Slitherine

Sourdust wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:02 pm Call me old-fashioned, but I think the best dev diaries are those that are actual diaries - eg, that show us what the dev is currently working on, and give us a little insight into dilemmas, thought processes, problems and solutions that go into the making of a game. I want to know what you're agonising over, and how you resolve it.

I don't really care all that much for "dev diaries" that are really just carefully-constructed marketing teasers, with little insight into the actual making of a game.

captainjack wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:01 am It would be better still to include an option to choose your own soundtrack or audio feed,.

Rudankort wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:15 am

captainjack wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:01 am It would be better still to include an option to choose your own soundtrack or audio feed,.

I like this idea.

caca wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:44 am Who will be the composer?

Rudankort wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:07 am

Sourdust wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:02 pm Call me old-fashioned, but I think the best dev diaries are those that are actual diaries - eg, that show us what the dev is currently working on, and give us a little insight into dilemmas, thought processes, problems and solutions that go into the making of a game. I want to know what you're agonising over, and how you resolve it.

I don't really care all that much for "dev diaries" that are really just carefully-constructed marketing teasers, with little insight into the actual making of a game.

All dev diaries are written by me, and although Slitherine proofread them, they never change what I'm saying. I'm not a marketing person, and I'm of course flattered by "carefully-constructed marketing teasers". But this is not what I'm trying to achieve. Many people played (and liked) Panzer Corps, and I'm trying to tell not just what I am adding or changing, but also why it happens, what problems in the prequel I am trying to solve, and why I think new approach is better. I need to keep it short, but otherwise this is exactly what you are talking about. Last dev diary is a prime example, and the next one, which is already written, will be more along the same lines. So I'm not sure what exactly you want me to change.

Admittedly, I don't go into gory technical details of game's production, because to be honest, most of them are not funny at all and will not be interesting to the majority of our readers. Making a game like this is only 5% design, and 95% implementation. If I translated what I'm doing right now into the dev diaries, then it might be interesting to other fellow game makers, but not very interesting to players. For example, right now we are struggling with Unreal's combo boxes which do not work correctly under certain conditions. Do you want to hear more about it?

Sourdust wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:15 pm Apologies mate, didn't mean to come across as critical. I think the first 4 DDs were good. Just responding to the question: what should be covered in the next DDs? My view is simply this: tell us what you're up to!

Best DDs I ever read were the ones for the original Shenandoah Battle of the Bulge - eg, didn't just show art, showed how the art was made, the reasons behind the aesthetic, some choices that were rejected, etc.

Patrick Ward wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:49 pm Lol .. you mean someone read them!

I did copy them to my site when Shenandoah shut, but later, when changing ISP, my previous ISP wiped the files before I'd copied over all the images. Its a huge job to find and relink them.

http://www.colourandnoise.com/projects/ ... log-posts/

Damn. Shenandoah was nearly a decade ago.

Sourdust wrote: ↑Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:50 pm

Patrick Ward wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:49 pm Lol .. you mean someone read them!

I did copy them to my site when Shenandoah shut, but later, when changing ISP, my previous ISP wiped the files before I'd copied over all the images. Its a huge job to find and relink them.

http://www.colourandnoise.com/projects/ ... log-posts/

Damn. Shenandoah was nearly a decade ago.

Bloody genius mate! The game, and the diaries. Such an in-depth look into the work of the visual designer...

PeteMitchell_2 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:19 pm Not sure whether this has been covered yet in much detail. However, it would be great to see some more information on UI and UX topics: menus, screens, buttons, switches, keyboard short-cuts, zoom possibilities, changing font sizes, maybe even possibilities to change colors to increase contrast, etc.

Let’s show for example a set of common screens, e.g. the casualties’ screen: There it would be nice to have two columns, one for the current scenario and one for the overall campaign. Also, is there a way to have some more summary stats on kills, etc.?

Retributarr wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:22 pm I myself just mentioned Zooming in a recent post!

PeteMitchell_2 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:19 pm Not sure whether this has been covered yet in much detail. However, it would be great to see some more information on UI and UX topics: menus, screens, buttons, switches, keyboard short-cuts, zoom possibilities, changing font sizes, maybe even possibilities to change colors to increase contrast, etc.

Let’s show for example a set of common screens, e.g. the casualties’ screen: There it would be nice to have two columns, one for the current scenario and one for the overall campaign. Also, is there a way to have some more summary stats on kills, etc.?

GabeKnight wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:31 pm I hope this game will have full 2160p support. Please.

PeteMitchell_2 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:11 pm One more thing that would interest me, what are the planned features for the strategic map (i.e. in case it continues to exist as we know it from PzC 1)? Thanks!