StarStabber Zirc

Gamedev: progress updates on the game itself, and also occasional complaining about the arcane nature of programming

If you're gonna have a retro game you have to include a Princess of some sort, so I thought why not Regency-era con artist Princess Caraboo of Javasu

(This is just a slapdash demo, none of the names and planet icons are together for any particular reason)

Just realized tower defense is just an escort mission that stands still

One of the gimmicks of SSZ2 will be that while the Plot Gems still let you complete levels, there will be a huge variety of other collectibles that do nothing but Make Number Go Up to earn Completion Badges so you can get the Good Ending. Clovers, Human Teeth, Ununpentium Atoms, Balognium Shards, Cheese, Time, Figs, Ñ's, Baja Roses, Toasters, Giraffe DNA, Hederae...anyway one was going to be Friends We Made Along The Way, for which I would use a bunch of pics of friendly-looking people off Pixabay and Pexels, but then I realized even with the sites' image use policies it would run into legal issues with using people's likenesses without their permission. Funny joke but not worth a legal hassle, might try to figure out a workaround

Apparently I’m not the only one that misses shitty old PC gaming

Man, animating is easy! I don't know what Hayao Miyazaki is so worked up about

I like the mechanic of putting Zirc in the middle of other types of games. Here Sulfur Venus is trying to play a game of Pong on her own and your task is to ruin her fun by popping her balls until she runs out. (Note the eyes are the knobs from one of the old Pong home consoles)

(Volume warning)

Anyway yeah. End boss for Yex Soda Refinery concept: it spits exploding soda bottles at you while you destroy the corn syrup harvesters

Another recovered memory from my formative gaming years: “Munchies” (1995) for Mac System 8. It’s a very simple collect-em-up with mouse controls that I used to play a LOT, and despite the fact that I had completely forgotten it existed for at least a decade or two, I feel like its influence lurking in the back of my mind can be seen pretty clearly.