Amy's World

Devlog

• Not-quite-weekly drop #16: new inventory system!
  June 14, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Hello friends, I was away from my desk for a few days, so missed out on delivering a build last week. But this one has a few good things to offer! I replaced the old "deck manager" UI with a sleek inv... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #15: spirits of the past
  May 28, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Hello there, this week introduces new entities to the map: what I call "spirits of the past" - immaterial creatures who have witnessed history over the centuries. So they can share some first hand exp... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #14: the road(s) ahead
  May 21, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Hi there! Following a small in-house playtest I am finding myself with a long list of homework. Even just watching someone else play the game you went through a billion times as the developer makes so... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #13: UI cleanup, mostly
  May 13, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Hi there, apart from a host of bug fixes, I mostly straightened out some of the UI this week. No pop-ups stacking up, and less intrusive, non-blocking notifications. Clearer indication in the card gam... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #12: increments and "events"
  May 06, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Lots of incremental improvements this week - better placement of map items (so important places aren't obstructed), getting the first quest fully playable, fixing bugs. I am currently working on the "... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #11: It's all on the map!
  April 29, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Hi there, the biggest news this week is - everything for Amy's first quest is on the map! A lot of stuff to iron out and beautify, obviously. But I'm happy with the variety of things to explore, and h... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #10: story bits
  April 22, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Hey everyone, new weekly update! I'm continuing to work out quest / story structure and map details for the "abandoned village" area. Not much gameplay there yet, but you can walk around and learn a b... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #9: some map refinements
  April 15, 2024 by scruffyowl

  The messy middle of the project! Incremental updates this week: Added a few more derelict buildings and machines Improved distribution of sprites on the map (better spacing to avoid alpha depth sortin... Continue reading
• Weekly drop #8: some more visuals
  April 09, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Have been experimenting with more visual map elements for this week - mostly visible in the "experimental abandoned city" map. Lots of changes under the hood, too, but that's for another update :)... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #7: updated card mechanics
  April 01, 2024 by scruffyowl

  This week features streamlined card game mechanics, which I feel serve the narrative purpose better: You can wield one tool - the "deck manager" has been recoined "toolbox". In addition, one "skill" c... Continue reading
• Weekly drop #6: revised map view
  March 25, 2024 by scruffyowl

  I've spent some time rethinking the main map view - and decided to move away from the "symbolic paper map" to an actual world Amy is moving in. This now also is an actual 3D view instead of 2D isometr... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #5: generated quest complete
  March 18, 2024 by scruffyowl

  The little story I introduced last week on the generated map (the "Abandoned City" on the world map), is now playable including a series of card challenges, and a final puzzle at the end. This is pret... Continue reading
• Weekly drop #4: inklings of procgen
  March 11, 2024 by scruffyowl

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  My main goal for this week was to get at least a fragment of the procedural story generation into the build. From the world map after the title screen, you can now select another area (the "abandoned... Continue reading
• Weekly drop #3
  March 04, 2024 by scruffyowl

  I'm still working mostly on the procedural narration system. So this build features mostly redesigned game over / win quest screens. And a few minor bug fixes... Continue reading
• Weekly drop #3
  February 26, 2024 by scruffyowl

  I am currently busy setting up the procedural narrative / quest / history generation system. Which is very exciting, but not something I can rip off in a few days. In the meantime, I improved some of... Continue reading

  
• Weekly drop #2
  February 19, 2024 by scruffyowl

  Improvements this week: Mouse navigation! No more keyboard required - this should also pave the way for touch controls. The game is resizable now, so you can play fullscreen in the browser. Straighten... Continue reading
• First post-jam update!
  February 12, 2024 by scruffyowl

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  Now that the voting period of the jam is over, here's the first update - this is pretty much what I *thought* I could get done for the jam :) Most important changes: The tutorial functionality is in S... Continue reading