silverweed

silverweed

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2024

Missing levels in BOOM 1.8.2

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Due to an oversight, the builds of BOOM: Remake 1.8.2, except the Windows version, were missing the levels file. I uploaded new builds which fix this mistake...

New BOOM version 1.8.2

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A new version of BOOM: Remake is available, adding keyboard menu navigation and fixing some crashes that may happen when navigating menus with a joystick.

New BOOM version 1.7.3

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A new version of BOOM: Remake is available, adding French localization to the game!

New BOOM version 1.7.1

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A new BOOM: Remake version is available: 1.7.1. This is a minor release with a couple of bugfixes, in particular an annoying bug where the game would give sc...

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Rust game programming: code hotloading

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In my previous post I talked about data hot-reloading and its implementation inside my game engine. Today it’s time to tackle code hot-reloading, i.e. the po...

Rust game programming: data hotloading

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I’ve been fiddling around with Rust for some months now, with the intent of learning more about both Rust itself and game/engine programming. The result is a...

New BOOM version: 1.4.0

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A new release of BOOM: Remake is out, fixing several Teleporter issues and improving the Preferences screen.

New BOOM version: 1.3.1

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A new patch for BOOM: Remake is available, fixing various bugs and adding Fullscreen mode to the game!

New BOOM version: 1.3.0

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Patch 1.3.0 for BOOM: Remake is up! You can find the new version at the download page.

New BOOM version: 1.2.3

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A new patch of BOOM: Remake is up! There is a small yet convenient change: preferences are now “remembered” by the game, so you don’t have to set them again ...

Optimization tips for Unity

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I don’t use Unity very much (especially since I mostly switched to Godot Engine for hobby projects), but every now and then I come back to it for one reason ...

2018

BOOM Remake 1.2.2 is up

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A new version of BOOM Remake (1.2.2) is up! This version fixes various bugs and adds the possibility to play solo. Moreover, several parameters were tweaked ...

BOOM Remake released!

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Hello, I’m not dead! The lack of updates recently is mostly due to me graduating and starting a new job as a Junior Gameplay Programmer. It’s a super neat jo...

A first peek to actual art!

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Today’s post is a bit special: I can at last show you a teensy bit of the actual, not-made-by-me-in-GIMP art that’ll be part of Lifish! Of course, something ...

Gadget Logbook part 2

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Part 1 covered library bindings, basic drawing, lighting and instanced drawing. Let’s continue from there.

Gadget Logbook part 1

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The Gadget project I’ve been working on a project named Gadget (as in Gadget Hackwrench) for about 3 months now, and I’ve just decided I’ll keep a sort of lo...

Gallery!

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A very small update: I’ve added a “Gallery” section in the Lifish page. I’ll update it as graphics improvements come up, which I hope will do much more const...

2017

Functional State Machines in C++

7 minute read

My videogame, Lifish, features several boss fights. Bosses are probably the most complex type of entity found in Lifish, as their behaviour needs to be inter...

the inception of Lifish

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With all the delay that fits my ever-procrastinating being, it’s about time I start talking about my current main project.

vim, g++ and the joy of creation (part 1)

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I love programming. I’ve been loving programming since before I knew what it even meant. Programming is my favourite hobby, my main occupation and my fun.