Afterlife Gladiator

Devlog

• Devlog 37: Blank
  October 17, 2024 by Bakar

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  I totally forgot I had to write a devlog for the latest update. I'm rather aimless at the time which isn't good this close to release. I have a date in mind now, the game is coming out November 5th. A... Continue reading
• Devlog 36: The Joy of Development
  October 01, 2024 by Bakar

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  The day of release is approaching, that means a lot of boring things need to be taken care of. Chief among them is the feedback provided during the last Demo Days event which I'll address in this log... Continue reading
• Devlog 35: Until it Shines
  September 16, 2024 by Bakar

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  This devlog encompasses many changes that the game went through in preparation for Demo Day 58, the 11th and last one as far as Afterlife Gladiator is concerned. If everything goes as planned then I'l... Continue reading
• Devlog 34: Good News, I Had a Nightmare
  August 24, 2024 by Bakar

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  It was a good one too, but it would spoil something in stage 16 so I can't use it. What a shame. Anyway, these past 2 weeks I've been mostly working on art. I'm running out of slides to fix but my sec... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 33: Viva la Actualización
  August 10, 2024 by Bakar

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  It took longer than expected, but I can finally say that Afterlife Gladiator is playable in Spanish. Realistically speaking, this was probably a waste of time since most people interested in small ins... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 32: Watching Over Me
  July 22, 2024 by Bakar

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  This devlog is coming out a little later than usual because I have an announcement to make: Afterlife Gladiator will be participating on Pixeltated, a Steam game festival organized by the wonderful pe... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 31: Born to Sleep
  July 04, 2024 by Bakar

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  Due to poor record keeping I don't have as much as I should to write about this time around, but when you are not getting enough sleep you leave some things fall by the wayside. Regardless, I got some... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 30 : Obligatory Fishing Minigame
  June 18, 2024 by Bakar

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  I think it was horbror who first suggested adding something to break up the combat. Well, now the main content of the game is done I finally decided to implement the first out of 2 or maybe 3 minigame... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 29: Six Frames per Second
  June 01, 2024 by Bakar

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  As the title implies, that's the framerate of most animations in the game. Coupled with the decisively low resolution and limited color palette might lead one to believe any sort of eye candy is point... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 28: The Secret Ingredient is Love
  May 18, 2024 by Bakar

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  Back to regular updates, I hope. Now that all of the main content is finished I'm finally dealing with all the quirks left behind in the process of finishing the last level. Chief among them are the i... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 27: Day 587
  May 03, 2024 by Bakar

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  Five hundred and eighty-seven, that's how many entries my super secret personal log for Afterlife Gladiator has. Each one represents a day of my life, gone forever. Of course, many of these entries ar... Continue reading
• Devlog 26: Emotionally Charged
  March 24, 2024 by Bakar

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  Some time ago, I implemented a system that would allow character portraits to display emotions after noticing that certain dialogue sequences required it. At least to me, it felt particularly jarring... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 25: The Devil is in the Details
  March 08, 2024 by Bakar

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  This timing of this devlog is awkward in more ways than one. For once, I prefer it when I get to write 4 in between each Demo Days but this time we only had 7 weeks instead of 8. Also, I've been drawi... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 24: Writing is hard.
  February 20, 2024 by Bakar

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  Sadly, I don't have a lot to comment on this time around. I prefer to focus on general improvements in order to avoid spoilers hoping to avoid annoying my imaginary readers. I know it bothers me when... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 23: Come Rain or Shine
  February 05, 2024 by Bakar

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  I wish I had more times to develop games, even writing this devlog will shorten the distance that separates me from next Monday. Why am I mentioning this? Well, because it's true, but also because thi... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 22: Declaring War on Jank.
  January 20, 2024 by Bakar

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  It's a losing proposition, but a fight worth fighting. A lot of issues with the game were caused by code from over a year ago when Afterlife Gladiator was a prototype of Medarot's combat system, but a... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 21: The night before DD 54
  January 05, 2024 by Bakar

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  Published late, but published nonetheless. This is the devlog from the night before Demo Day. Working on content has paid off as the latest version includes 3 new levels, one more than anticipated. As... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 20: Working hard on new content
  December 20, 2023 by Bakar

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  It was bound to happen sooner or later, but I really have nothing to comment on this time around. As the title says, these last 2 weeks I've been working on finishing more levels in preparation for th... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 19: Working on new content, enemy spawns and main hub changes.
  December 04, 2023 by Bakar

