Phoenix Game Development

I have added several more missile types to the game, with different stats, etc, and I have improved the projectile-based weapons as well. There is still a performance issue when the guns fire a large number of projectiles at once, even with object pooling. I will need to look at this later. I have also […]

I have spent this week working on improving the combat system mechanics. I have fixed some bugs and made some improvements to the targeting system for guns and missiles (There was a minor issue where multiple missiles could not be fired at the same target). In addition, I made some improvements and ran some tests […]

I have completed another full retest of the third campaign in the game. There were quite a few bugs and issues identified, but thankfully, nothing serious. There were no issues with the core mechanics, pathfinding, etc. Most of the bugs that were found have already been fixed. There were some issues found with the combat […]

I have been working on improving the space combat mechanics in the project. I have made several minor changes to AI pathfinding and tweaked some variables to accomplish this, with good results. I have also added mission triggers and logic for another mission to the game. I have not added artwork for this yet, just […]

The full retest of the third campaign is now done. The minor issues that were found have been fixed, and I have also spend some time working on the more serious issues, and most of these have been resolved too. There were also issues with players entering and leaving the ship without being properly configured, […]

The testing of the third campaign is continuing to go well. I have run into a few minor bugs, which were fixed, and I also made some small improvements to the campaign as well. There was one more serious bug that I found with the AI navigation system, but this was also fixed. It turned […]