The Eternal Guest

Devlog

• v.0.5.6 Polishing Update
  October 24, 2024 by Luke Gamage#Luke, #Update

  These past two weeks have been focused on polishing up the first floor of the game which will also bleed into subsequent floors. Explaining all of the details will be too long so I will highlight some... Continue reading
• Tutorial Floor Work v0.5.4
  October 22, 2024 by Xion27#Update, #Zion Johnson

  Didn't post last week but in summary, what I'm working on has diverged from the Floor 2 Boss to getting the Tutorial in order. For the most part I have been working on expanding the dialog + quest sys... Continue reading
• More Artwork
  October 22, 2024 by Bryanna

  I worked on the skeleton bison enemy and the living gun enemies; I nearly finished the living gun but the skeleton bison is completely finished. I also worked on and finished the title screen artwork... Continue reading

  
• New Floors (v0.5.3)
  October 22, 2024 by Parz

  It's been a while since my last post so there's a good bit that I've been working on. For the most part I have been focusing on expanding the game and adding new floors. Completed: Tutorial floor in i... Continue reading

  
• Floor 2 Boss Work Starting v.0.5.2
  October 09, 2024 by Xion27#Zion Johnson, #Update

  Not a lot happened this week since I have been pretty busy but to sum up what I've been up to, I have begun working on the floor 2 boss. Since I didn't create any of the systems used to create the Flo... Continue reading
• Floor 1 Revamp and other things v.0.5.1
  October 08, 2024 by Luke Gamage#Luke, #Update

  I do not have a lot to add this post. This week I began working on revamping the first floor by doubling the amount of rooms available. I decided to add a hit stop for when the player hits enemies and... Continue reading
• Quest System Complete v0.4.6
  October 02, 2024 by Xion27#Zion Johnson, #Avis Ewing, #Update

  This past week we finished up the quest system so it is now complete. We did some testing for it as well and it is functional but more testing will be happening in the future. Completed: Quest System... Continue reading
• Varren Dialogue Portraits
  October 01, 2024 by Bryanna

  I finally finished most, if not all, of the dialogue portraits for Varren! He currently has a neutral expression, soft smile, anger, anger with a hair twinge for a little more character, an evil smile... Continue reading

  
• New Enemies and Locked Doors v.0.4.5
  October 01, 2024 by Luke Gamage

  During this last week, I mainly worked on implementing many more enemies you can fight in the game. I also worked on some polishing features and implemented some more melee animations. Going forward,... Continue reading

  
• Fixing the backend some more v0.4.4
  September 30, 2024 by Parz#Ben, #v0.4.4

  This past week, the team has been coming up with new ideas for how to run the game, and as a result of these ideas, we realized that our current system for generating which room the player enters was... Continue reading
• Is it cheating if you copy yourself?
  September 25, 2024 by PixelByte Studios

  After what feels like years of planning, Zion and I finally figured out how we are going to do the quest system. ... By basing it off of the dialogue system. I know that sounds bad but it's okay trust... Continue reading
• Quest System In Progress v0.4.3
  September 25, 2024 by Xion27#Zion Johnson, #Avis Ewing, #Update

  This week We've begun creating the quest system and it is almost finished! Completed: Creating quest types Hooking up quest types into pre-existing systems (inventory, enemies, room traversal) Still N... Continue reading
• Backend Work v0.4.2
  September 24, 2024 by Parz#Ben, #v0.4.2

  This past week I've been doing more work on our game's backend. Most of the changes implemented will help make the game a little more interesting to play, and offer a little improvement to quality of... Continue reading

  
• Updated Boss AI, Flinch Animations, and more v.0.4.1
  September 24, 2024 by Luke Gamage#Luke, #Update

  For the last week, I spent my time further working on different parts of the combat system with the main contribution being revamped floor 1 boss AI. I also implemented a new enemy type that will be f... Continue reading

  
• Coffins and Bats and more Bats, Oh my!
  September 17, 2024 by Bryanna

  This past week I was able to create two... three new enemies. A mimic and two types of bats: black and red. I plan on changing the bat's attack though so that will hopefully be updated next week :) I'... Continue reading

  
• Additional Dialogue Features + Bug Fixes (V0.3.9)
  September 17, 2024 by PixelByte Studios#Avis Ewing, #Zion Johnson, #Update

  During this week. I initially focused on fixing several bugs with the dialogue system. These were the main ones. The issue with sounds getting cut off when trying to play sound effects should now be f... Continue reading

  
• Dialogue and Sound System Rework
  September 16, 2024 by PixelByte Studios#Avis Ewing

  For this post, I wanted to talk about some of the differences between the old dialogue and sound systems and why we decided to rework them. Dialogue System: Originally, the dialogue system operated by... Continue reading

  
• Updated Inventory UI v.0.3.8
  September 16, 2024 by Luke Gamage#Luke, #Update

  This week, the biggest change I worked on was updating the inventory UI. The updated UI matches the style of the rest of the game. I also integrated the new player art and started developing the slash... Continue reading

  
• Room Lockout and Tracking v0.3.7
  September 14, 2024 by Parz#Ben, #v0.3.7

  Just a quick little update for this week. I have been working on some small improvements to the room traversal system. Players now must clear each room before moving on to the next The game now stores... Continue reading
• Saving and the Elevator Room (v0.3.6)
  September 09, 2024 by Parz#v0.3.6, #Ben

  This past week (ish) I've been working on the save/load system which leads into the elevator room, both of which are now finished! The full list of changes include: Players can now save and load the g... Continue reading

  
• Three Quarter View of the Main Character
  September 09, 2024 by Bryanna

  Still updating our main character to change his perspective to 3/4 view. Got a base down for his walking and idle animation sprites. Also added VERY minor details to the mind room; just elongated the... Continue reading

  
• Dialog System Implementation v.0.3.5
  September 09, 2024 by Xion27#Zion Johnson, #Avis Ewing, #Update

  This week, we have been working on more dialog functions as well as implementing the new dialog system into the intro. The dialog system in done for the most part and now just needs to be implemented... Continue reading

  
• Combat Tweaks and Other Things v.0.3.4
  September 09, 2024 by Luke Gamage#Luke, #Update

  This week, I was working on making tweaks to the combat system, trying to make it more engaging and satisfying to play. I also finished up the functionality of the mind room, adding all of the functio... Continue reading

  
• Dialog System Progress v.0.3.3
  August 31, 2024 by Xion27#Update, #Zion Johnson, #Avis Ewing

  We are currently working on the Dialog System, which will be used for a variety of things from cutscenes to boss mechanics. The most tedious part has been encoding certain functions and going over dia... Continue reading
• Saving and Loading Progress v.0.3.2
  August 30, 2024 by Parz#Ben, #0.3.2

  Right now I've been working on implementing saving/loading into the game. The first steps have been to serialize the data needed to JSON and deserialize it every time a save is loaded. The main obstac... Continue reading
• Mind Room Functionality Progress v.0.3.1
  August 30, 2024 by Luke Gamage#Luke, #Update

  Currently working on adding functionality to the mind room which can be found on any floor excluding the final boss floor. Completed: Mementos UI Mementos unlocking Mementos equipping Weapons Upgrade... Continue reading