Word by Word: Adventure

Devlog

• menu keyboard controls
  September 23, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #ux, #keyboard, #controls

  - completed the main menu for the near future + now it can be navigated entirely with the keyboard. - finished the dialog window for switching languages. - slightly styled the dialog with players and... Continue reading
• pixel drawer experiment
  September 21, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #pixelart, #tool, #experiment, #flutter, #flame, #dart, #gamedev

  I was thinking about how to integrate pixel art into a game and the overall meaning of pixel art. What I like about pixels is that they are visually atmospheric; with minimal drawing skills, you can c... Continue reading
• menu | ai challenge | weekly update
  September 16, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamelog, #ui, #ai, #mainmenu

  🔙Last week: 1. Continued experimenting with shaders. As a result, I temporarily left a slightly pixelated foggy snow. 2.Started experimenting with AI for creating UI. It turned out interesting - I... Continue reading

  
• unexpected snowtime ⛄️ shader😃
  September 12, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #devlog, #shader, #snow, #animation

  During playing with shaders, found interesting effect which similar to snow:)... Continue reading
• studying shaders progress
  September 11, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #shader, #shaders, #study, #flutter, #flame, #gamedev

  All weeks since last update I've studied shaders (and still in the journey). Shaders completely blew my mind - it is easy concept when you have just simple pixel to draw, but actually it is so into ma... Continue reading

  
• menu: continue game buttons
  September 04, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #ui, #ux, #gamedev, #mainmenu

  To simplify menu and process of choosing which type of game to continue, I've updated main menu, really hope that it would be easier:)... Continue reading

  
• points animation
  September 01, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #animation, #gamedev, #ui, #ux

  Thought a lot - and even managed to get quite a lot done! Over the past week: - For the first time, I was able to implement something similar to coin animation - it seems this should make it clearer w... Continue reading
• focusable object clicking
  August 22, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #gameui, #gameplay

  Yesterday, I implemented the ability to switch the focus of objects by clicking directly on the object. It seems to work, but now an interesting question arises - how to show the user that they can cl... Continue reading
• weekly update (technologies)
  August 19, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #gamelog, #ui, #ux, #dailyupdate, #gamedesign

  Throughout the week, there was very little time to work, but here’s what I managed to do: 1 - Redesigned the technology editing in the editor (the screenshot looks similar to a table). 2 - Started r... Continue reading

  
• adventure menu redesign
  August 11, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamemenu, #ui, #ux, #gameui, #gamelog

  Yesterday I've continued to work on main menu and adventure menu. This is of course not the final look, but so far I'm emotionally happy with the result:) The adventure menu was the challenge for me... Continue reading

  
• main menu redesign
  August 09, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #ui, #gameui, #mainmenu, #flame, #flutter, #designing

  Recently, I thought about the feedback I received from ChatGPT and came up with the idea to redesign the menu to make it visually more pleasant and understandable. Now there will be a separation by sc... Continue reading
• raw checkpoints completed
  August 03, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #checkpoints

  Current progress: - Added subtraction of points for building a tent + changing turns. - Finally added the checkpoints feature! How it will work as a whole: - First, you need to study the building tech... Continue reading
• back to work:) working with focusing
  July 26, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #thoughts

  For the first time in the last two months, I fully returned to coding for an hour or two. It was difficult to find the point to continue from, but it's good that I write everything in the git commit n... Continue reading

  
• writing GDD to collect thoughts
  June 24, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #gdd, #gamedesign, #writing

  Update: I have returned to writing #GDD (game design document) as I realized I got lost in terms and mechanics of the prototype, so my main goal now will be to transfer all my thoughts to paper and co... Continue reading

  
• GUI Layout Changes
  June 13, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #ui, #ux

  It seems that the interface has become more confusing.) The main idea was to make it more compact, but visually highlight the buttons that need to be pressed at a certain stage of the game. For exampl... Continue reading
• small update & ui in wip
  June 06, 2024 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #ux

  First: Have no updates for a while since was busy with my personal life, too many changes and challenges. But the work continues, and currently I’m developing / sketching new flow for word by word v... Continue reading

