Project8088: Finding Aidia Le

Over a year of nights and weekends, and Project8088 finally has a Steam page. 16 levels inside routers, rigs, and servers. One missing quantum field operator. Wishlists mean a ton to a solo dev 💙 #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #indiegame #madewithunreal #FPS

Earlier in the week, Project8088 was approved for listing on Steam. Even at 57, it's not too late to pursue your passion. Demo will be coming soon! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #ue5 #indiedev #wishlist

As a Clash Royale Clan leader, I have several openings for players. The Archive. #LG8920GP Pretty simple requirements: Be kind, read the chat and messages, and do your war day battles. Promotions based on merit, not tenure. #gaming #cr #clashroyale #mobile

Fighting from inside the machine. #Project8088 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #ue5 #indiegame

As the Clan Leader, I am looking for players to join my #ClashRoyale Clan: The Archive. #LG8920GP I have 17 openings. Be kind, read chat and messages, and do your war day battles. #mobile #mobilegaming #clan #cr #supercell

In #Project8088, inspired by the computers I grew up learning how to program, you are a cyberwarfare specialist training inside a machine.. Do you think this captures bringing #retrocomputing into the future? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

In #Project8088, you are inside the machine. What you thought was cyberwarfare turned out to be very very dfferent. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

You’ve been dropped onto an 8088 motherboard for your training. Those “buildings” are RAM chips and transistors. That thing hovering overhead is not friendly. Reworked the lighting on the first level. Does the scale read? #gamedev #indiedev #ue5 #project8088

Because I am ~totally~ not biased, I love [most] all the levels from #Project8088. But The Experiment level with it's multi-tiered space, tougher enemies, and pressured gameplay makes it my favorite so far. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #UE5

The tutorial ends and the story begins. #Project8088 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

#Project8088: Updated the 8088B tutorial level with some lighting and material changes. Old (first image) vs. New #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

#Project8088: Working on the act / scene scripting engine that sits outside the #UE5 environment but orchestrates the game using data tables. Tonight I've added a scene (phase) timer agent which yields more control in the pacing of enemies and dialog. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev

This video is damn near perfect! #LGTM

The tutorial ends and the story begins. #Project8088 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

#Project8088 - the end of the tutorial, the beginning of the story. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #FindingAidiaLe #UE5

Finishing up the tutorial for Project8088. Still some dialog to work out / redo, and need to build better tension for the scene at the end of the level. But I am happy how it's playing out. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #newgame #ue5

Hmmm...there might a bit of logic debt in there somewhere. It's just the #Project8088 projectile base class for Event Hit. It's okay...it's all okay. 🔥 It'll be a-okay. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #newgame #ue5

Because I am ~totally~ not biased, I love [most] all the levels from #Project8088. But The Experiment level with it's multi-tiered space, tougher enemies, and pressured gameplay makes it my favorite so far. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #UE5

Little pre-day job refinement of the tutorial level. Things are settling with #Project8088. A lot of tech debt eliminated and systems created. Hopefully some major progress over the weekend. #TGIF! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

After much resistance because of invested time in the original concept, I created an switch agent. It will watch a switch and destroy itself once the switch is on. In the Project8088, when all agents are destroyed for a phase, the next phase is loaded. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #ue5 #indiegame

A bit of super simple lighting to add some atmosphere to the The Lab in #Project8088. #gamedev #indiedev #ue5 #indiegame #solodev #newgame

The beginning of the #Project8088 tutorial using a phase objective system I created. The system let's me add phase objectives via data tables and are deployed via phase agents. When the phase is completed, the indicator disappears. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

Working on the phase objectives for #Project8088. Eliminating some technical debt by going with an agent based system. Also getting rid of the text-based level begin overlay listing the phases and implementing a more diegetic approach. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #ue5

In #Project8088, BP_Agents (bits of criteria) spawn when the phase starts and destroy themselves when their criteria is complete. Once all agents are destroyed, the system moves to the next phase. This allows for reusable agents across levels. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #ue5 #indiegame

The inspiration for Project8088 transformed into the the tutorial level. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5 #solodev

It takes a Quantum AI Server Room to run a Quantum Transfer Chamber. #Project8088. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

