Misc
Picture this: you're reviewing a Merge Request (MR), staring at a diff, trying to decode what this new ButtonV2 is supposed to look like, and someone tells you "trust me, it works." Trust you? Really? Now imagine a world where you can see the change, click
Devlog
Hey folks! Just a quick note to let you know that Refuge is going on pause for a little while. No, I haven’t been eaten by a zombie horde (thankfully), but my Crohn’s disease has decided it’s time for a surprise cameo in my life. Wait... what’
Devlog
I just wrapped up a sprint fully dedicated to revamping the user interface (UI) of everyone's favorite post-apocalyptic survival game, Refuge. After two weeks spent wrestling buttons, frames, and dynamic textures into submission, it's finally time to unveil the improvements we've cooked up.
Code
Before we begin, let’s set the scene: there’s already a perfectly good (and free!) GOAP (Goal-Oriented Action Planning) implementation available here: https://github.com/crashkonijn/GOAP. But in a glorious fit of curiosity (or was it recklessness?), I decided to build my own system from scratch. Why?
Devlog
Importing asset packs into Unity can feel like grocery shopping while you're hungry: you end up with way more than you actually need. In the end, you use one or two prefabs and are left with 200 files cluttering your project, slowing you down, polluting your Git repo,
Devlog
Ah, the mouse! That tiny, insignificant peripheral that somehow wields absolute power over my Refuge project. After a few clumsy attempts and raycasts lost in the void, I finally have a robust and optimized implementation. Because, honestly, after watching my survivors completely ignore my clicks or float above the ground
Devlog
Developing a game solo is like being a human Swiss Army knife: you have to do everything, from coding to animation, audio, and project management. Fortunately, there are tools to help keep your sanity… well, almost. Here are the ones I use for Refuge! Development Tools Code Editor For developing
Project
Wednesday night. 10:30 PM. A (cold) cup of coffee to my right, fingers on the keyboard, and Sprint 3 coming to an end. Two weeks of coding, thinking, testing, and small victories. Time for a recap. Goals Achieved: GOAP and Localization I had two main objectives for this sprint,
Devlog
The Need: A Leader's Watchful Eye In Refuge, the player takes on the role of a leader managing a small community of survivors hiding in an underground shelter after a devastating zombie outbreak. Managing the shelter, its inhabitants, and resources needs to be clear, intuitive, and enjoyable. And
Devlog
Why you should consider localization from the start of your project Many developers push localization to the very end, thinking it'll just be a quick "Ctrl+F" to replace all hardcoded strings. Spoiler alert: it's never that easy. Why? Because localization isn't
Misc
In the wonderful world of game development, we often have to juggle different artificial intelligence systems. But which one to choose without ending up bald from tearing your hair out? Today, we're going to dissect three popular approaches: Finite State Machines (FSM), Behavior Trees (BT), and Goal-Oriented
Project
Introduction Developing a game solo is like planning an expedition to Antarctica with just a backpack and a plastic compass, if you don’t at least have a rough plan, you’ll end up wandering in the blizzard forever. The goal of this article? To hand you a map, a