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Full Speed Ahead!

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to share some good news with you all! In the last week I had a lot of check-ups and scans relating to the health issues I've had over the last couple of years and the results were all very good :) It's the first time since my lung operations last year that a scan has shown my lungs to be fully healed so it feels like a big weight off my shoulders!

As much as I've tried not to let them affect my work, the health issues have obviously been quite a big dis...

City Builder Game Download (Version 0.0.8)

Hey everyone!

The save system is fully up and running now so you can save and load the towns that you create. I only just finished work on it yesterday so it's possible that there are still some bugs. If you get the time to test it out then please let me know if you encounter any issues!

Here's the download link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EDADWY0lO29j...

Latest Code Download

Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xndu6i-WWHqr38yVEn4QJ5sFMwNDmo1E/view?usp=sharing

Here's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/...

A Quick Progress Update

Hey everyone!

I hope you've all had a good start to the new year. I just wanted to quickly update you on how progress on the city-builder game has been this month.

I had a slightly slow start to the year as I've still been having some small issues with one of my lungs (nothing serious, and I have a CT scan coming up soon to see if anything needs to be done). So I was a bit distracted and progress was slow-going at the beginning of the month, but I got back to my usual schedule in ...

City-Builder Code Download

Hey everyone,

I hope you're all safe, healthy, and having a good time over the holiday period. I just wanted to wish you all a great start to the new year, and I wanted to thank you for all the support you've given me, especially during this crazy year!

Here's the latest code download for the city-builder game:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gxD580gUOKv0WY...

A Quick Positive Update!

Hello everyone!

I hope you're all doing well and staying healthy. Personally, the last month has been a big improvement - my latest health check-ups were all fine and I've been able to throw myself back into gamedev once again. Progress on the game has been good and I'm pretty much back to my usual working schedule. I've even got a devlog video in the works :)

Now that I'm back and the devlog videos are returning I will be resuming the Patreon payments, so you will start to get ch...

City Builder Game Download (Version 0.0.7)

Now that I'm back to my normal working schedule I'll aim to release a new version of the game to you guys every month. Obviously there's very little gameplay right now, but you can still create a cute little town, and search for bugs ;) If you find any, do let me know!

Here's the download link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z2VqEjW_XXaP_h4YWHFbKO-gzbEfzXYN/view...

Latest Code Download (Version 0.0.7)

Hey everyone!

Thanks for all your continued support! Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FMrQgZN4kLKzVP_DZqlQUlLOX82uSRn_/view?usp=sharing

Here's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:

2020-11-28 22:37:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Another quick update

Hey everyone,

So sorry it's been so long since the last update - things have been a bit difficult for me in the last few months with health worries and other unfortunate circumstances, so game development took a bit of a backseat for a while. I have still been working on the game now and again, but progress has been rather slow and I really haven't been in the right mindset to make devlog videos.

I'm really sorry it's taken so long for me to update you. I kept thinking that things...

Sorry for the lack of updates!

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to apologize for the lack of updates and videos recently. I've been struggling a bit to get back to full productivity since my health issues and operations earlier this year, and with a lot of health check-ups in the last month I've found it especially difficult to concentrate much on game development.

You may have noticed that I paused Patreon payments again last month, so you didn't get charged at the start of this month and I'll keep the payments pau...

City-Builder Game Download

I mentioned in my last devlog video that the people/pathfinding system was one of the most complex things I've ever implemented and I definitely still stand by that! The last few weeks have been especially arduous as I've worked through a seemingly endless list of edge-cases and loose ends , such as roads being removed while a person is following a path, destination nodes being removed, disconnected road loops not working at all with the road-network system, finding efficient ways of testing ...

Latest Code Download

Hey everyone!

As I mentioned in the post above, here is the latest code for my city-builder game:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16QSvK_t3g3unVkaq6xgsavQEa50VsCPW/view?usp=sharing

All the new stuff to do with pathfinding can be found in the thinmatrix.cityBuilderGame.roads.paths package and other new entity code is in thinmatrix.cityBuilderGame.entities...

City Builder Game Code Download

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well. I'm sorry it took so long but here's the latest code for my city-builder game:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HuXTCLIhI_wY7-xH3CwWqIVJbHTmrV9H/view?usp=sharing

All the new stuff to do with pathfinding can be found in the thinmatrix.cityBuilderGame.roads.paths package.

Here's a quick video showing how to...

Update: Back to Development, Payments Still Paused

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well. I've been back to work on development this month and it's been going really well; I've made a lot of progress on the game and there will be a new devlog video about that tomorrow! I'll upload the current version of the game/code here soon - I just want to tidy up a few loose ends first.

Seeing as there wasn't any actual content this month I'm keeping billing paused for now so you won't get charged in May. But seeing as I...

Payments Paused Again

Hey everyone,

I hope you're all well and safe during these crazy times. I'm now back from hospital and staying very much isolated while I recover from my latest lung operation (which went very well).

I've just started getting back to work again but I won't have anything to show for it this month, so for that reason I'll be pausing Patreon payments again. This means that you won't be charged during the next billing cycle. I'll notify you again when I plan to resume the payments. 2020-03-27 18:07:19 +0000 UTC View Post

City Builder Game Code Download

Hey everyone!

The latest code for the city builder game can now be downloaded from the link below. This includes the finished basic road system and the first part of the buildings system (as shown in the latest devlog video).