Reworking aspects of The Lab in #Project8088. Trading out unnecessary sophistication for simplicity. And in the effort of trying to learn something new every session, behold: in-game camera. 😀 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

In #Project8088, The Lab is the base of operations. Part of The Lab includes the Residence wing where the player has their own unit. Not sure what's going to happen here yet, but The Lab wouldn't feel complete without the residence area. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #ue5

How #Project8088 started: the 8088 inspired motherboard for the tutorial. And how it's going: The Experiment - a vast tiered level with hints of the past pointing to the future. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #ue5

Trying to get a bit braver with lighting. #Project8088 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

#Project8088 - Spawned agents that self destruct when criteria is completed. Applied via a data table, they determine if a phase is completed. They are spawned in and stored in an array. Once all agents in the array are invalid, the phase is complete. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

#Project8088: Starting to tear down some of my earlier concepts. First to go is a multiple 8x3 panel wall where you could turn off individual panels. Simply not worth it in the scheme of things. I've replace the Quantum Chamber design with a mesh and material. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

The Quantum Chamber - the place that takes you to the levels of the game. It hasn't changed much since it's inception and I think it's going to stay that way. #Project8088 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

#Project8088: small diversion into The Lab, working on the AI Server Room. #gamedev #indiedev #ue5 #indiegame

After a small break of taking care of life, I ready to get back to #indiegame #Project8088 development. Need to work on generating media for the Steam page, design a few more levels, tighten the narrative, etc, etc. #gamedev #indiedev #UE5

The Experiment level, final form perhaps, in #Project8088. It will be narratively important and difficult to complete. This weekend, I'll be continuing to work on cleaning up some tech debt by leveraging base classes for projectiles and enemies. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

After over a year of development, I'm circling back around eliminating some technical debt. In this case, it's a behavior tree for probe attack player / random move. I'm super murky about all the set up, but it seems worth it? #gamedev #techdebt #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

Getting ready to explore behavior trees in #UE5 - another part of the #gamedev journey I've been avoid. But they may yield a bit more flexibility into the overall development of the probe enemies in #Project8088. Until then, enjoy these 19 seconds of raw gameplay. #indiedev #indiegame

Project8088: The Quantum Chain mod takes left over damage and creates 8 projectiles equal to that damage after a enemies destruction. Then the effect cascades until all damage is dissipated. Super power when used skillfully. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #UE5 #screenshotsaturday

Gonna need a bigger primary fire😀 #Project8088 Made quite a few updates behind the scenes regarding enemy navigation thus eliminating / reducing some technical debt. #showcasesaturday #gamedev #indiegame #indiedevs

After working on #Project8088 until 1AM and getting totally frustrated with z-axis of all things, I can't wait to get back to it tonight. When I started developing the game, I created some floating pawn tech debt. Hopefully it's solved now. BTW: Latest projectile #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

Secondary single fire projectile for #Project8088. This will be a mod the player opts into. At the moment it's set to fire at 4x normal projectile damage - not sure if I want to make that variable. Either way, it's expensive - so don't miss. #wipwednesday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

Added a secondary single fire weapon which is 4x the primary weapon. It's expensive to use, so don't miss. I'm getting close to a decision - instead of using each level twice, I think I am going to create 8 more levels. #wipwednesday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

A new projectile has entered the game. This bad boy has the same effects and buffs as the standard weapon, except it does 4x damage (and costs 4x) and is a tad bit slower but has a longer lifespan. A miss will be costly. #Project8088 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #ue5

The first few moments of The Experiment in #Project8088. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #ue5

Effort continues on The Experiment, a level in #Project8088. Working out an issue with pawns falling thru the nav mesh - a bit frustrating - but what would development be without challenges. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #ue5

#Project8088: Added a new circuit board to the game to help with depth and lore. Just one small thing makes a world of difference in the level - though I can't win it yet and it's only about 20% done as far as enemy spawns and gameplay. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #fps #ue5

The Experiment level in #Project8088 is coming along nicely. Still a lot of empty space to make use of and I need to design the narrative behind it. But all in all, it feels like #wipwednesday. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #fps #ue5