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  I don't have much to say this time around if I want to avoid spoilers. As the title implies, these last two weeks have been mostly dedicated to working on new content. There's some older stuff I would... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 18: Small fixes thanks to feedback and working on new content
  November 18, 2023 by Bakar

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  I've decided to number devlogs because of how many there are now. The latest update contains small fixes to some of the issues pointed out during the latest Demo Day. In the first place, it's now poss... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 17: Demo Day 53 is here.
  November 03, 2023 by Bakar

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  Another 2 weeks have gone by and that means it’s time for another update. This time around I spent like 3 days working on a localization. I wish I could say that it was finished but it’s actually... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 16: New combat tutorial, item animations and UI improvements.
  October 18, 2023 by Bakar

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  In this occasion I don't have much to write down about Afterlife Gladiator because I spent a significant amount of time during the last 2 weeks working on new content that will hopefully be ready in t... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 15: New controls, UI changes and other general improvements.
  October 02, 2023 by Bakar

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  Ever since I first published the first demo for Afterlife Gladiator it has become apparent that the biggest issues with the game are related to readability. It's difficult to put oneself in the perspe... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 14: Post DD52 progress report.
  September 16, 2023 by Bakar

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  Last DD I was blessed with a lot of useful feedback that I've been putting to action during the last 2 weeks. I still have much to do but I think that when put together all of these small notes that p... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 13: Demo Day 52 is here.
  September 01, 2023 by Bakar

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  Long time no see, imaginary audience. I thought I should skip one devlog since DD came about a week earlier this time around and last time I didn't have much to say but that ended up being a bit of a... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 12: A small update plus Steam page announcement
  August 06, 2023 by Bakar

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  I don't have much to show for this time around since I've been working on new content for the game and the next levels require a fair amount of new assets. However, I have added a small improvement to... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 11: A small progress report after DD 51
  July 22, 2023 by Bakar

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  "No plan survives contact with the enemy". That's a bit dramatic considering that to my knowledge nobody is trying to kill me for developing a video game in my free time, but it's still a fitting phra... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 10: More assets and hopefully more polish.
  June 23, 2023 by Bakar

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  As the title says, these last 2 weeks works I've continued working on assets. In particular, 6 frame walking animations have occupied a considerable amount of my free time. The results are far from pe... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 09: Still working on assets and other things of note.
  June 08, 2023 by Bakar

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  Another 2 weeks have passed, but I'm still not finished with all the stuff I need to update for the aesthetics of the game to look cohesive. However, that's partially because I've been making progress... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 08: An update so tiny you could kill it with antibiotics plus some news.
  May 23, 2023 by Bakar

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  Greetings. I'm afraid I don't have much to document this time around besides a few bug fixes. Most importantly, the revival feather should work as intended and the game won't crash when two or more en... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 07: Demo day 50 is over.
  May 08, 2023 by Bakar

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  I should have written this while Demo Day was ongoing but I honestly didn't know what to write. I've been updating every 2 weeks so my progress during the preceding weeks up to Demo Day 50 was all doc... Continue reading
• Devlog 06: A small update before Demo Day 50
  April 17, 2023 by Bakar

  As the title suggests, this is the last update before Demo Days 50 which is pretty much the same as last DD only the number is cooler. Nevertheless, I have also spent a more than insignificant amount... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 05: The big brain update.
  April 03, 2023 by Bakar

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  I'm afraid this update doesn't include any new content this time around, but hopefully it will improve the game as a whole because this is the AI rework I had been postponing for a while. Let's be hon... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 04: Trying to update more often
  March 20, 2023 by Bakar

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  As the title implies, I want to update more often. I realize most of the people who will try the game are going to do it during demo days so might as well try to stay active. In this occasion I have i... Continue reading

  
• Devlog 03: Demo Day 49 is here.
  March 03, 2023 by Bakar

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  Time flies doesn't it? The project has undergone many significant changes during the past month, among them the new content must be the most immediately apparent. The game has almost doubled in conten... Continue reading
• Devlog 02: General improvements to readability.
  January 22, 2023 by Bakar

  These last couple of weeks I have implemented several small changes which I think when aggregated make a significant difference to how easy it's to understand the game mechanics and what's going on in... Continue reading
• Devlog 01: A small progress report.
  January 10, 2023 by Bakar

  The following log is meant to document a series of small changes that I have made to the game based on the feedback I received during AGDG Demo Day 48. I won't list every change but I'll list some of... Continue reading