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Progress report
November 03, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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I have been working on improving the flora. The explosive plants have been made a lot more useful. Their explosion range has been increased and, most importantly, they no longer damage the player at a... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.10 is here
October 14, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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A new Phobos Down alpha update is here! The change list is a bit shorter than usual but this update still brings many important improvements and some new content. This version should also be ready for... Continue reading
Progress report
September 28, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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Lately I have been working on tools of destruction. My favorite new addition is this missile sentry device: There is also a new weapon modifier called reflective projectiles: Existing modifiers have b... Continue reading
Progress report
September 15, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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It's time for another progress report. This week I added a new weapon modifier: Explosive projectiles. This one lowers the fire rate significantly but makes projectiles deliver explosion damage to nea... Continue reading
Progress report
August 31, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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It's been too silent here lately. I haven't been very productive in the few weeks after the last alpha update but I seem to be picking up pace now. Here are some of the changes I have done: As new pla... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.9 is here
July 31, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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It's time for another alpha update! I had a very loose plan for the content of this update. Some changes are based on tester feedback, others are random things from my task list and as usual, there ar... Continue reading
Progress report
July 14, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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Lately I've been working on drop pods and devices. The whole device handling system and player's interaction with them has been refactored under the hood to much better support adding new different de... Continue reading
Progress report
June 30, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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I've been trying to improve the weapon modifier assignment UI. The biggest change is that it now shows the total resulting change in weapon properties, properly taking into account the existing modifi... Continue reading
Progress report
June 22, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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Happy midsummer everyone! There has not been a lot of visible progress since the last alpha update. I have had a couple of testers play the game, and based on the feedback, I've already made some smal... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.8 is here
May 27, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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This update comes sooner than usual because I needed a new version for Game Development World Championship 2024 submission. Despite the fast schedule, there are some significant improvements. I have m... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.7 is here
May 06, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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There is once again a long list of bug fixes and improvements. Probably the most visible additions is the glowing waving "trees". In practice, they are just simple static obstacles but they bring some... Continue reading
Progress report
April 28, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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The next logical step after implementing the stunned state to enemies last week is a stun device drop pod (I need to fix those walker legs not blinking in sync with the body): I have been thinking abo... Continue reading
Progress report
April 20, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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I started working on a new bigger enemy type with destructible weak points but that did not go very well. Its bigger body revealed many problems with my character controller that had to be fixed. Even... Continue reading
Progress report
March 24, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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The player now smoothly turns towards walking direction while not aiming. This little change makes the movement so much more natural than before when the player might have walked long distances backwa... Continue reading
Progress report
March 04, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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I have long felt that the game needs more dynamic lights to make it look more colorful. The explosive glowing plants added some color but I can't put them everywhere, so I need to add various types of... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.6 is here
February 26, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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This update brings many improvements to visuals and audio. First of all, there is now music playing in the menu and during the place-holder intro sequence. During the gameplay, depending on the landin... Continue reading
Progress report
February 18, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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I have made changes to the weapon/device management UI. It has long had a problem with accidental weapon changes while installing modifiers or just interacting with devices. Also, unintentionally dest... Continue reading
Progress report
February 11, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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Like I anticipated in the last progress report, I have been recently working on miscellaneous smaller changes and improvements. One of them is this new custom splash screen: The menu has received many... Continue reading
Progress report
January 28, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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Lately I've been mostly working on audio. Most importantly, there is now a title music playing in the menu but I'm not showing it just yet. The containers now play collision sounds if they get pushed... Continue reading
Progress report
January 14, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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The most noticeable addition this week is the orbital strike device drop pod. It's a device that allows the player to order a missile strike from the ship in orbit. Functionally it's similar to alread... Continue reading
Progress report
January 07, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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The big news this time is that the Steam page for Phobos Down is up! Go wishlist it immediately: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754880/Phobos_Down/ My plan is to keep the alpha stage downloads on... Continue reading
Progress report
January 01, 2024 by FRACTiLE Games
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It's 2024! Happy new year everyone! The last update was released just in time for submission to GDWC competition (The Game Development World Championship Winter 2023) with the deadline set at end of t... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.5 is here
December 18, 2023 by FRACTiLE Games
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This update adds the long-promised "online features" which means global weekly challenges and high scores tables for them. Weekly challenge is a game mode where all players play the same game (same pr... Continue reading
Progress report
December 02, 2023 by FRACTiLE Games
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The next alpha update is still at least a few weeks away, so I decided to write a little progress report of things that have happened since the alpha 0.0.4 update. Most of the work since the last rele... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.4 is here
October 17, 2023 by FRACTiLE Games
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This update refines enemy behavior, again. The enemies still mind their own business until the player hurts them or they bump into containers. The problem in the previous version was that the containe... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.3 is here
August 09, 2023 by FRACTiLE Games
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#3D, #High Score, #Low-poly, #Minimalist, #Procedural Generation, #Sci-fi, #Singleplayer, #Top down shooter, #Twin Stick Shooter
It's time for another alpha update! In addition to usual list of bug fixes this update brings some new game content too. There are multiple new enemies, weapon modifiers and device drop pods that add... Continue reading
Alpha version 0.0.2 is here
June 27, 2023 by FRACTiLE Games
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This update focuses mostly on addressing issues reported from the first alpha version. The most noticeable change is proper enemy behavior logic. I wanted to say it was improved but there was no logic... Continue reading
First public alpha version is here
May 29, 2023 by FRACTiLE Games
After almost two years of (lazy solo developer) work Phobos Down is ready enough for the first public alpha version. I'm a big fan of twin stick shooters and keeping things simple. So for Phobos Down... Continue reading