Devlog

• Plans for 2023.
  February 15, 2023 by Hodslate

  Slow start to the year which is good. Been playing games rather than trying to create them. I've been playing Fable 1, Kings field 3 and Gothic 3 recently. As well watching a few documentaries and rea... Continue reading
• A nice review!!!!
  January 27, 2023 by Hodslate

  https://thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/arcane_cache/2023/01/26/citadel-unchained/ Thanks to Thunder Perfect witchcraft for their kind words!!... Continue reading
• Game is complete!!!!!!
  January 22, 2023 by Hodslate

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  I finally finished making this open world behemoth!!!!! Of course I had to abandon many features but I was able to dish up something for the older hardware like I originally intended. Glad it's over a... Continue reading

  
• A hard push
  January 09, 2023 by Hodslate

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  After a hard push the last couple of days I've got the game about 90% complete. Only a few additional things to add now and it will be complete. I've squeezed every last drop out of the optimisation f... Continue reading

  
• Close to the end!!
  December 29, 2022 by Hodslate

  The game is about 80% complete aside from the combat mainly! If anybody knows any decent kill camera respawn scene type scripts I'd appreciate a use of them. hoddy2011#1765 msg me on discord if you wu... Continue reading
• December update!
  December 11, 2022 by Hodslate

  I havnt had much spare time this month due to work commitments. Most of my relaxing time has been playing games or watching s movie or 2. Just been too drained to put into my dev work but here is a sm... Continue reading
• New horror game incoming
  November 13, 2022 by Hodslate

  I'm still working on Citadel Unchained as a long term project but I'm also working on a much shorter one. It's very different from what I've done in the past and is totally removed from fantasy. It's... Continue reading
• Progress update early November
  November 05, 2022 by Hodslate

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  Havnt had a great deal of spare time due to working 60+ hour weeks. There is now many more locations. The map is filling up fast! The first enemies are programmed. There's now a shield aswell for defe... Continue reading

  
• Let it rain
  October 26, 2022 by Hodslate

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  I now have 8 settlements underway and 25 ambient sounds including a thunderstorm/rain. I couldnt capture the audio correctly unfortunately but it's very immersive. 3 new soundtracks have been added as... Continue reading
• New locations underway
  October 23, 2022 by Hodslate

  Added the beginnings of a new location. Next devlog will have screenshots of all the finished locations and I'll make a small trailer showcasing the areas. So far we have. Harvest (demo town) Citadel... Continue reading

  
• October Jam post mortem
  October 21, 2022 by Hodslate

  Here is a demo of what I hope will eventually be a complete game. I set out to achieve a retro open world fantasy game for 20 year old hardware. The Demo comprises about 5-10 minutes gameplay. The exp... Continue reading

  
• Demo out very soon!
  October 19, 2022 by Hodslate

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  Time has been limited of late but I'm aiming to have a small demo out before the end of October. Maybe 5 or 10 minutes gameplay. Very basic with only small hints regarding the plot. The demo will take... Continue reading

  
• Where I'm at!!! + Project goals
  October 13, 2022 by Hodslate

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  So I've been stuck into this one of late. I'd say this is the spiritual successor of the Gloomvale King. I've taken all my failures from that particular outing and kept the scope of this game much sma... Continue reading