Monthly Archives: October 2010

Projectiles, slightly improved once more

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Alex

I’ve added in some more projectiles using the new system, and added in a fragmenting, shotgun-style effect.  The player starts with seven weapons now, bound to keys 1-7.  1-3 are the same as always, 4 homes, 5 is a spread, … Continue reading →

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Projectile system, vastly improved

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Alex

Homing weapons are in and functional, and the projectile system in general is reworked to read in an XML file and generate weapon types based on that.  All arguments are optional, with default values.  There is no longer any projectile … Continue reading →

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A galactic economy

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Alex

I’ve been thinking about possible ways of interacting with or building an economy in the game.  In most games, a trading post is just one town, or one merchant in a town, or one space station.  So then it makes … Continue reading →

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UI design, updated.

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Alex

The UI can handle updates now.  Interacting with it in significant ways, like pressing a button or moving a slider, triggers a function which sends the full state of that display group to LUA, which then has the option to … Continue reading →

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