as a player. Because if I'm not having fun with my own game, pr... Continue reading

  
• New map Biomes and states.
  June 25, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #space, #space-sim, #manager, #planet, #biome, #map, #explore, #management

  Here's what I worked on this week: The map state is saved (to memory, not disk). The robot position is saved. The entities that you find on each sector is saved. The actions that you apply to the enti... Continue reading

  
• Deliver requested resources ("jobs")
  June 18, 2021 by Christian Ibarra#jobs, #payment

  This is what I finished this week: Added new sprites for new actions, entity properties and resources. Now each entity “specie” is a bit more unique and different from the rest, because each actio... Continue reading
• Planet Difficulty Rating
  June 11, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #diagrams, #graphic, #design, #simulator, #document, #doc

  Here's what I worked on this week: The quantity of resources needed to complete each job now depends on the difficulty rating of the planet. Higher rating means: more resources to deliver. Harder to c... Continue reading

  
• First early prototype
  June 04, 2021 by Christian Ibarra

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  #questions, #feedback, #opinions

  Hi, this is my first devblog of the first version of the prototype released to the public. I hope you can follow this project because I will be posting news about it every week. This is a very early v... Continue reading