Will King@wking.devIT WORKS! I think I need some sound effects though. Also some real sprites.14/5/25, 12:33 pm·1 repost·28 likes
Will King@wking.dev14 May 2025Thanks Justin! Building this has been more akin to sculpting than engineering.1
Will King@wking.dev14 May 2025100% artisanal code. [REDACTED] since it is for my Laracon talk, but I will invite you after I finish up the WIP today.14
Will King@wking.dev14 May 2025Well I do not come even close the the depth of Laravel experience everyone else has so I might as well lean into the strengths I do. 🤣11
Will King@wking.dev14 May 2025Thanks Connor! Been thinking through the tileset and sprites and uncovered this "dual grid" system and this is going to be so fun. youtu.be/jEWFSv3ivTg?...youtu.beDraw fewer tiles - by using a Dual-Grid system!YouTube video by jess::codes12
Connor Lindsey@connorlindsey.dev14 May 2025Ooh nice! Would love to see how your implementing it. Reusing any of your Gleam code or is it something new?11
Will King@wking.dev14 May 2025It's Laravel, React, Tailwind. Most of the map generation logic is in Laravel and the game loop is in React. Concepts definitely reused.1
Phendan@phen.dev14 May 2025No problem! If you get the time to share some more of the process behind it, I'd be very curious11
Will King@wking.dev14 May 2025I'm doing a talk on it in July, and will share more of the nitty gritty here as well!11