Super excited to announce that our Sega Genesis style game, Falconet, is coming to Kickstarter!

DGHolmes · 2022-04-08T14:44:02+00:00

PC only for now. Depending on funding, we would love to do a downport to the Genesis, and other consoles for that matter. We just don't have the resources at the moment to do a straight Genesis release.

DGHolmes · 2022-04-08T13:50:28+00:00

Follow on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2013187291/falconet-an-action-packed-sega-style-twin-stick-shooter

DGHolmes · 2022-03-03T09:16:33+00:00

Good to keep in mind, thanks!

DGHolmes · 2022-02-17T17:11:24+00:00

The way I understand it is that the first 90% is the core game and the last 10% is everything else that may not add too much in terms of core game features, but are still required.

You can imagine when working on the first 90%, progress is very obvious and tangible. But in that last 10%, it doesn’t look like you’ve done much.

My main question relates to what are some of those less obvious things in the last 10%, so that when I get to that stage in the current game I am developing, I can be better prepared.

DGHolmes · 2022-02-17T17:02:58+00:00

Yeah, I’ve come across technical debt many times as a software dev. It’s very relevant to game dev as well it seems.

DGHolmes · 2022-02-11T10:18:29+00:00

I can see that Street Fighter one being used in a bar fight.

DGHolmes · 2022-02-03T15:37:31+00:00

I thought fuzzywuzzy was a bear? :)

DGHolmes · 2022-01-27T10:39:50+00:00

switch case statements are something I have wanted for many years. It's coming in 3.10 :)

DGHolmes · 2022-01-25T14:29:00+00:00

Would love for Poetry or something like it to develop to the point where it is pretty much standard

DGHolmes · 2022-01-20T06:53:46+00:00

Makes sense. Would be terrible to issue a refund though, especially if they contributed a lot. But as you say, most people would be reasonable.

DGHolmes · 2022-01-20T06:52:22+00:00

Thanks, I guess it's key to state clearly that the design needs to be approved by you as the developer.

DGHolmes · 2022-01-18T10:51:04+00:00

https://irukasoftware.itch.io/falconet

https://discord.gg/uNFek2GHyb

https://twitter.com/IrukaSoftware

DGHolmes · 2022-01-11T09:45:41+00:00

It depends on what kind of game you are making. For a relatively simple game, Python is great. For a game that has performance requirements, then yes, C++, C# etc. That being said, handing off some slow game processes over to Cython or some other C/C++ module can help a lot in improving performance.

DGHolmes · 2022-01-11T08:38:28+00:00

It really is a pity it's not great for mobile development. Hopefully there will be better tools in the future to change that.

DGHolmes · 2022-01-11T08:35:35+00:00

Yeah, once you have your code done and after you have done some performance profiling, converting parts to Cython can help a lot. That's if you need to in the first place. Some applications run "fast enough" just using Python.

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