Glockenball

Devlog

• Final day: &%ing packaging
  November 03, 2024 by harebrained

  Man, this evening was full of cursing. I thought I had everything in place to package my game and all libraries into an AppImage file. However, that was not the case. I came home after a long day, and... Continue reading
• Day 8: Wrapping up
  November 01, 2024 by harebrained

  I am happy with the state of the game. I made some quality-of-life adjustments, playtested it a couple of times, added an end screen and a fun intro. I am still working on packaging it as an AppImage... Continue reading

  
• Day 7
  October 31, 2024 by harebrained

  We are geeting there. The game is now playable, I found one last difficult to track down bug in the klecs library (that I will fix after the jam is over). Still many ideas, but I am happy. Have a nice... Continue reading

  
• Day 6
  October 30, 2024 by harebrained

  So I have solved one more issue I was having, where I needed to inhibit launching more balls in-between mouse clicks. Tasks that are left: implement win condition, solve some bugs where collision is n... Continue reading
• Day 5
  October 29, 2024 by harebrained

  After a good night sleep I solved most of the issues. And with most of the engine done, I could also start on the graphics. AND we have sound. Very happy with the progress so far. You can see the scre... Continue reading

  
• Day 4
  October 28, 2024 by harebrained

  Man, did I struggle today. I reworked my collision dection system so that I can know from which side the ball hit the block and make it bounce off appropriately. Then I re-wrote the movement system (t... Continue reading
• Day 3
  October 27, 2024 by harebrained

  I am still struggling with getting the trajectory of the balls right. Simple math, but somehow I fail to get it working just right. However, we do have collision detection so the balls bounce off the... Continue reading
• Day 2
  October 26, 2024 by harebrained

  Today I figured out how linear ball movement works (with movement along a vertical line being a special case). Started working on collision but that is not yet working. Hope to fix it tomorrow. And if... Continue reading
• Day 1
  October 25, 2024 by harebrained

  Today the Lisp Game Jam Fall 2024 is kicking off. My goals for this jam: * improve my development experience with guix tooling * write a simple but very polished game * improve my klecs ECS framework... Continue reading