_space_train

Devlog

• Curse of the hiatus
  November 10, 2021 by Josh04#devlog

  I promised in my last post that I wasn't announcing a hiatus, except in so far as I was concentrating on integrating steam networking into the game. Well, I did that for six months, then went on an ac... Continue reading
• Space train update
  July 11, 2020 by Josh04

  The kind of ominous announcement that usually indicates an extended hiatus, but quite the opposite. I reworked _space_train to use steamworks networking to simply the amount of udp connection opening... Continue reading
• Article: Enhancing my pet game project with CastleDB
  May 20, 2019 by Josh04#devlog, #castledb, #python, #codegen

  I've written an article on Medium about using CastleDB and Python to do codegen from a static database in C++ in _space_train, please check it out! https://medium.com/@josh04/enhancing-my-pet-game-pro... Continue reading

  
• SPACE, TRAIN, 446
  May 16, 2019 by Josh04

  a whole new build! with a whole new dimension of sensation! space train now has sounds, specifically the sounds of doors opening, toilets flushing, taps running and fruit being eaten. more to follow,... Continue reading

  
• space train 418
  April 08, 2019 by Josh04#devlog

  i fixed a bug where only every fifth dropped tile item would display, and i've done some wacky codegen on the backend i'm hoping to write up, but idk if there's anything in here for an end user. ciao... Continue reading
• SPACE TRAIN BUILD 412
  March 27, 2019 by Josh04#devlog, #space train

  build 412 features a related viewing angle, and a set of friendly AIs who will run back and forth to beds, sinks and toilets. look! a video!... Continue reading
• not much, what's a-particles with you??
  February 28, 2019 by Josh04#devlog, #space train

  new release, fixing the game up with some sweet new particle effects for the engine blocks, and a visible toggle switch that turns them on now nice... Continue reading

  
• big number celebration post
  February 19, 2019 by Josh04#devlog

  fun fact: spacetrain 375 is over a hundred builds from the first uploaded build, spacetrain 271! this build fixes up most of the new movement behaviour, allowing 3d assets like the wheels to move with... Continue reading

  
• trains in spaaaaaaaaaaace
  February 06, 2019 by Josh04

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  #devlog

  i spent two months making everything less stable! this release is the first to feature the all-new coordinate system, in which each space-person is located not on a single grid extending infinitely, b... Continue reading

  
• FURTHER TO MY MISSIVE OF THE 21ST
  December 22, 2018 by Josh04#space train, #gamedev, #devlog

  it turns out you couldn't move at all in build 327. this is build 328, where you can hopefully move... Continue reading
• EMERGING from the bushes a WILD and UNTAMED update
  December 21, 2018 by Josh04#space train, #devlog, #gamedev

  IMPORTANT EDIT: turns out in this build you can't actually move, my bad what is up, update readership. merry christmos. reworked keyboard movement and ai movement to use the new polar mouse movement... Continue reading
• As Odo would say in Deep Space 9, it's "the great link."
  November 21, 2018 by Josh04

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  #space train, #alpha, #chain, #link

  New build! Changes: Segmented map, added chain object sitting between the two and swaying with speed. Added "override speed" option to cheats to allow client to override server-reported speed. Haven't... Continue reading

  
• GLUG glug GLUG glug excuse me just drinking water - new alpha
  November 14, 2018 by Josh04#glug, #alpha, #space, #train

  chasing up build 315 two whole hours later with build 316 317 , which improves the New UI Experience ™ improves the New UI Experience ™ fixes left shift bringing up the person biographies. previou... Continue reading

  
• hot new features straight from the feature-press
  November 13, 2018 by Josh04#update, #space, #train, #devlog

  what's rolled off the feature production line this week? some extra hot new feature-code-game, that's what: new item, the oxygen mask. provides oxygen when worn. broke previous oxygen consumption syst... Continue reading

  
• _space_train alpha 303
  November 07, 2018 by Josh04#alpha, #space, #train, #water

  bug fixes ui tweaks mugs, with and without water fuel bricks sinks beds thirst restedness an icon in windows all this and more (genuinely i can't remember and my commit messages are bad) in the exciti... Continue reading
• 1,000 words on the subject of code as art | exciting alpha release
  October 28, 2018 by Josh04#art, #space, #code, #programming, #gamedev

  it's been a long road to reach here, but where is here exactly? certainly not at the point of a playable game. go on, download the alpha and see. i'll wait. three years of effort have yielded a poorly... Continue reading