  
• wip: building placement - selection
  May 21, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Continuing working on building system. - Fixed the offset relative to tiles by subtracting the object's height (in this case, the tile's height) from the height of the shape. - Added logic for highlig... Continue reading
• wip - building placement system
  May 20, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  - finishing the possibility of continuing the game at the same level - Started working on the ability to build a tent :) Made the technology, added it to the design, started working on the placement s... Continue reading

  
• horizontal wind direction change
  May 18, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  added the ability to change the horizontal direction of the wind This is an experiment which should be played, because it seems that in a more complex game (with technologies enabled, etc.), you can l... Continue reading

  
• technology points thoughts
  May 17, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Since it's impossible not to play while doing the game, I realized that I don't have enough visible points to complete the technology research. There were two options - to display classic totals of ac... Continue reading

  
• tech+actions test walkthrough
  May 13, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #testing, #walkthrough, #devlog

  This is testing walkthrough of a prototype with new mechanics - to use actions for ascending & descending, now player should research technologies first. I think it may simplify game intro, and may gi... Continue reading
• landing & ascending crystals prototype
  May 07, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #devlog, #animation, #prototype

  - Rebuilt the animation for progress bars into a separate widget - Created a prototype panel in which using cubes - "crystals" it will be possible to control the descent / ascent of the hot air balloo... Continue reading
• idea of scheme for ascending & descending technology
  May 05, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #gamdev, #devlog

  I came up with the idea of how the ascending and descending technologies should look and work. The screenshot is a draft, and it's not yet possible to understand anything from it:) but the stone moved... Continue reading

  
• weather shadow
  May 05, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #devlog

  Tried to create one effect, but eventually created another - hopefully, it would bring a little bit dynamic to the lightning in the game... Continue reading
• server for words meaning and checks
  May 04, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #ohbackend, #gamedev, #serverside, #gamelog, #devlog

  Finally, after a couple of dozen (approximately on Friday) attempts to launch a managed server in Dart, it started working as it should. The stack ended up like this: docker + pm2 + dart (serverpod) d... Continue reading

  
• suggestion dialog design completed
  April 17, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #ui, #ux, #word

  Completed new design for Word Suggestion Dialog - in my opinion, now it looks nicer, more clean and easier to read & understand (hopefully). Word Meaning feature is working well, but only if not publi... Continue reading

  
• suggestion dialog design draft
  April 17, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamelog

  I have started reworking the mechanics and design of the dialogue window with the word suggestion. In the old version, this window showed words only when a word was entered. If there were no previous... Continue reading

  
• translations & meanings for words | Draft & Implementation thoughts
  April 16, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamelog, #implementation, #translation

  Yesterday, I tried to find a way to work with words in Russian and English and extract their meanings. I proceeded as follows (not the best solution, but the quickest): I found dictionaries for Englis... Continue reading
• router and initialisation update
  April 14, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamelog

  Yesterday got stuck on a few bugs - but now everything should work much more stably and without glitches. Rewrote custom router to go_router Fixed a tricky bug where the hot air balloon appeared below... Continue reading
• words switcher - wip
  April 12, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Slowly adding a language switcher for words - It determines the language in which words are displayed in associative groups related to technology, planning to make it changeable during gameplay:) This... Continue reading

  
• 3.2.1 | What's next -> 🧪Technologies Tree🌳:)
  April 08, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #ideas, #plans

  I always wanted to play game that may not be a time killer, but be a learning thing and adventure thing - whenever you just playing alone or with friends. That's the reason why Word by Word is about w... Continue reading

  
• Draft of Weather bar
  March 24, 2024 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #design

  While trying not to lose myself in the world of everything that's happening, I continue to work on #wordbyword - my little island of tranquility. I've designed a new panel with weather information - c... Continue reading

  
• Black & White stable release
  September 06, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame

  - Finally recreated black & white level and set it back as main tileset. I've decided to set black & white tileset as current main as it feels complete - with its trees landscape lines. Colourful tile... Continue reading

  
• Draft of new tileset from Sonnenstein integrated
  September 03, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Fixed objects & tiles rendering on mobile web. And with that made render functions easier to read and use. Added draft version of new Tileset from Sonnenstein ( https://sonnenstein.itch.io/ ) Started... Continue reading

