Phoenix Game Development

The turrets are now basically working. They will automatically scan for and attack the player when the player enters their range and arc of sight, etc. I have also added ballistic trajectories to the turrets. The current turrets that I am using (for starships, etc) don’t need gravity, but turrets operating on planets do. I […]

I have created quite a few new art objects that I intend to use to create the concept for the hacking system. I intend to add cameras, automated turrets, and other objects that can be hacked by the player. The player will then be able to control the turrets manully, shut them down, or order […]

The next major goal is to add new gameplay elements and features to give the player more to do. I will probably postpone the dynamic story element for a while, and focus on just creating a “sandbox” of possibilities. I can then use those features and possibilities to allow emergent gameplay and roleplaying to take […]

I have been continuing with the debugging and improvements. I think the project, or at least the planetside part of it, is at a quite advanced stage now. The next major goal is to add more for the player to do, as well as work on story elements, etc.

I have added a smaller radar system to the project. This is a common feature in most exploration games, but I haven’t added this feature to my project yet, because I wanted to emphasise exploration as much as possible. However, given how complex the project is becoming, a radar system like this is really necessary. […]

I have added the ability to scan for distant structures to the project. This will make it much easier for the player to find interesting places and structures to explore, especially when travelling through dense forests, etc, where visibility is limited. I have also added several more improvements to the existing system, and I am […]

The concept for ringworlds is complete. There is nothing that shuold prevent me from adding the ringworlds to the system. I had to make some minor changes, and there are some minor issues, but they are mostly working fine. The prolbem now is integrating them into my code. I would need to change quite a […]

I have been looking into the possibility of adding RingWorlds to the project. The SpaceExplorationEngine, which I am using for the generation of planets, the floating origin system, etc, does support RingWorlds, but I have up until now assumed that I would not be using them, so adding them in would require extensive changes to […]