Subveillance

Devlog

• Long time, no see
  October 16, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  Long time, no see. Perhaps a better name for a stealth game? Joking aside, I apologise for the long gap since the last post. That new job, a summer holiday, plus an abundance of Real Life has kept me... Continue reading

  
• Procedural generation of building interiors (part 6)
  June 04, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  This post follows on from part 1 through part 5 . The graphical style I’d selected for Subveillance was 2D pixel art. This was partly for familiarity – I had already learned how to do this with Un... Continue reading

  
• Procedural generation of building interiors (part 5)
  May 08, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  This post follows on from part 1 through part 4 . Since I last posted I’ve started a new job, which has left me with less time to work on Subveillance. That said, I keep making progress and will kee... Continue reading

  
• Procedural generation of building interiors (part 4)
  April 10, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  This post follows on from part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 . Last time we had got as far as allocating space for rooms and hallways, and ensuring that all hallways connected up. Next, all that space neede... Continue reading

  
• Procedural generation of building interiors (part 3)
  March 20, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  This post follows on from part 1 and part 2 . We pick up with the procedural generation able to allocate areas for rooms and hallways but without all the hallways connecting up. With that statement I... Continue reading

  
• Procedural generation of building interiors (part 2)
  March 06, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  This post follows on from part 1 . Having lined the outer perimeter of our building with space for rooms followed by space for a connecting hallway, the next question was how to fill the remaining spa... Continue reading

  
• Procedural generation of building interiors (part 1)
  February 20, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  The core of Subveillance’s game loop will be running a mission and each mission needs a map. I could design a series of maps or glue map sections together randomly as popularised by Spelunky . Howev... Continue reading

  
• Getting started
  February 06, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  When I started coding Subveillance, a key decision was which game engine (if any) to use. I didn’t have prior experience with game engines but coding everything from scratch seemed like a non-starte... Continue reading

  
• What’s in a name?
  January 30, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  I didn’t think I was going to post about the name “Subveillance” so soon, but after my announcement post Peter Moore said “ The name makes me think of hunting for U-boats in WW2… rather than... Continue reading

  
• Breaking cover on Subveillance
  January 23, 2023 by Unusual Intersection

  Some time last year — or was it the year before? — I was watching Jack Lyttle stream Elite Dangerous . He got talking about his wish that there was a game that recreated the situations you see in... Continue reading