Jetboard Joust

Devlog

• Jetboard Joust DevLog #111 – Using 'Selective Raycasting' For More Realistic Explosions
  February 07, 2020 by bitbulldotcom

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  One of the things I’ve been doing recently is improving the algorithm I use to calculate explosive damage in Jetboard Joust . I’ve mentioned this in passing before but, as I’ve spent quite some... Continue reading

  
• Jetboard Joust DevLog #110 – Making New Enemies pt 2
  January 24, 2020 by bitbulldotcom

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  …and on and on it goes. Please wishlist Jetboard Joust on Steam here . In the last devlog entry I talked about how I felt there wasn’t enough variety in the earlier levels of Jetboard Joust and t... Continue reading

  
• Jetboard Joust DevLog #109 – Making New Enemies pt 1
  January 13, 2020 by bitbulldotcom

  Check out Jetboard Joust on Steam here . View the full trailer here . During my recent intensive playtesting sessions playtesting I’ve become a bit concerned that there’s not enough variety in t... Continue reading

  
• Jetboard Joust DevLog #108 – Spit 'n' Polish
  December 19, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  The last couple of weeks have been taken up with what seems like an endless round of playtesting, bugfixing, and making minor improvements. It’s the first time I’ve really played the game through... Continue reading

  
• Jetboard Joust DevLog #107 – A Day For Saving
  December 04, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #ui, #pixelart

  The final major thing I wanted to do before releasing the beta (other than going back to the PC port) was implement multiple save ‘slots’ per game. It’s surprising how few games bother with this... Continue reading
• Jetboard Joust DevLog #106 – Full Steam Ahead
  November 28, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

  Yes, Jetboard Joust can now be wishlisted on Steam here . Your support is much appreciated, even if you don’t end up buying it each wishlist helps - as does tagging! I’m getting rather behind on... Continue reading

  
• Trailer Trash pt 2
  October 30, 2019 by bitbulldotcom#shmup, #retrogaming, #indie, #indiegaming

  Please wishlist Jetboard Joust on Steam here . Well, the trailer’s finally done – thank God! As with the last instalment I ran into a few issues along the way and got distracted by (necessary) bu... Continue reading

  
• Hoisting the Trailer pt 1
  October 02, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #marketing, #trailer, #retrogaming, #pixelart

  Decided to split this devlog in two as making a videogame trailer is a fairly long process, particularly when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing! Plus there’s been a couple of other thing... Continue reading

  
• A Broader Palette
  September 05, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #palette, #art, #retro, #8bit, #retrogaming, #pixelart

  Well, I reckon this has been the longest break between devlog updates so far. I’ve had two contract jobs on, one of which turned into a bit of a never-ending spiral with the client refusing to pay m... Continue reading

  
• It's The Little Things...
  May 05, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  So… following on from my last post about bugs, here’s everything that was on that Trello TODO list that’s more of an ‘improvement’ than a bug (though of course, fixing bugs is always an impr... Continue reading

  
• Bug Daze
  May 03, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  Yup, it’s been a while (again). I’ve really had my head down trawling through a list of bugs and small(ish) improvements that I’ve been noting down in Trello over the past few weeks. Desperately... Continue reading
• Die and Try Again (and Again, and Again)
  March 23, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  This blog should really have been Configuring Things Out pt. 2 but I thought ‘Die and Try Again’ was more appropriate really. Now all the enemies and weapons are finally done I’ve been going b... Continue reading

  
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
  March 21, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #pixelart, #retrogaming, #game design

  One of the things that’s struck me whilst going through and actually playing Jetboard Joust (rather than working on individual parts in isolation) is that one of the most satisfying aspects of the g... Continue reading

  
• Not *That* Kind Of Bug!
  February 19, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #Galaxian, #Galaga, #retrogaming, #devlog, #jetboard joust, #pixelart

  Onto the last of the ‘classic videogame’ enemies now, this one draws its inspiration mainly from the wonderful ‘Space Invaders’ style shooter ‘ Galaxian ‘ and, to a lesser extent, its sequ... Continue reading

  
• Creepy Crawlies
  February 18, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #game design, #atari, #centipede, #retrogaming, #pixelart

  No prizes for guessing the classic arcade game that’s the inspiration for this latest enemy – yup, it’s another of Atari’s masterpieces – Centipede! Working title for this enemy is the ‘Sc... Continue reading

  
• Splitting Up
  February 15, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #game design, #retrogaming, #zx spectrum, #pixelart, #asteroids, #monogame

  Bit fed up with parameter tweaking, so before I finish the final first round of config by going through the treasure chamber guardians and bosses I thought I’d try and get the final non-jetboarding... Continue reading

  
• Configuring Things Out pt 1
  February 07, 2019 by bitbulldotcom

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  #indiedev, #game design, #pixelart, #retrogaming

  This is one of those devlog entries that seems kind of dull because there’s been a lot of ‘under the hood’ type goings on and not a lot of eye-candy to show for it. But, it’s taken time and it... Continue reading

  
• The Armed and the Dangerous
  January 14, 2019 by bitbulldotcom#jetboard joust, #devlogs

  So far this year I’ve been focussing on weapons and the weapon unlock/upgrade mechanic in preparation for doing the wider gameplay and difficulty balancing. I’ve broken this down into three key ar... Continue reading

  
• Sucker Punch - Creating The Final Boss pt 2
  January 02, 2019 by bitbulldotcom#retro, #pixelart, #boss, #monogame, #retrogame

  Well, I got there in time for Christmas (just)! The last boss is finally done, bar some polishing and tweaking of difficulty, and I’m extremely glad to have put this one to bed. I ended up pulling o... Continue reading

  
• Sucker Punch - Creating The Final Boss pt 1
  December 20, 2018 by bitbulldotcom

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  #devlog, #jetboard joust

  So... the alpha has been stagnating here for some time but there's been plenty of work going on with Jetboard Joust! I've been blogging the development over on TIGsource and on my personal blog but I... Continue reading