Alone

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• Alone - Balance - Wrapping Up Features
  July 03, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So, nearing closer to the release - so this week I finished off the last features that are going to go out with it. Although I still have some items in my wishlist which I might do after everyt... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Tools
  June 26, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week was mostly dedicated to redoing tools. Specifically tools which the player uses to harvest resources with. Starting with the largest change - there are no more resource collection... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Unlocking Materials
  June 12, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So, this week I worked on something a bit different - material unlocking. So let's talk about that. There are 4 special materials - that is to say, those which aren't the basics - so Iron, Oriu... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Fortress
  June 05, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So, this week I decided to take a break from balancing combat and decided to do something different. The fortress. The idea behind this building is that of having a centralised "ruler" location... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Anatomy of an Enemy
  May 15, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I'm still working on testing and balancing combat. So let's take this opportunity to look under the hood at how this all works. Specifically where Enemies come from. When a boy ene... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Rebalancing
  May 01, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So, starting off with an announcement. The next major release should be out - "soon" - most probably within the next 2 months if it all feels balanced enough. To that end, it's mostly been quit... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Special Attack Video
  April 24, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, Most of the week wasn't spent developing the game, but creating the traditional feature video for combat. So without further ado... On a semi-related note, I have a new landing page for the gam... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Special Attack Wrapup
  April 17, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I'm finally almost done from special attacks, so let's talk about that for the last time. Starting with, equipment changes. Light armour has been tweaked so that it not only increa... Continue reading

  
• Alone - Special Attacks
  April 10, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So, this week I finished off the Special Attack, uh... attacks. Let's take a look at some of them real quick. Starting with a view of all of them Similar to the boosts which I explained last we... Continue reading
• Alone - Rage and Special Attacks
  April 03, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I started on the special attacks and rage rewrite. So let's talk about that for a bit, since most of it is done already. So, let's start with Rage. Rage is what is consumed to make... Continue reading
• Alone - Crafting & Tutorials
  March 27, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, With the weapons, shields, armour, and helms all done last time, it was time to start handling their crafting. The previous concept of "materials" was implemented in such a way that they were t... Continue reading

  
• Alone - Armour & Helms
  March 20, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I balanced Armour & Helms, so hopefully this'll be the last post in a while which will just be full of pretty pictures and nothing about mechanics. Let's start with armour. Similar... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Orium & Shields
  March 13, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I finally finished off the weapon rebalancing. So let's take a quick look at some of the new Orium based weaponry They otherwise work exactly the same as the other weapons, just be... Continue reading

  
• Alone - Balance - Copper & Iron
  March 06, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I worked on adding copper and iron weapons. There's now much more to choose from, and there should be something for multiple combat styles, whether you want to charge in and do ina... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Weapons Part 1
  February 27, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I started working on the new weapon system, and trying to balance it - which is no mean feat. But let's start with a new feature first - critical hits. Every weapon has a chance of... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Combat Skill & Spreadsheets
  February 20, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So, after last week's pretty long description of what went wrong, this week I started planning the new combat system. Most of the time was spent trying to find a reasonable set of values across... Continue reading
• Alone - Balance - Combat, a retrospective
  February 13, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, This week is going to be a bit different. I did finish the traders, so I'm going to start on the revision of the Combat system next week. Now, Alone has had combat since quite early in developm... Continue reading
• Weekly Update - Balance - Lighthouses & Traders
  February 06, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I just about finished trading and traders (for now at least), so let's take quick look at how the process goes. And it starts, with a lighthouse. The lighthouse is a new building t... Continue reading
• Weekly Update - Balance - Trading
  January 30, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames

  Howdy, So this week I started work on trading. It's not finished yet, but let's talk about the interface, and the concept behind it. So, trading has been quite a long time coming. Coins have been a lo... Continue reading
• Weekly Update - Balance - Draugr
  January 23, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames#Weekly Dev Diary

  Howdy, So this week I worked on loot drops for dynamically equipped enemies. There is a small chance that each enemy will drop the equipment they’re carrying when they’re defeated. More difficult... Continue reading
• Weekly Update - Balance - Goblins!
  January 16, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames#Weekly Dev Diary

  Howdy, So, this week I finished off goblin specific changes. Let's start off by meeting the new boss - the Shaman Right in the face... The Shaman has a rather mean special ability - Curse. When you're... Continue reading
• Weekly Update - Balance - Goblins
  January 02, 2022 by SuperLlamaGames#weekly-update

  Howdy, So last week there was no dev diary, since I released version 0.9 instead. And this week I started on the next major milestone called "Balance". This is the last milestone before the game is "d... Continue reading
• Alone - 0.9.0 Release - "Attributes"
  December 26, 2021 by SuperLlamaGames#release

  Alone 0.9.0 "Attributes" is finally released This release adds a new system of having four specific attributes, which can increase or decrease independently, and replaces the morale system of previous... Continue reading

  
• Alone 0.8.0 Release - "Character"
  October 02, 2021 by SuperLlamaGames#release

  Alone 0.8.0 "Character" is finally released. This milestone entirely overhauls the graphics, making the game look much less blocky, and far more awesome. With that change, all the animations have been... Continue reading

  
• Special Attacks
  September 23, 2021 by SuperLlamaGames

  Alone has a dynamic special attack system where you learn special moves from defeating certain enemies, and can then group them into a special attack. Watch the video to find out more... Continue reading
• Creating a Character
  August 29, 2021 by SuperLlamaGames

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  With the upcoming Alone v0.8 release - the character's appearance has changed significantly. The Character creation interface also has received an improvement, so watch the video below to see how a ch... Continue reading
• Alone - 0.7.0 Release - "Islands"
  July 11, 2021 by SuperLlamaGames

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  #release

  Alone 0.7.0 "Islands" is finally released. The most major change is that now instead of being stuck on the original island you're shipwrecked in, you can now repair your ship and explore a procedurall... Continue reading