Pink hair, fast-paced combat, San Diego Comic-con
There has been a recurring theme in the developer-based opinions of the recent year that people now associate the term “anime” with pink hair. I’m not […]
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RPG Design: Take and Use
Here’s a somewhat interesting conundrum I’ve encountered regarding controls. I’m hyperaware of what is intuitive to the end user (not to mention the fact there’s already the […]
Walk Cycles and Evolving Combat
So one thing I’ve been putting off on Arashi’s final animations are the apparently infamous walking cycles. I’ve had no training or schooling in animation […]
Website Phase 1 and Current Game Progress
Hi all, sorry again for the quiet days on the blog but as you may have guessed animation is a huge bottleneck for a solo […]
Damage Types
Today was mostly a polish and debugging day, so nothing major to report (yet). However the newest addition to the engine is damage types, which […]
An interactive game world at last
This is it, the big one. I finally added the functionality that allows Arashi to use one item on another item. This was a multi-tiered […]