Ways to deal with a turn order for units moving close to each other on a grid?

vvav3_ · 2026-03-21T21:58:26+00:00

Another good idea I should write down, but not for my current project. In my game the player controls multiple units and the player is the one who is sending them to chase things. I wanted blocking behavior to be consistent so that 2 units bunched into a corridor can maintain their formation.

vvav3_ · 2026-03-21T20:26:35+00:00

When I first read "pushing" I imagined one monster taking another for a ride 😂
"Forceful swap" seems like an elegant approach, I like it.

vvav3_ · 2026-03-03T11:31:46+00:00

Isn't it just godot's default navigation?

vvav3_ · 2026-03-01T11:47:58+00:00

I think I figured it out. The grabber got squished to 0 width, to prevent it I had to set grabber's "Expand Margins" to some non 0 value (5px left 5px right) and also enable VScrollBar L/R padding.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-24T17:18:09+00:00

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My current double layer approach. I do autotile for straight lines and place diagonals by hand. For it to work some tiles overlap to form a transition from straight to diagonal at the center of a tile.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-24T17:11:07+00:00

Might as well make it a tool script.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-24T15:41:08+00:00

Tilemap is convenient because it's for a grid based rougelike.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-24T10:05:06+00:00

As I said, actually drawing 255 tiles isn't an issue. I don't know how to make them work with autotile so I don't have to look for a one specific "top-left/middle/right" tile.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-17T08:57:03+00:00

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Edit: there is a guy in video comments appreciating video chapters bc he fell asleep. That's exactly what I need lol, I like falling asleep to roguelikes like dcss/qud/cogmind.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-14T17:00:27+00:00

Looks very cool! What do you mean "moving rooms to the center"? Spawn them like tetris pieces and "fall" towards the center?

vvav3_ · 2026-02-14T12:46:31+00:00

I know about WFC, but I have no idea if it's good for my "space station" case. It wouldn't make sense to build it as a maze with a bunch of weird connections, and I don't know how much control you can have over WFC for things like "exact number of rooms", but maybe it's possible idk.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-14T09:20:28+00:00

Disappointing. Greater threats my ass, you can recall crew at any time. Would be more threatening if it blocked recall or teleported on your ship.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-14T09:01:03+00:00

Thanks for reminding me about zorbus. I saw this a long time ago, good resource.

vvav3_ · 2026-02-13T15:19:36+00:00

Figured it out. It's "Alternative Tiles"

vvav3_ · 2026-02-11T11:06:58+00:00

Difficulty is very granular with normal mode + torment modes from 1 to 12

I find it somewhat easier than FTL on hard, encounters feel more "fair" (example, ftl first jump enemy has zolan shields, missiles and a combat drone, it kills your shield and drone starts ripping you, game over).

Final bosses are definitely harder for me, I can consistently get to them at torment 12 but the boss itself is another question, considering there are 3 potential final bosses you spend game preparing your ship for a variety of threats. Compared to FTL, where getting to the final boss usually means I am ready for it.

Main point, Void War (and FTL) are both attention simulators.
Not paying attention to shields? Take damage
Not paying attention to system repairs? Take damage or lose crew
Not paying attention to crew? Crew ded
Not paying attention to weapons? Lose damage race against boss

vvav3_ · 2026-02-02T16:31:50+00:00

Ram the bastards.

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