  
• Preupdate: objects rendering is fixed
  September 01, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame

  Preupdate:) - fixed objects rendering in the game. - added ability to define background colour in the tileset config. - started integrating draft version of the tileset from Sonnenstein... Continue reading
• Tileset rendering in Game
  August 31, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame

  Finally started working implementing tilesets switching in the game. So far objects are broken, but tiles loaded correctly... Continue reading
• Objects (white/black trees) rendering in Map Editor
  August 30, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Added primitive option to draw & render objects such as some plants to Map Editor. Not tested in real game yet and the code is cumbersome, but it works:)... Continue reading

  
• Tilesets switching in map editor
  August 28, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Now map editor supports tilesets types changes. Works with objects and tiles:)... Continue reading
• Maps switching in map editor
  August 27, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  - Hooray! Now map editor supports level changes. Currently works only with tiles data, but objects on the way:)... Continue reading
• Working on tileset changes & thoughts about work
  August 26, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Yesterday I didn't work much because it was Friday and it was too sleepy:) Today, I almost finished the editor to start editing the map with specific tileset alignment. And honestly, over the past few... Continue reading
• Crashed rendering system again:)
  August 24, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #devlog

  Today's update: Started unifying tiles for ground, objects as one tileset to support ability to experiment with graphics & other properties of level. Currently I've crashed again all render system, bu... Continue reading

  
• Word suggestions rebalance
  August 23, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Today's update: Rebalanced word suggestions and fixed the layout - there are many nuances here. For example, previously, the buttons were positioned in a way that allowed skipping word opening because... Continue reading
• planning update
  August 21, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #devlog

  First - I've updated almost all stores with new screenshots with relevant graphics and gameplay. Second - decided to look through all tasks, orginise them and prioritise the most important ones. Third... Continue reading

  
• color scheme text update
  August 20, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  I have to say that colours and colour perspective are unrealistically difficult to work with, even to describe the direction in which to move🤯 It's good that when I made sketches I came across this... Continue reading
• Edge channel in Snapstore
  August 16, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame

  Started testing on Ubuntu via UTM on edge channel - in small window it gives between 20-30 FPS In full screen mode - about 10-15 So I really hope that in real Ubuntu - it would at least double its FPS... Continue reading

  
• Keyboard story - short video
  August 15, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #story, #keyboard

  In this video I've telling a story of a keyboard for v3. Not technical, just storyline:)... Continue reading

  
• Balloon picture & keyboard appearance
  August 15, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  - Finally added a new balloon image from Sonnenstein ( https://sonnenstein.itch.io/ ) 🔥 - Added keyboard closing when pausing and automatic opening when resuming. - Fixed an issue with the level en... Continue reading

  
• 3.0.0+39 - available for testing on itch.io🎇
  August 14, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame

  Good news: Finally finished the mobile and desktop web versions. What I realized is that I need to research web assembly thread because it renders much faster and better than skia + wasm even on low-p... Continue reading
• Optimisation is shocking thing:D
  August 13, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Very strange thing - today morning I’ve replaced over 2 hundred images with one tileset (I’ve used Fire Atlas to define tiles and selections) to optimise assets size and usability and the result j... Continue reading
• Unblocking characters ability is restored
  August 12, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  Restored / added ability to unlock character - now player will be able to unlock any character, even in the middle of blocked characters. Important change is that's now "unlocking" rather then "removi... Continue reading

  
• News about hot air balloon picture & mobile keyboard:)
  August 12, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev

  First - I have exciting news - I started working with awesome pixel artist Sonnenstein ( https://sonnenstein.itch.io/ ) - and he already drew a new picture of hot air balloon. Looks awesome. Will inte... Continue reading
• pane improvements
  August 12, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  Today's update: - improved keyboard performance slightly - made layout for character unblocking (yes, it will be complicated than in previous version:), but hopefully more understandable) - made optio... Continue reading

  
• keyboard - mobile web test result
  August 11, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #keyboard

  Just tested on the phone - and then two things appeared: 1 - the map rendering is still not buggy and has the same stable 53-60 fps 2 - the keyboard is very buggy Will have to look for additional opti... Continue reading
• keyboard again:) & keyboard colors...
  August 10, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #devlog, #gamedev, #keyboard

