Asterogue

Devlog

• Asterogue Web Release! 🌟 🧑‍🚀 👽
  October 30, 2024 by chr15m

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  #roguelike, #online, #web

  I’m super excited to announce the new web release of my game Asterogue! You can play the first two levels for free right now in your browser at asterogue.com - enjoy! I got a lot of feedback from pl... Continue reading

  
• Sales numbers for Asterogue
  December 05, 2020 by chr15m

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  Asterogue has been out for a little over a month now, so it’s a good time to reflect on the sales numbers of the game. Games generally have a short-lived sales cycle so I am not expecting a huge inc... Continue reading

  
• My game won't sell and that's ok
  November 03, 2020 by chr15m

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  I discovered Nethack and Rogue some 25 years ago and ever since then I have wanted to make my own roguelike game. On Friday I followed through on that youthful dream and shipped Asterogue, yay! This g... Continue reading

  
• Hooray! It's Asterogue a launch day!
  October 30, 2020 by chr15m

  Wow, I can’t believe it’s launch day! At last you can download the game I’ve been working hard on for weeks. 😀 ⏱️ 10 weeks dev time 💾 227 git commits ☕️ 9723 coffees I’ve always... Continue reading

  
• How Asterogue players are dying
  October 27, 2020 by chr15m

  One thing about Roguelikes is you die. A lot. The wonderful people testing Asterogue have been submitting log files of their gameplay and here is a table summarizing outcomes from those plays. level =... Continue reading
• Asterogue trailer is up!
  October 23, 2020 by chr15m

  Twitter screenshots + dev log I made a trailer! What else I did this week: Sound tweaks & background music in. Title screen fixes. Got a ton of background tile variations in. Made the game longer (17... Continue reading

  
• Game juice and animations and music and balancing
  October 17, 2020 by chr15m

  More progress on my coffeebreak sci fi roguelike. Big news, Asterogue now has a sound track! It’s Holst’s The Planets in chiptune format. :D You can have a listen at the bottom of this post. Curre... Continue reading

  
• Watch me add a new feature to Asterogue, a sci fi roguelike
  October 15, 2020 by chr15m

  I’ve been crunching to get Asterogue done by the release date of October 30th. Here’s a video I made of implementing the directional sprites. Enjoy!... Continue reading

  
• You can now pre-order the Windows build
  October 12, 2020 by chr15m

  Builds for Windows and Android are now working and going out to testers later today. This means you can now pre-order the Windows binary. \o/... Continue reading
• Asteroid cavern pizza
  October 10, 2020 by chr15m

  I got a lot done this week on my coffeebreak sci fi roguelike, Asterogue. What I did this week: Implemented the chemical vial pickup type. Implemented the nanotech data pickup type. Implemented monste... Continue reading

  
• Fixes and updates
  October 04, 2020 by chr15m

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  What I did this week: Added a bunch of new monsters Added a bunch of new weapons Implemented armour pickups Monsters can now drop loot on death Added more valuables (metals, gems) Fixed how medkits wo... Continue reading

  
• Bugfixes and engine work
  September 26, 2020 by chr15m

  I was on the road this week in the beautiful forests of south western Australia, so I only managed to squeeze in a bit of dev time on Asterogue. Here’s what I got done: Asteroid field background til... Continue reading
• Got Oryx's Tiny Galaxy tileset integrated
  September 19, 2020 by chr15m

  I got Oryx Design Lab’s “Tiny Galaxy” tileset integrated. \o/ I’ve been customising the base tileset to add new items and characters:... Continue reading