Metabolize!

Devlog

• Final touches
  November 06, 2022 by harebrained

  Last day! I was unable to properly bundle the game with 'chickadee bundle' due to the fact that some dependencies were install with guix and some via the host linux distributions and that somehow crea... Continue reading

  
• UI done
  November 03, 2022 by harebrained

  OK, the UI is more or less frozen. We have a game over screen. Now I can focus on the game dynamics. I set a new goal: metabolize a fixed amount of pyruvate before your ATP runs out. Need to see what... Continue reading

  
• Pretty terrain
  November 01, 2022 by harebrained

  I re-wrote the draw routines for the DNA. Now all 3 open-reading frames are shown and also the amino acids align nicely centered inside the ORF marks. Found a way to sample key-presses less oftern whi... Continue reading

  
• We have enzymes
  October 31, 2022 by harebrained

  Many elements implemented: player can now change to DNA sequences to optimize amino acid yield. Amino acid resources are shown on screen and translation now cycles. I tried moving to a monospace font... Continue reading

  
• Some graphics and movement
  October 30, 2022 by harebrained

  Second day of the game jam. I managed to animat the protein translation process. However, I still have to figure out how to ensure proteins get translated again after the first time. I should move to... Continue reading
• Framework
  October 29, 2022 by harebrained

  First day of working on my first game for the Lips game jam. My goal with this game is to exercise the procedures from my yet unpublished (harebrained scheme) library for computational biology. My ide... Continue reading