beholdin'

Devlog

• Perf and updates
  April 19, 2021 by KPD

  I dug into beholdin's code a few nights ago, and it took a few minutes to find the code that was causing hitches on the web export and remove it all. I also optimized some VFX - was mostly just lookin... Continue reading
• Relatively minor update!
  May 22, 2019 by KPD#PlayFab, #GameSparks, #Unity Update

  I did some minor game scene optimizations and updated to Unity 2019.1. The big change here is that I removed GameSparks and implemented PlayFab. Neither of these backend services does exactly what I... Continue reading
• Wavin' Goodbye
  February 26, 2019 by KPD#Maps, #Update, #Titles

  Beholdin' 1.10! New map set! Did you like the wavy map? I did not, and it is no longer in this game. play on a Monday (UTC midnight) to see the new map type! New Exit indicator! I made a cool look... Continue reading

  
• beholdin' 1.02
  December 15, 2018 by KPD#bugs

  Bugs baddies pop out of the world Mitigated: Each Room will bring back any enemies who stray. (Tough to truly "Fix" this as it seems like Unity's 2D Colliders simply fail to validate faces at ce... Continue reading
• beholdin' 1.01
  December 04, 2018 by KPD

  BUG - Controllers weren't working. now they are (Thanks Robby!) BUG - Occasionally, door meshes would fail Unity's validation and become non-collidable! Mitigated. (thanks Mack!) BUG - Log Out does... Continue reading
• Locomotion Bug
  August 28, 2018 by KPD

  there's a pretty big locomotion-related bug in beholdin' right now, thanks for bringing it to my attention. It's a bit more complex than most, but I'm hoping to have a fix up by the end of the week... Continue reading
• beholdin' 8_7 : groovin'
  August 25, 2018 by KPD

  took some time off go on vacation and hash out the details of another prototype and read a book, but back to my usual 2 week milestone length now, which means I just updated to 8_7! 8_7 got some tunes... Continue reading
• 8_6_1 bugfix
  July 28, 2018 by KPD#beholdin, #bugs, #design, #roadmap, #twin stick shooter, #shooter, #dungeons, #procedural generation

  Alright I rushed that 8_6 release last night because I was impatient and maybe shipped some bugs and bad design values. I cleaned most of that up today. I'm taking a 2 week break from beholdin' dev... Continue reading
• beholdin' 8_6
  July 27, 2018 by KPD

  explosive rooms. looks like slimes + exits are invisible right now so I'll fix that shortly. Leaderboards for guest players... Continue reading
• beholdin' 8_5
  July 10, 2018 by KPD

  Beholdin’ 8_5after a couple of minor bug fixes, beholdin’ 8_5 is here! I took notes after a handful of new users sent me surprisingly thoughtful feedback around the game, and managed to build an... Continue reading
• 8_4 Bug
  June 20, 2018 by KPD

  Hey all, Mack found a game breaking bug in 8_4. If you get stuck in a room, you'll have to quit. I'll fix it asap... Continue reading
• beholdin 8_4
  June 20, 2018 by KPD#development, #twinstick, #shooter, #procedural

  beholdin’ 8_4 is here,and so are some new friends! A handful of people accepted my invite to try the game over the past weekend and I will be sending them invites if this build is clean. The foll... Continue reading
• v8_3 -Polish Pass
  June 04, 2018 by KPD

  Happy with how beholdin' is starting to look, and I've unified the visual design work to a couple of shaders instead of the tens I was using before. It just took some time to hone in on the methods I... Continue reading

  
• Scratchin' the itch.
  May 20, 2018 by KPD

  it has been a while. moved beholdin' to fb for a while as mack and i sorted out leaderboard stuff & auth etc. with gdpr and general antipathy towards FB, i moved to GameSparks' basic Auth and here w... Continue reading

  
• Break holdin'
  December 20, 2017 by KPD#shooter, #procgen, #palette

  took a break! Welcomed my newborn into the world in October, then Spent November making BLIT CITY for the Github Gameoff jam as I acclimatized to getting back to work. But it was a good break. I so... Continue reading

  
• New Maps
  October 06, 2017 by KPD#Map Generation, #Procedural Generation

  The design of the new room generation patterns should result in shorter playtimes - no need to make early playthroughs of the game more painful than necessary. The new method involves a lot more contr... Continue reading
• First!
  September 22, 2017 by KPD#update

  Welcome to beholdin’ ! Hello. beholdin’ is a game that is very much WIP. If you’re reading this, I’ve probably invited you to try out this game because I value your opinion! convers... Continue reading