Melkhior's Tower - Dev Log

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

Melkhior’s Tower is a game I’m currently developing exclusively for Playdate using the C SDK, and is a spin-off of my PC/Linux/Mac game Melkhior’s Mansion which was released back in January 2022. It’s not a straight conversion, it’s a different game.

I’ve recently started a dev log, so I’ve created this thread to post news of any updates. The dev log is hosted on Itch at: https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-tower-playdate

Here’s a link to the YouTube playlist of videos that I’ve uploaded so far: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfcGeKZDeV5tNq4fNkl96Dh64jtLi11Vt

If you’re interested in seeing how the project progresses then please watch this space.

[Guv_Bubbs (Donald Fraser)]

This looks fantastic!

[Luisworks_Dev_Studios (Luisillo)]

This. Game. Looks. Absolutely. Amazing.

LOVE ITTTTTTTT!!!

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

A new dev log entry showing the map editor:

https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-tower-playdate/devlog/1326794/map-editor

[AmorBielyi (Roman)]

That looks amazing! Thanks for sharing it with us! You mentioned that the game was developed in C? That’s cool and maybe you could try using Golang language instead of C next time. I think it might make managing everything a bit simpler

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

A new dev log entry for firing weapons:

https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-tower-playdate/devlog/1354973/firing-weapons

[marcin85]

looks amazing! last screen reminds me heimdall 2 on amiga

[roguewombat (Ryan Szrama)]

Heimdall was so great. “Here, have a keg of ale, now throw this axe at that person, try not to hit ‘em!”

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

It looks fantastic, right up my street, but it’s one of those games that passed me by for some reason.

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

Been tinkering with the title screen and screen transitions.

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

Some of the special baddies from the original Melkhior's Mansion will be making an appearance in Melkhior's Tower. Not 100% sure what they'll do yet, I need to figure that out.

https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-tower-playdate

[indoordruids (IndoorDruid)]

I really like how well it reads, everything is so well-defined. I am having issues with making the sprites read and seeing this being so well-done is really eye-opening.

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

Thanks. I think the decision to double up the pixel size has helped, maybe. Also, the pixel artist (not me!) is really talented. I’m so lucky in that respect.

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

I’ve been playing around with how the A and B buttons are going to work. More info at the dev log:

https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-tower-playdate/devlog/1472156/more-button-pressing

[Bitglint (RichJ)]

Been working on rendering optimisations.

https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-tower-playdate/devlog/1493764/isometric-rendering-optimisations