Rogue Souls

Devlog

• Devlog 24.49
  December 09, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Open World, #Space, #Trading

  I am in trouble. I am perilously close to release and I am overcome with a mix of anger, fear, and sadness. I don't actually know how much more work it will take before the alpha release because I can... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24.46
  December 02, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Open World, #Space, #Trading

  Edit (12/2) : I completely forgot to mention the localization framework. It has been two weeks since my last post. Release Status : Let's get down to brass tacks--the release isn't ready yet. Partway... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24.44
  November 18, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been 2 weeks since my last post. Code Maintenance : Once again, thankfully little in the way of code maintenance the last couple weeks. I've been able to clean up as I worked on new code withou... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24.42
  November 04, 2024 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  My last post was about 3 weeks ago. Truth be told, I began writing this devlog nearly 3 weeks ago because I had a very productive weekend, then I neglected to post it first thing Monday morning, then... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24.41
  October 15, 2024 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been about 3 weeks since my last post. Code Maintenance : I started maintenance on the user interface components (screens, layers, inputs, asset management, render pipeline) around October 4th,... Continue reading
• Devlog 24.38
  September 23, 2024 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been about 3 weeks since my last post. Sector & Planet Search : I finished extracting the code to create separate searchable sector, trade network, and planet graphs. It will require some more... Continue reading
• Devlog 24.35
  September 05, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been about 4 weeks since my last post. Player Empires : I finished the basic implementation of empires--the setup, a bunch of the API, an event system for player empires to respond to each othe... Continue reading
• Devlog 24.32
  August 07, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been about two weeks since my last devlog. Since I sketched out Factions "from top to bottom" I decided to implement Factions "from top to bottom," and I did that by setting aside the work I ha... Continue reading
• Devlog 24.30
  July 25, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been 4 weeks since my last devlog. From June to mid-July, I expanded the Operation system and designed ahead for the next steps in development. Encounters : Before I can get into the nitty-grit... Continue reading
• Devlog 24.26
  June 28, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been 14 weeks since my last devlog. I usually try to organize updates in reverse chronological order but it has been 3 months and I'm tired. In March, I finished the essential code to visualize... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24.11.1
  March 21, 2024 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  Yesterday I finished a basic implementation of planetary surface generation. I also connected the high-level planetary data abstraction "planet profile" to the mid-level surface generation, so now the... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24.11
  March 18, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  It has been 4 weeks since my last devlog. Four weeks ago, I completed implementation of Trade Mains, or smaller trade networks embedded within a Sector-wide Trade Network. I attempted to create an out... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24.7.1
  February 17, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Space, #Trading

  This is a small post which will (hopefully) precede a longer, more detailed update in the near future. After some time away to grieve for projects past, projects failed, etc., I've returned to work on... Continue reading
• Devlog 24.1.2
  January 10, 2024 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR I was so miserable and depressed yesterday I literally forgot to post the devlog I had already written the day before. Build & Deployment : Development : Took a break from UI to refactor Voxel E... Continue reading
• Devlog 24.1.1
  January 08, 2024 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  I hope everyone had an agreeable holiday. I have returned to development following the failure of the Kickstarter campaign. The future is uncertain. Weekly updates will resume starting tomorrow... Continue reading
• Week 49 Update
  December 11, 2023 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  Rogue Souls is Kickstarter live! Please share ! TL;DR UI work. Huzzah~ Build & Deployment : Development : Separated grid map layer from the rest of the sector view. Generally dividing the different pa... Continue reading
• Week 47 Update
  November 27, 2023 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading, #Visual Novel

  Rogue Souls is Kickstarter live! Please share ! TL;DR Took a break from UI work to implement interactive skill system and start framework for mod support (data-driven design). Build & Deployment : Upd... Continue reading

  
• Week 46 Update
  November 21, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  Rogue Souls is now in its pre-launch Kickstarter phase! Please follow & share ! TL;DR While working on UI last week, I did a bunch of design work on integrating magic traditions & spells with language... Continue reading
• Week 45 Update
  November 14, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading, #Visual Novel

  Rogue Souls is now in its pre-launch Kickstarter phase! Please follow & share ! TL;DR Haven't updated devlog the last couple weeks bc I was huddled weeping under my desk, trying not to freak out too m... Continue reading
• Week 42 Update
  October 23, 2023 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading, #Visual Novel

