CallOfSaregnar

Wordlock Chest Developments

Hey dear Patreons!

Here’s a quick video update of the wordlock chest mechanic I recently implemented in the game.  

I still need to tweak the appearance of the loot window/icon/animation, but the chests are done.

I really wanted to have this feature in for the demo, so expect to find it when it releas...

Report From The Slovenian Games Conference And Demo Plans

Hey patrons!

This is me reporting from SGC’s aftermath. The event was quite big this year, with over 500 devs attending (trust me, this is big by Slovenia’s standards), and the reception of the game was nothing short of outstanding. I haven’t counted the number of people who played the demo, but the fact that the ...

Call of Saregnar SGC 2019 Trailer

I've been busy.

Since the last update, I've been working hard to have the CoS demo ready for the SGC conference, and starting Monday I'm taking a week off of work to finish it. The trailer above is part of the submission of the game to the conference, and a showcase of what you can expect to see when playing the demo at...

Call of Saregnar Cover Art

Dear patrons!

I'm happy to present you the official cover art for CoS!

This fantastic piece of artwork comes from under the brushes of Torgeir Fjereide, an amazing artist I've come to know a few months ago, when he did the menu art for Innkeep (2019-10-13 11:31:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Screenshots From The Upcoming SGC2019 Demo

On the 30th of November this year, there is a game development conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This is the first year that I'll be attending as an indie developer, so for the occasion I am preparing a short demo to showcase at my booth. Depending on the state of the...

Grass Rendering Plans

As people seem to be interested in my implementation for rendering grass, and since I don't recall having explained it anywhere public, here are some notes on how I am currently doing it, and how I intend to fix the speed issues I am having.

First, let me explain my current process for laying down patches of green, aka ...

Reporting From The Holidays Pt. 2

How are you doing, my dear patrons?

My vacation is nearing its end, precisely tomorrow is the last day, then hopefully a full weekend of working on CoS, then I'm back to the weekly day-job, gamedev-nights routine, but I am getting ahead of myself.

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Reporting From The Holidays Pt. 1

The first week of my summer holidays is nearing its end, and my brain is making all sorts of wonderful connections with all the input the Istria region has to offer.

We’ve visited a range of old villages and towns, including Rovinj and Pula, and the charming winding stone-paved streets are my favorite sight of them all. Need...

Mini Update: Hex Grid Combat

I've been gently reminded that I am lagging behind on updates here on Patreon, and oh my, am I behind. I guess time speeds up when you are deep in code. I promise I will keep you good folks updated more frequently from now on. Speaking of which...

For the past few weeks, I've been designing and coding the combat system and mor...

Mini Update: A Temple & Stuff

As the playable area grows and expands, the need for new buildngs arises. This building is a temple, and this is where the party will be able to obtain knowledge of a particular god, make donations, seek healing, etc.

Next thing to do is to model the interior, and implement the various interactions that take place there. Not t...

You Decide: Hi-Fi vs. Lo-Fi Music

I’m preparing a short gameplay video featuring two music tracks, one hi-fi pair, and another lo-fi pair. And guess what, YOU, my patrons will get to hear them first, and vote on the style that you think best suits the game (Later, I will release it to a wider audience, in orde...

Dialogue Editor

It is funny how Call of Saregnar began its life as an interactive fiction RPG hybrid, and the first thing I did back then, was to implement a conversation system. Now that CoS has grown into a fully-fledged graphic monstrosity, I almost forgot about this principal ingredient of game.

So, last night I've begun to investigate on...

Spellcasting UI

Way back in September 2016 (already?!) I wrote about how the magic system works in the world of Phidaine, so I won't go into detail about that now (you should totally check it out if you haven't though). Instead I will be ...

Happy New Year

Dear patrons,

I would like to take a moment to wish you all a happy 2018.

For me and Call of Saregnar, the upcoming year marks a hopefully uninterrupted and productive time when I'll have a fully-featured working (internal) demo and a trailer, which I'll use to get the remaining development of the game funded.

Your...

Some More Actors Processed And Placed in an Inn Scene

Just a quick preview of four actors processed and placed in the scene using the new animator component I created. With it I can specify the order and duration of each frame of animation. The plan is to have an optional random/range for the duration in the future.

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From Green Screen to In-Game Character Animation

As you all surely know, I've decided quite a while ago to ditch the idea of using low-poly 3D models for actors, and instead go with a more true to my vision, real actor billboards approach for Call of Saregnar. While I knew that using 3D models would have saved me tons of headaches and manual work, it just didn...

Video Log N.1 - Shops

For the past weeks I've been working to get the shopping code and interface implemented and here is a peek at the experience.

I excuse myself for the occasional dips in frame rate, but I can assure you it's all due to the recording process and not the game itself. :)

Buying And Selling Items

This is a WIP view of the shop interface as it stands now. Of course there is still much to do, like a better price display, show scrollbars only when needed, fix labels cropping off part of the text, etc...

Then there's the need to only display the items that can be actually sold in the specific store (you won't be able to se...

Going Full-time Indie

So finally it has arrived, my last day at work.

Starting next week I’m switching to hardcore indiedev mode, so you should start seeing some major progress on the game. I’ve been much words and little to show lately, but I assure you that I’ve been working hard on CoS. This full-time thing will boost the development ...