Ikala Gaming

Posts filed under: Game Development

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A floating dungeon, two men, and two floating minecraft grass blocks, which are all casting shadows

Shadows and textures

We now have shadows properly working, I accidentally tried to clear frame buffers before I had bound them. I also added in some code to update all the model matrices...... Read More
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A simple but coherent brick dungeon

The map loads!

Today, January 19, 2023 I finally fixed the rendering! … mostly. I now have the full map loading, including a test second layer. There are a couple of issues to...... Read More
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A jumbled mess of vertices vaguely resembling a dungeon as seen from above

Rendering woes

On December 4, 2022, I added in a few more models and increased the complexity of the Tiled map to display them. When I loaded up the game, it crashed....... Read More
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In-game view of a partially set up blue brick dungeon, with missing walls

Tiled Maps

On December 3, 2022, I created several models in blender by modifying the dungeon assets I found, creating a tile set for making simple dungeons. I set up a map...... Read More
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A scene with two minecraft grass blocks floating behind two men. Beneath one man is an array of tiny dungeon architecture

Tiny Dungeon

I found some free (CC0) dungeon assets to add to the game. I also started reworking some of the asset loading, and on December 2, 2022 I got the dungeon...... Read More
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A grid based inventory, where some items show a number in the bottom left corner to indicate there are multiple of that item

Inventory Stacks

On November 29, 2022 I added in the ability to have stackable items. Any equipment like weapons or armor, which have unique stats, cannot be stacked but most other things...... Read More
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A grid based inventory full of various items, which have textures representing the type of item. One item is hovered and stat text displays.

Inventory Textures

On November 22, 2022 I added textures to the inventory items. The images show what kind of item is in each slot, and the background color indicates the rarity of...... Read More
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An inventory with detailed but irrelevant stat text

Inventory

On November 21, 2022 I managed to get an inventory system working, including randomly generated items with associated stats. I set up a crude grid display that labeled by item...... Read More
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A 3d game engine with 2 floating minecraft grass blocks and 2 men

Animation at last

On November 16, 2022 I finally got both static and animated models loading and moving in real time. We also have fog, shadows, and lighting set up. Did I steal...... Read More
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Small 3d game window featuring debugging text in the top left corner, a foggy hilly landscape and a backdrop of mountains

Hello World!

Welcome to the blog! I will be posting updates here as I work on projects. Featured here is the oldest screenshot I have of my game from November 3, 2022,...... Read More
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