Grim Rejoiner

Devlog

• A postmortem for a morbid game
  March 14, 2024 by Seilburg#devlog, #postmortem, #game design, #7DRL, #roguelike, #godot, #7DRL 2024, #7DRL2024

  Grim Rejoiner - postmortem and musings A first: no design document. The story of Grim Rejoiner begins at the end of our 7DRL entry for 2023, Grift & Grind . Not long after we submitted, the cogs began... Continue reading

  
• Release / Day 6 & 7: Out on a limb
  March 13, 2024 by voxelate

  Our 7DRL game is released! Rather: our game's 7DRL release is! (Two days ago.) I've marked it as 'incomplete' because it's not quite feature-complete, buggy and unpolished... but you shouldn't set you... Continue reading

  
• Day 5.333: Cells and Membranes
  March 09, 2024 by voxelate

  Wasted much of a day again, this time on BSP map generation and doors. It's good for rectangular rooms, which are boring. Because I don't like it much, I spent a long time trying to make improvements... Continue reading

  
• Day 4: Austere visage
  March 08, 2024 by voxelate

  Great progress painting the shed, the exterior is almost finished. I'll just leave it there and let someone else finish the work. Terrible progress painting the game, though Seilburg seems productive... Continue reading

  
• Day 3: Standing in place
  March 07, 2024 by voxelate

  Day 3 is the tipping point from having lots of time left to running out of it and needing something to show. The shed looks good after all the painting I did today, but there's still a 2nd topcoat to... Continue reading
• Day 2: Look about you
  March 06, 2024 by voxelate

  Good preparation is the key to success. So I went a bit overboard on surface prep for painting the shed. As usual we got stuck on the game's name (the codename is Abomination). I liked the sound of Ab... Continue reading

  
• Day 2: Forward, ever forward
  March 06, 2024 by Seilburg#7DRL, #7DRL2024, #Lovecraftian, #roguelike, #gamedev

  The second day of the contest often feels quite critical to me. By this stage we should at least have an idea of what the major blockers for moving the project forward will be. Certainly, that was the... Continue reading
• Day 1, and the quest begins again
  March 04, 2024 by Seilburg#7DRL, #7DRL 2024, #Eldritch, #Horror, #Lovecraftian, #devlog

  Another year, another 7DRL entry. My perpetual partner in crime and I are back at it again. This year things are a bit different. Rather than our typical approach of creating an exhaustive design doc... Continue reading

  
• Day 1: You have legs
  March 04, 2024 by voxelate

  The pitch: You are an eldritch blob born of an accident of magic or science. Acquire and attach limbs to grow and escape these horrid laboratories! A yearly tradition, Seilburg and I are back for our... Continue reading