  Today's update: Quite hard day fighting optimisations, animations, colours for the same keyboard:) But the work continues 🚀... Continue reading

  
• still keyboard 😀 in development, yet..
  August 09, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  Since there is a lot of updates on the keyboard and everything that surrounds it - I've decided that I will make a video update about the evolution of the keyboard⌨️ and post it as soon as it's re... Continue reading
• Still developing keyboard
  August 06, 2023 by arenukvern#gamedev, #devlog, #flutter, #flame

  Today's progress: - mainly developing different types of keyboard, and trying to find best solution for mobile, desktop & web... Continue reading

  
• Custom keyboard prototyping
  August 05, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #flutter, #gamedev, #devlog, #keyboard, #prototyping

  Prototyping keyboard for mobile devices - hopefully it will solve the problem with different keyboards & also will give more understandable gameplay:)... Continue reading
• Testing new web version on iPhone
  August 03, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #devlog, #flutter, #flame

  Today, after working day I've tested production build of web version of game, and it worked just awesome - with smooth movements and almost without any visible artefacts:)... Continue reading

  
• Wind & v3 is almost ready 🎇 | p24
  August 02, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #devlog, #flutter, #flame

  This is huuuge update:) Level editor updates: 1. Define the type of consequence from colliding with tiles and objects on the layer. 🥪 This is a very important feature because now you can draw/defin... Continue reading

  
• Balloon obstacles, level restart
  August 01, 2023 by arenukvern#gamedev, #devlog

  - Fixed: player reloading, level reloading - Added hitbox for the balloon and completed logic for obstacles... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic Tiles Rendering
  July 31, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #dynamic_tiles, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame

  Two new things: With the ability to fly and collide with obstacles, I tried to create a test level. So, first - I improved the tile drawer to draw the level faster and more conveniently. Secondly, aft... Continue reading

  
• Camera update
  July 30, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  - Now camera can follow the balloon - Added switcher to debug tools to control camera behaviour... Continue reading
• Hot air balloon vertical physics
  July 30, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flame, #flutter, #gamephysics

  Whooray! Just finished logic for the air balloon physics! Now the altitude is dependent from several factors, but in future player will be able to control it. By increasing / decreasing volume of conv... Continue reading

  
• Forces experiments
  July 29, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #forces, #flame, #flutter

  Today's update Added to debug side bar fields to experiment with forces to start developing smooth and understandable mechanics for the hot air balloon... Continue reading
• Daily update
  July 25, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  Today's update: Formulated the minimum set of graphics as text and a set of references - it took quite a lot of time, despite having already picked out resources and having a clear understanding of wh... Continue reading
• Started work with debug panel
  July 25, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #flame, #flutter, #gamedev

  Super small update: started adding debug panel to be able to control hot air balloon and that's all. Hopefully will get more time tomorrow... Continue reading

  
• Update 18 - Level data rendering
  July 24, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #flame, #flutter, #gamedev, #devlog

  Today's update: - I've added for the first time a small voice explanations to the video:) For the game: - Added ability to display new level data. - Added ability to export and paste level data to gam... Continue reading
• Update 17.5 - level restoration
  July 21, 2023 by arenukvern#flame, #flutter, #game-dev, #devlog

  Today's update: now canvas level is behind main screen - buggy, but it works) fixed: restore ability to save & restore level progress fixed: restore ability to run a level... Continue reading

  
• Update 17 - First map editor prototype
  July 16, 2023 by arenukvern

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  #gamedev, #flame, #flutter, #autotiles

  Half of this year update:D After a half of year development, studying and searching📚 (I can say a huge thank you for explaining logic for autotile system to the following awesome video - https://ww... Continue reading
• Bug fixes and updates for mobile layouts
  March 29, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #mobile

  Today's update: - Found in last update a couple of bugs and fixed all of them:) - Updated layout specifically for mobile view. - Added a little bit nicer loader for web version. - Loaded this version... Continue reading
• Small buttons animations & list of players
  March 27, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog

