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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’
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Welcome to the world of Refuge, a post-apocalyptic management and survival game where every decision can determine the fate of your group. The Concept Humanity collapsed after a devastating outbreak turned most of the population into zombies. You are the leader of a small group of survivors hiding underground.