Download link: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Hcc5JbJT-YRnEAYf_cgh4p-agOlFnNnH

 Here's a quick video showing how to set it up ...

Back to work!

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that I've been getting back to development in the last few weeks and have started making devlogs again (the most recent one went out earlier this week). So I'm going to be un-pausing the Patreon payments for now, meaning that you'll be charged on March 1st.

I do have another operation next week but this one should hopefully only take a week or two out of development. If it ends up taking more time then I'll just pause Patreon payments ag...

Payments Paused & Health Update

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to let you know that I've paused the payments for my Patreon page, so you're not going to be charged any more until I get back to working on the game. Obviously there haven't been any videos for a while and I don't have any new code to give as a reward, so it doesn't make sense for you to keep having to pay. I'll resume the payments again once I've got back to making videos again and have some new rewards for you.

As I've mentioned before, I'm having an...

City-Building Game Code Download

Hey everyone,

Here's the latest code for my city building game, including the road placement stuff:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mbod01wNXkg5FS6O0m9LvPnOmCfAOjMO/view?usp=sharing

 And here's a quick video showing how to set up the project in Eclipse:

2019-11-30 22:01:21 +0000 UTC View Post

A Quick Update

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to quickly let you know what's been going on recently and explain why there haven't been any updates lately. 

Unfortunately I've had to spend some time in hospital again after my lung spontaneously collapsed a couple of weeks ago. As dramatic as this sounds it's apparently not super uncommon and can thankfully be fixed fairly easily - I just needed a small operation to remove the excess air from my chest and allow the lung to inflate again. I then ...

City Builder Game - Code Version 0.0.3

Hey everyone!

Here's a download link for the latest code for the city builder game: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfhiXMX7bcC0G88Wyt-BC53eQSYCZlfg/view?usp=sharing

And here's a quick video showing how to set up the project in Eclipse:

2019-10-22 06:19:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Latest Code for the New Game

Hey everyone!

Here's the latest code for the new game, now including the text system and a UI animation system (the animations are still a bit WIP):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1reqKuJM5P3557IH3UI_D3Cuf-Ad7ZkNQ/view?usp=sharing

Here's a quick video showing how to set up the project in Eclipse if you're not sure:

 2019-10-03 15:22:59 +0000 UTC View Post

New Engine Code

Hey everyone!

Here's the latest code for the new game/engine. It's got the new UI stuff that I talked about in this week's devlog video, but it doesn't have the text rendering stuff yet. I'll upload the code again in a few days when I've fully incorporated text into the UI system.

Code: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fpbzTnLNOGNbJVnM3MzlWbw4g74XE2Pc

 To get it w...

A Quick Update!

Hey everyone,

Sorry that it's been so long since I last updated you! I've been having a rather busy Summer with lots of travelling, planning, and sorting things out. I'm going to be moving to Hamburg next month so I've been flat hunting quite a lot recently, and now that I've finally found a place I've got to sort out furniture, internet, etc. etc. I'll be actually moving into the flat in the middle of August and I'm planning to return to a normal working schedule at the start of Septem...

$12.50 Reward July - New Engine Code

Hi guys,

As mentioned in the post above, I've been getting started with the new engine that I'll be using for my next game. It's still super early in development and there's not a whole lot to see yet, but you can download and take a look at the code using this link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XTgpqg5YLl24sr08kckdweZ5D5Gs1JaE

To get it working in Eclipse just sta...

Equilinox Code

Hey everyone,

Here's the current code for Equilinox:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=16VNe2tzkACpMAtPpLEem68PVJFxIDPHP

 You'll need to set it up in a project that has the lwjgl, lwjgl_utils, JOrbis, and PNGDecoder jars added to the build path, along with the relevant natives (all provided in the zip folder). Let me know if you have any trouble setting it up. ...

A New Start

Hey everyone!

After three and a half years I'm going to be moving on from Equilinox and starting something new in the next few weeks. I want to thank you all so so much for joining me on this journey and making it possible by supporting me here on Patreon!

Starting next month, the $12.50 patrons will receive the code for the new low-poly engine that I'm currently developing, plus the code for the new game (whenever I get started with it; right now I'm just working...

Equilinox Creative Mode - Early Access

Hey everyone,

The Equilinox creative mode is now almost complete and I've got another early version for you to try out!

This version now makes it possible to edit the traits of the species in creative mode, you can duplicate plants/animals that you like, you have unlimited color options for your species, plus the UI has been cleaned up. The new dolphin species is also included in this version :)

Here are the download links:

Windows:

2019-05-17 08:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Equilinox Version 1.6 - Code

Hey everyone,

Here's the latest code for Equilinox:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1edbIFQZx7Rl8HBPm0qqTFzxhZ5Bvy2f2/view?usp=sharing

Check the post below for links to download the game.

I'll also be uploading the code for the new engine I'm working on here in the next couple of weeks :)

For the Equilinox code you'll need to set it up in a p...

Equilinox Version 1.6 (With Creative Mode)

Hey everyone,

Thanks as always for your fantastic support! Here's the latest version of Equilinox, with creative mode included so that you can easily try out the new meerkats. Just choose the relevant game mode when creating a new world.

Windows:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mDFWlW17GuMDqvplZ_OUldqIYLFk5fef/view?usp=sharing

Linux:

2019-04-30 07:04:49 +0000 UTC View Post