  After a week of work finally made visible progress - firstly - added animations for most of buttons. secondly - added nice & understandable list of players (with animated scores) and one of most impor... Continue reading
• Future of buttons
  March 10, 2023 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #gui, #buttons, #pixelart, #flutter, #widgetbook, #uikit

  Since last update was looong time ago, it is time to share new ideas - the buttons design will be refreshed and already implemented in new design. For testing and showcase purposes I'm using widgetboo... Continue reading

  
• Project update & graphics thoughts
  February 26, 2023 by arenukvern#pixelart, #graphics, #researching

  After hard start of this year I finally partialy solved problems with real world and started thinking about the game:) So, as in last update I think finally found a clue of how game mechanics should w... Continue reading

  
• 2.7.3 - new level tutorial
  January 09, 2023 by arenukvern#gamedev, #devlog, #tutorial, #screenshots

  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Finally completed tutorial for the game level - now it is possible to enable it while starting a level. Hopefully it will help to understand the gameplay:) Also added... Continue reading

  
• Button highlight & common update
  December 21, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #tutorial-element, #ui, #ux

  Today's update: - Snapstore, google play, web versions updated to latest. - Started to work with tutorial elements... Continue reading

  
• Level start dialog
  December 20, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  - Simplified players selection to start a game. - Simplified new profile player creation. - Borderless window for native apps... Continue reading
• Effect types for actions
  December 18, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  - Added effects for an action - now you can choose how many effect points will be applied for selected action. - Made different actions layouts for small and desktop widths. - Fixed problem with local... Continue reading
• Menu & logic update
  December 16, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #ux

  Hello everyone.. Currently I'm started rethinking gameplay part and this is first change - so instead of three buttons on the right side, there is two horizontal buttons - add to dictionary and contin... Continue reading

  
• Word suggestion dialog
  October 16, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #wordy, #wordsuggestion, #wordmechanics

  Today's update: - Added new word suggestion dialog - the cost of a word reveal a little bit unbalanced, but personally I liked how it works at the end:)... Continue reading
• Thoughts about word suggestion mechanics
  October 15, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamelog, #thinking, #gamemechanics

  Today's progress: Thinking about suggestion mechanics - last week made simple dialog, today wrote simple logic to find word by middle letters. But the idea is how to include it to word remembering pro... Continue reading

  
• New UI for text fields and action buttons
  October 14, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #pixelart

  Today's update: - Added new ui for text fields and action buttons - Fixed critical error with saves... Continue reading

  
• Pixel button & new screenshots
  October 13, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #pixelbutton

  Today's update: - Quite small - just experimenting with pixel buttons:) Hopefully will have a time to stream this weekend - Also updated screenshots on the main page... Continue reading

  
• Translation & primitive icons for landscape & character
  October 12, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #translation, #credits

  Today's update: - Added Credits dialog - Added Icons for Black & White landscape and character - Completed translation for previous game languages (English, Russian, Italian (very approximate)) Itch v... Continue reading

  
• Internatialization is back
  October 11, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  Very small update - but important:) - restored an option to switch between languages... Continue reading
• SnapStore & Google Play stable release
  October 10, 2022 by arenukvern#gamedev, #devlog, #release, #flutter, #flame

  Happy to say that today WordByWord new version is available at stable in SnapStore https://snapcraft.io/word-by-word-game and also now it is available in the GooglePlay! https://play.google.com/store/... Continue reading
• Primitive Mobile Layout
  October 10, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #coding, #programming

  **October 10th 2022 update:** - Restored an option to add new word to local dictionary. - Fixed mobile layout for level options screen. - Fixed mobile layout for game. **What's next:** - Add suggest r... Continue reading
• Gui - work in progress
  October 09, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #gui, #pixelart

  Today's progress: Started digitalizing the ui but it is hard for now and not quite sure how it will work in the game, because the resolutions of the game window can be quite different - from the compl... Continue reading

  
• Thinking: GUI or what it can be
  October 07, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #guisketch

  Today's update or what's going on Currently I'm working on the interface part - thinking, rethinking its elements and their functionality, studying about theory of game interfaces and actual game inte... Continue reading

  
• 2.0.0+15 - new version available for testing:)
  October 03, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #opentest, #betarelease, #flutter, #flame

