Wizards With Rockets

Devlog

• Long Time No Build - 2023 Updates
  October 30, 2023 by Motley Pixels

  It's been quite a while since the last build on this site.. After the release of Gravity Flux, I have been focusing again on Wizards with Rockets. I've made numerous improvements, fixes and additions... Continue reading

  
• Quiet Release - Christmas Hats and Small Fixes
  December 05, 2021 by Motley Pixels

  It's the Christmas month! I had planned to have Christmas music and a snow effect, but as I'm focusing on working on my other game, Gravity Flux, these features won't be here for this Christmas :( How... Continue reading

  
• Poll and a Competitor!
  June 14, 2021 by Motley Pixels#poll, #design

  POLL Firstly, I've made a poll that I'd greatly appreciate some feedback on. I am asking what features you would like to see in WWR going forward. The response of this poll might change the direction... Continue reading
• Finished art, acceleration, custom window res
  June 13, 2021 by Motley Pixels

  Another productive day at the game maker meetup! In this build, I have: Completed art assets for now. This level's art is complete. (Last remaining assets: rocket launcher and rocket flash). Fixed a b... Continue reading

  
• New Build - 11/04/2021 - New Graphics!!
  April 11, 2021 by Motley Pixels#pixelart, #art

  I set out on the rather ambitious goal to replace all of the graphics in game, from the previous assets, mostly provided by Kenney. They make great asset packs, some for free as well, but this game re... Continue reading

  
• Major Update - New menu, resolution changing, other options
  September 16, 2020 by Motley Pixels

  It's been way too long since the last update! This update hasn't really added any major new content, but it has added a new menu system with the ability to change settings. The settings that you can c... Continue reading

  
• Small update - Increased difficulty and level saving
  April 27, 2020 by Motley Pixels#difficulty, #gamesave

  I know it's only been a day since the last build, but I felt it was important to make some small changes/improvements. And I now have this nice build script, so it's super easy to generate a build! I... Continue reading
• 2 Years of Development for Wizards with Rockets
  April 27, 2020 by Motley Pixels#2 years, #developmet summary

  I forgot to post in the last update, but it as been a little bit over 2 years since the first commit of my game. The first Git commit was on the 11th of April, 2018. I had been recovering from a menta... Continue reading
• Single Player - Finally, New Build - New Maps and Under Hood Changes
  April 26, 2020 by Motley Pixels#tiled, #tmx, #levels, #trello

  It's been a fair while since my last upload! I've been a bit distracted and busy, and having concentration issues :( But this Coronavirus lockdown has given me a bit more time to work on my game! The... Continue reading
• New plans - Engine upgrade to the max
  March 31, 2020 by Motley Pixels#game engine, #shaders, #physics, #squirrel

  Hello, I'm still chipping away at the game. I've finished the 5 levels and I'm now working on level changing. I'm encountering a bug when loading the next level. I have been thinking, that I'm not sur... Continue reading
• Long time no post - Update 28/02/2020
  February 28, 2020 by Motley Pixels#planning, #steam release

  Hi! Apologies for the lack of updates. I've kind of been busy with work related things. I'm setting myself up to be officially self-employed with a business plan. And a few other work-related tasks. B... Continue reading

  
• New idea - splitting level up into smaller parts
  December 27, 2019 by Motley Pixels#topdown-shooter, #2d, #wizards, #rockets

  I've had an idea, which is to instead of having one big level, to split it up into smaller levels. Not too small, but smaller than the current level. This will help with player engagement. The reward... Continue reading
• Christmas hats.
  December 23, 2019 by Motley Pixels#christmas, #hats, #topdown-shooter, #rockets

  Getting into the festive spirit by adding Christmas hats to my game. The player and AI now have hats! You can disable them in the config.ini file by setting Hats = False Merry Christmas and enjoy!... Continue reading

  
• New menu logo, lives, return to menu, ai collision fix
  December 18, 2019 by Motley Pixels

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  #wwr, #topdown-shooter, #linux, #2d, #allegro5

  I'm chipping away at the remainder tasks to do before the Steam Early Access release! Things added New menu logo Return to menu from in-game Lives system. You progress is saved until you lose all 3 li... Continue reading

  
• Checkpoints! And Steam..
  December 01, 2019 by Motley Pixels

  Tonight I whipped up a checkpoint system. I had a period of focus and I cranked out some code. There is now a checkpoint system! So if you walk over a checkpoint, it saves your last location. So then... Continue reading

  
• WwR Release 26-11-2019 - Music and Level Reset
  November 26, 2019 by Motley Pixels#topdown-shooter, #allegro5, #linux, #2d, #wizards, #rockets

  It's been almost 3 months since the last release D: My apologies, work has kind of got in the way. In this release I have added much more serious and professional music, that should help with immersio... Continue reading
• Remainder Tasks Before Steam Early Access Release
  November 24, 2019 by Motley Pixels#progress

  Hello! This post isn't a release, I haven't quite added enough to justify a release yet. But soon. I thought I'd share the remainder tasks before I intend to release it on Steam for Early Access. Ther... Continue reading
• New big map, music and bug fixes.
  September 03, 2019 by Motley Pixels#wizard, #wizards, #rocket, #rockets, #linux, #topdown, #shooter

  Hello! I have published another release of Wizards with Rockets. This release is significantly different from other releases thanks to the new map! It is a full singleplayer map that you can complete... Continue reading
• New release! Menu and High score saving
  June 17, 2019 by Motley Pixels#topdown

  It's time for a release! New features since last version: * Menu system - clickable buttons that redirect you * Config file for video settings and high score saving... Continue reading

  
• More like a real game now.
  April 09, 2019 by Motley Pixels

  Long time, no build! I have been busy with work so I haven't had much time to work on the game :( The game now features an event system, where you can create callbacks to events such as collisions - i... Continue reading
• New rocket launcher and Windows fix
  November 14, 2018 by Motley Pixels

  Woot, another build! I have been implementing a rocket launchers 'class' or file in C that handles the rocket launchers separately. It draws the rocket launchers behind or infront of the player/enemy... Continue reading
• Updated Linux build includes missing libs
  October 25, 2018 by Motley Pixels

  This is for Linux users, I spent the day figuring out how to run the game on a computer that doesn't have allegro libs pre installed. The trick was to write a script that overrides LD_LIBRARY_PATH en... Continue reading
• Linux Build! And other fixes.
  October 24, 2018 by Motley Pixels

  Hello, Good news, there's now a Linux build! For those enlightened people out there. Other fixes include a very important one - the X window button now closes the game properly (oops). And the rocket... Continue reading
• ​Various important fixes and stability fix for Windows
  October 22, 2018 by Motley Pixels

  This update disables my logically sound but practically broken network interpolation system as it was causing the Windows client to crash after several seconds of running. Other fixes include: x preve... Continue reading
• Latest Build 21/10/2018
  October 21, 2018 by Motley Pixels

  Hello! I have attached the latest build of WwR. It has code used in the public demo at Enterprize Tas plus some code cleanup. It features finally, some game mechanics. You can shoot the enemies and th... Continue reading