  TL;DR Prepared for next release. Streamlined Kickstarter pledges & rewards. Build & Deployment : Merged UI feature branch & started cleaning up code for next pre-Alpha release. Development : I have be... Continue reading
• Week 41 Update
  October 17, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR continued decoupling old UI & replacing it with new UI framework. Build & Deployment : Development : Finished moving code from the sector screen to the new sector layer. Testing that the new inp... Continue reading
• Week 40 Update
  October 09, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Roguelike, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR decoupled old UI and replaced it with new UI framework bits. Build & Deployment : Development : Continued decoupling old UI components to replace with the new framework & components. Design : Bl... Continue reading
• Week 39 Update
  October 04, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR finished UI framework. Started integrating & testing older "hard coded" user input & interface components. Build & Deployment : Development : Finished the new UI framework! Preliminary testing t... Continue reading
• Week 38 Update
  September 25, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR worked on User Interface. Updated designs for Karma, Laws, & Legal System. Build & Deployment : Development : Wrote and tested a bunch of UI components, including static & animated sprites for t... Continue reading
• Week 37 Update
  September 19, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR paid down tech debt; lots of magic & spell design work; did more Kickstarter stuff for November. Goal is to have as much in place for Kickstarter done by the end of September so I don't have to... Continue reading
• Week 36 Update
  September 14, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR refactored user interface structure; cut some fluff, consolidated bits and pieces, paid down tech debt; worked on Kickstarter stuff for November. Build & Deployment : Development : Consolidated... Continue reading
• Week 35 Update
  September 05, 2023 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR spent a good chunk of my week helping a friend with a mod project. Other time I spent implementing basic support for music, and you can adjust music volume in preferences. Build & Deployment : D... Continue reading
• Week 34 Update
  August 31, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR Build & Deployment : Development : I competed a system for generating & placing rooms within a spaceship hull. Special thanks to Adrian Moore (stewster on GitHub) for making source for his Shipw... Continue reading

  
• Week 33 Update
  August 22, 2023 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR documentation, spaceships, property taxes, and TTRPGs! Build & Deployment : Development : Restarted work on network multiplayer, and made some decent progress. Following my meeting with Don Wedn... Continue reading
• Week 32 Update
  August 14, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR too much, can't summarize. Just read the thing, it's mostly bullet points. Hell, I probably missed something. Build & Deployment : Added (then removed) dependency for gdx-basis-universal to try... Continue reading
• Week 31 Update
  August 10, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR Pushed back release of devlog until I got gamepad controls working. They're working now! Build & Deployment : Development : Connected the player input layer to the view layer. Pushing gamepad bu... Continue reading
• Week 30 Update
  July 31, 2023 by Tanys Foster

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  #Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR got stuck on Gamepad code development & finally got unstuck. Made some great design advances! Build & Deployment : Development : Integrated player input with ECS framework as an Iterating System... Continue reading
• Week 29 Update
  July 26, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR Added framework for gamepad support, began integrating controller support with libGDX Scene Graph (User Interface). Build & Deployment : Development : Added basic controller support & verified c... Continue reading
• Week 28 Update
  July 16, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  TL;DR Finished trade network (nodes, routes, etc) update & display. Now renders in 3d! Integrated Frame Buffer to enable post-processing effects and integrate libGDX Scene Graph. Build & Deployment :... Continue reading

  
• Week 27 Update
  July 11, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  Took a break from fixing bugs in the voxel engine to work on the interstellar trade system. I'll be back to working on the voxel engine again soon because the next pre-alpha release depends on it. Bui... Continue reading
• Week 26 Update
  July 03, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  This last week sucked. My 2yo is fighting naps again and not sleeping through the night. I got some work done Monday & Tuesday, but the rest of the week was a wash. Add to that the fact Melon Tusk sun... Continue reading
• Week 25 Update
  June 26, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  This last week has been focused primarily on development and paying down technical debt. Build & Deployment : Development : Completed voxel engine integration with the new world generation framework... Continue reading
• Week 24 Update
  June 19, 2023 by Tanys Foster#Cyberpunk, #Open World, #Space, #Trading

  This last week has been focused primarily on development and bugfixes. Build & Deployment : Updated repo on Github, pushed release to Itch.io. Cleaned up some things in Gradle, started investigating D... Continue reading
• Week 23 Update
  June 10, 2023 by Tanys Foster#devlog, #Rogue Souls

  This last week has been focused almost entirely on version control and the build & deploy pipeline. Build & Deployment : Migrated the "minimum viable code," including Umple templates, to the new proje... Continue reading
• Week 22 Update
  June 03, 2023 by Tanys Foster#devlog, #Rogue Souls

  As is often the case, I've worked on several different parts of the game, the build & deploy pipeline, and the marketing. Build & Deployment : Reviewed 1st-party Gradle documentation. Reviewed libgdx... Continue reading