Invaders from Amber Sol (shmup, shooter)

Devlog

• Update Is Here!!!!
  December 01, 2022 by AddiekinStudio#release-log, #dev-log

  The day has finally arrived, to much fan fair and anticipation. Oh wait! Lets be real there was no fan fair or anticipation. Probably a game no one really wants or anyone is looking for yet I've relea... Continue reading

  
• Update Coming Nov 30th
  November 12, 2022 by AddiekinStudio#update, #game update, #gamedev

  I've been working hard on getting this update ready to launch. There are some significant changes not too much in the content area but in the game systems. I've fixed some of the engine energy distrib... Continue reading

  
• Major update soon!
  September 24, 2022 by AddiekinStudio

  I've been working hard over the last month or so to roll out a pretty significant update. There have been many changes since the last update. I've changed the color scheme, added widgets. I've built a... Continue reading
• New Release 0.6.0
  September 08, 2019 by AddiekinStudio

  New release 0.6.0 Aside from what I said in my last devlog post I decided that I would rollout all those things that have changed since they are kind of significant. I was also play testing through th... Continue reading
• Some things to expect in the next release!
  September 02, 2019 by AddiekinStudio

  It has been a long time since my last release of the game and there have been a lot of changes made. I have been reticent to do a release because of some of the rough edges. So I thought I should writ... Continue reading
• How I made 30 enemy's in 30 minutes
  August 10, 2019 by AddiekinStudio#2dshooter, #building assets, #game design, #game design notes, #game building ideas

  The Programmers way to make assets Its pretty typical for me as a programmer to want to work with code. And so that is where I started making more enemies. Just plugging away thinking to myself of off... Continue reading

  
• MacOS Patch v0.5.2
  August 07, 2019 by AddiekinStudio#patch, #update, #new

  MacOS Patch v0.5.2 This version will hopefully address launching issues on MacOSX when launching from the download. If you encounter issues please don't hesitate to let me know in comments or in the S... Continue reading
• There must be options
  May 14, 2019 by AddiekinStudio#menus, #guis, #toats, #screenshots

  Menus Spending a lot of time building up menus and trying to get a how to play screen together. This has led to a particularly weak spot in the code and thats with the GUI system. AHHHHHHHEEEEEEHHHHHH... Continue reading

  
• Development Progress
  May 08, 2019 by AddiekinStudio

  Updates... Work continues on the next minor version which will be v0.6.0 Currently I have added: Multi-game saves up to 4 save slots Fixed the shield activation button issues A lot of work needs to be... Continue reading
• New Release! 0.5 is now Live!
  March 23, 2019 by AddiekinStudio#new, #latest, #update, #release

  Finally 0.5 is here! I finally decided to bite the bullet and just release 0.5. I was kind of waiting till I had a lot more things completed with the features. But I think that its better to get it ou... Continue reading

  
• We have .... LASERs
  November 09, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#lasers, #new version

  I am happy to announce the release of v0.4.0 a new minor release on the journey to get this game completed. This release has a good amount of changes things from adding, upgradeable pulse blasters to... Continue reading
• Update 0.3.2: Ship speed and new enemies
  August 28, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#new ship, #retro-ship, #pewpew, #new enemy, #extra content

  What in it? Changed initial ship speed, it was really way too slow. It was initially set to 30 units/sec though I thought it was set at 200 units/sec. That made you unable to really dodge and even cat... Continue reading
• Update 0.3.0: Hey come check it out!
  August 17, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#update, #new version, #new release, #2dshooter, #ship building, #blocky, #pixel art, #game design, #polishing

  I am really happy to announce that version 0.3.0 is live...Woot! Thanks everyone that helped me play test this release! Despite the amount of play testing there may be other issues with the release so... Continue reading
• Shields up, new version coming soon!
  August 04, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#shieldsup, #retro2d, #new release, #fixes

  Shields Up... In the next version to be released soon shields will actually function again. I worked out a new effect for the shields that I thought of, I wanted it to be a dissipating energy impact v... Continue reading

  
• New development video, now up!
  July 11, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#2d, #shooter, #progress, #updates, #videos, #new video, #shoot'em

  Just a quick video capture of the ship customization screen. Adding a whole bunch of pulse blasters and going in for the kill... Continue reading

  
• New minor version available! Customize your ship!
  July 08, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#guns, #pulse blaster, #shooter, #2d, #pixel planets, #aliens

  New version 0.2.6 What's New? Well lets see, you can now place any of the parts in the list of parts. Currently there are no requirements for ships or restrictions on where you place things. When you... Continue reading

  
• Planet Generation and lots of weapons...
  June 20, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#moreretro, #ship building, #planet generation, #gameplay, #game design notes

  Game Progression One of the biggest things lacking in the game before I go on to add more weapons and polish up some more graphics is the progression system. Instead of a simple infinitely scrolling s... Continue reading

  
• Three blind ... wait for it ... Pulse Blasters
  June 11, 2018 by AddiekinStudio

  One just isn't enough So I have wanted to add this for a while now and I finally have it working. The first item that you can place happens to be Pulse Blaster's and their awesome. First I added a ha... Continue reading

  
• New Version
  June 07, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#distribution, #packaging

  I am pleased to announce that I finally uploaded a new demo version. This one brings the demo up to date with development. I am happy to finally have an updated build process working. Automation isn't... Continue reading

  
• New Intro screen, and ship building screen
  June 06, 2018 by AddiekinStudio

  I have been working on a couple of important parts of the game. Working on a ship building screen where you can use your amber to buy ship parts. This will enable you to like add multiple weapons to t... Continue reading

  
• Early Release
  May 22, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#retro, #shooter, #2d, #love, #early release

  I am doing an early release to see if I can get a few brave souls to try it out and may be get some feedback... Continue reading
• Working on shields and added engines...
  May 17, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#progress, #shields, #2dshooter

  Been working on a few things...I've added shields to help with the rapid firing from enemy ships that happened when I made them fire using the same weapon that your ship uses. I did that before rework... Continue reading

  
• And here is the giffy.
  May 13, 2018 by AddiekinStudio

  I'm not sure if these are making it to the main devlogs page. I don't see them anywhere. If someone knows why this may be and happens across this post please let me know what may be going on here... Continue reading

  
• Added some new dev screenshots.
  May 13, 2018 by AddiekinStudio

  After ludum dare and finishing the majority of work on another project, I started getting back into this game. After this post I'll get some animated gifs up and hopefully make things look a lot bette... Continue reading

  
• We have project launch on itch.
  February 17, 2018 by AddiekinStudio#launch

  Just added a new cover image to itch. Will have the game up on here in a few days hopefully. But essentially it's a 2D side scrolling shooter. So if you like pew pew games please stay tuned. No progre... Continue reading