  Small but quite important update:) Today is a day to start open test:) - I already uploaded new version here, in itch.io and the new version also is available in SnapStore - edge channel Of course it... Continue reading

  
• Basic Gameplay Update
  October 01, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flame, #flutter

  In short - a huge step to first open beta testing direction:) Today's update: - Added Mountain level with basic mountains - Added a sprite for character - Added collision between player's character an... Continue reading
• Text update: primitive mountains
  October 01, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  Today's update: - updated test level map to be larger and created primitive mountains to the terrain tileset... Continue reading
• Linked Graphic to Level Loading
  September 28, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #coding, #programming

  Today's update: - Linked world and world components states to follow the current level state. What's next: - Add collision between player's character and the obstacle. - Add end games screen - Add hig... Continue reading
• Text update: thoughts about collisions..
  September 26, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev

  Yesterday's update: - was trying to figure out the collision logic, and trying to merge it into polygon islands during the stream. But, after that, the idea came - not to merge polygons, but use just... Continue reading
• Text update: thoughts about today:)
  September 24, 2022 by arenukvern#gamedev, #devlog

  **Today's update:** - spent time to figure it out how the collisions defined in Tiled and the best ways to integrate them into the flame. Found the bonfire engine creator's youtube https://www.youtube... Continue reading
• Game Camera & Fuel States Linking
  September 24, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #coding, #programming

  Today's update: - Fixed game camera size. - Linked character component fuel and global character state fuel. Added refuel mechanics and it works! What's next: - Link world and world components follow... Continue reading
• Figuring out how to create a level tilemap:)
  September 23, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #coding, #programming, #flutter, #flame

  Today's update: - currently there is no update about logic because mainly I study how Tiled and PixelArt works. - The screenshot - is a try to add my tilemap to the game:) but I will be work with it i... Continue reading

  
• Basic character movements mechanics
  September 22, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #coding, #programming

  **Today's update (just a text for now):** - Added Game Camera and now it follows the player's character. - Basic character physics mechanics with ability to consume fuel, go up, keep a line, go down... Continue reading
• Ability to save and load a game
  September 21, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #coding, #programming

  Today's update: - Added ability to Save & Load the game: now it loads the game save during game start and when player press a "save" button in pause menu, it saves the game. What's next: - Create play... Continue reading
• Word Checks & Notifications
  September 20, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #coding, #programming

  Today's update: - Created a check mechanics for the word within already written words and Language dictionaries. - Added notification if the word is written or not correct. What's next: - Save & Load... Continue reading
• Pause Menu & Players Switch
  September 19, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #coding, #programming

  Today's update: - Added level state initialization and playing. - Player turn switcher. - Added Pause button to the level to call Pause Menu. - Added ability to continue latest level from the Pause Me... Continue reading
• Level Option Screen and ability to load level
  September 17, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #coding, #programming

  Today's update: - Added Character Model and Character Selector on Level Options Screen. - Added Player Profile Creator (UI and simple logic). - Added Player Profiles selector (UI and simple logic). -... Continue reading
• All levels & Level Option Screen (WIP)
  September 17, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #flame, #coding, #programming

  Today's update: - Added decrease mechanics for the word buttons. - Added All Levels Screen with an option to choose a level. - Added Basic Level Options Screen with an option to choose player characte... Continue reading
• Basic Fuel Mechanics
  September 15, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #programming, #coding

  Today's update: - Fixed a bug with middle word part update. - Added basic mechanics to consume fuel over the time. - Added basic Fuel Mechanics with an option to refuel storage by sending a new word... Continue reading
• Game models & data structure updated
  September 13, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #programming, #coding

  Today's update: - Added basic player switch logic. - Basic ability to load game and save game (Models structure) is completed. - Basic ability to load game state, level state and player state are comp... Continue reading
• Basic game layout
  September 12, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #flutter, #dailyupdate

  The today's update: - made basic layout for the game divided to the user controls area and the game image. that's all) have a great week all!... Continue reading

  
• Finally - the idea how to make it work)
  September 09, 2022 by arenukvern#devlog, #gamedev, #prototyping, #designing

  The first update after long time of thinking and other projects to make:) Finally get the idea how it should look as a desktop application and how it should work. The screenshot is a very very the app... Continue reading