It has been a while since the last Westward dev log, but it doesn’t mean I have stopped the development. In this post I discuss the reason for the delay, what are the changes in the new update, and what is the plan until next time. Professional commitments Aside from…
This article introduces you to what shaders can do. I’ll showcase a few cool effects you can achieve with custom shaders and show how to apply them to your Phaser 3 game. I will provide a high-level explanation of what shaders are. I will not however cover in details all…
As announced in the previous dev log, this new update introduces a significant shift in the gameplay in the form of what I call “organic settlements“. In addition, a brand new tutorial mode makes its apparition to help introduce the new mechanics. Before I detail this further, let me also…
This short tutorial and the demo that goes with it illustrate how you can save player progress in your Phaser 3 game using localStorage. That is, how to make sure that your players can leave the game, shut down their browser, then come back to it and resume seamlessly from…
The recent work has focused on reworking the HUD a bit. It’s not visible yet in the online demo because not everything is settled and stable yet. You can see a glimpse of it below: The menu icons have moved from the bottom-right, to now be aligned around the minimap…
Following the reshuffling of the planning discussed in the last dev log, the past three weeks have been quite productive, seeing a lot of progress in terms of a core pillar of the game: the enemy civilization. Click here to play the demo and discover the changes discussed in this…
It has been more than two months since the last dev log, but it doesn’t mean that development has stopped! There is progress, albeit a bit less than what you could have expected in less sunny months. I’ll begin by addressing what the title is referring to, before moving on…
Click here to play the demo and discover the changes discussed in this post. There has been progress on multiple fronts since last time! The most obvious one is the complete relooking of the buildings (see credits section of the Westward page for more information on the artist). On the…
The last few weeks have been busy with talking to people. I have started actively discussing with many artists of different kind to try to get a better vision of the art direction of the game, as well as work on the buildings. Nothing new to show in that respect…
If you follow me/Dynetis games in any way, you probably have seen the very short gameplay video I have posted a few days ago. In case you didn’t, here it is: It’s a 1min. clip featuring several gameplay slices. It’s very basic, nothing stunning to see, it’s not a trailer….