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• Week 25 - starting character work
  June 05, 2026 by NailBat

  Had little free time last week, but I'm starting to work on physics for other characters. I don't think my game will actually feature any giant squids (though I can't fully rule it out), but I was mor... Continue reading

  
• Week 24 - A bit spooky actually
  May 29, 2026 by NailBat

  I'd be lying if I said the lighting was now exactly where I want it. I know that I don't want fully realistic lighting, I just need the simplest thing that gets the right atmosphere. It needs to be ju... Continue reading

  
• Week 23 - Lights, Camera, wait...no, still Lights
  May 22, 2026 by NailBat

  No visual update this time, ironically because the visuals are exactly what I'm trying to get. Up until now, I left the lighting as "good enough for now", but now I'm trying to dial in exactly the rig... Continue reading
• Week 22 - Scene Transitions
  May 14, 2026 by NailBat

  Didn't work much on the game this week. All I accomplished was adding extra light sources and working on the transition logic between acts. I'm also trying out some ideas for ambient music, but nothin... Continue reading

  
• Week 21 - Story Interactions
  May 08, 2026 by NailBat

  Bit of a slow week as I'm working on a different project as well. The game opens with the riveting, exciting task of turning off the lights in your house before going to bed. It'll be that bit of norm... Continue reading

  
• Week 20 - Time to actually make a game
  May 01, 2026 by NailBat

  I added a more realistic sky, which was a picture of clouds above my house, modified in Gimp. It makes the atmosphere much closer to what I wanted, although I still need outdoor nights. I've started o... Continue reading

  
• Week 19 - Even more house
  April 23, 2026 by NailBat

  The line between "making a game" and "making an almost rendition of my house" is getting blurred, but I swear I actually do have a game in mind. I've added the ability to create trimming, such as arou... Continue reading

  
• Week 18 - more of the house exterior
  April 17, 2026 by NailBat

  Last week, I modelled part of the backyard. I added terrain variation to make the outdoor areas seem more natural. Still have to add the roof and the back deck, plus various decorations. I keep on goi... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 17 - Grass!
  April 10, 2026 by NailBat

  Last week, I created more of the outdoor segments. In the distance will be rows of houses (currently just placeholder blocks). The actual game will take place at night so the player will barely be abl... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 16
  April 03, 2026 by NailBat

  This week I'm taking the map outdoors! I intend to make all textures out of pictures taken around my house. So far they're all super quick snapshots with minimal editing, but it works quite well for t... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 15
  March 27, 2026 by NailBat

  It ain't much, but I'm now able to add a third section to my map. My original idea for sections was to load one at a time, and when the player was in some transition space (such as the stairs between... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 14
  March 19, 2026 by NailBat

  This small, improperly textured sphere is a stand-in for an invisible spirit that will chase the player throughout the level. It will open doors, turn on lights, and causes nearby lights to flicker. I... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 13
  March 12, 2026 by NailBat

  Not a good week for game development as a few life things got in the way. Currently working on the main behavior of the enemy, who will seek out the player. It's presence will be seen by the effect it... Continue reading
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 12
  March 06, 2026 by NailBat

  These journals are making it seem like I've hardly done anything. Which isn't totally wrong, I get maybe 20-30 minutes on the best of weekdays and maybe two or three hours on a weekend to work on this... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 11
  February 27, 2026 by NailBat

  I'm not sure where this week went, I still don't have much visual to show. I have room-based lighting working and have moved onto reworking the pixel shader for lights, which seems close to ready. My... Continue reading
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 10
  February 21, 2026 by NailBat

  Nothing visual this week as I'm working on a big change to how the game handles light. The game idea I had in mind involves controlling light levels. I didn't want a full on light simulation though, s... Continue reading
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 9
  February 13, 2026 by NailBat

  This week I've started on actual gameplay mechanics, working toward a pursuer style enemy that will hunt the player through the level. I implemented a basic pathfinding system, using a network of node... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 8
  February 13, 2026 by NailBat

  I thought I had finally cracked texture tiling last week, but it didn't always work. What I was trying to do before was split the surface into triangles small enough to hold only one copy of the tiled... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 7
  January 30, 2026 by NailBat

  This was a slow week, where I got majorly stuck on the problem of texture tiling. Before I fixed that, I also had problems with parts of the floor just randomly going missing, but that was due to some... Continue reading

  
• Learning to Make 3D Games - Week 6 - When the Math isn't Mathing
  January 22, 2026 by NailBat

  Coding a 3D game involves using a lot of math that I don't understand. When the math isn't mathing, it's very hard for me to figure out what went wrong. Part of my logic to build levels involves cutti... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 5
  January 16, 2026 by NailBat

  Week 5 of me trying to make a 3D game without using an engine. This week I have accomplished....stairs! Well that's not too exciting, its just progressively taller boxes, but it did cause a collision... Continue reading

  
• Learning to make 3D Games - Week 4 I guess
  January 09, 2026 by NailBat

  Entry two in what will try to be my weekly journal of learning to make a 3D Game. My goal isn't really to make a game, its more of a "friends we made along the way" deal, except instead of friends its... Continue reading

  
• New Year, New Game
  January 01, 2026 by NailBat

  My brain does not work in three dimensions. 2D I get, things can be to the left, right, above or below. 3D has weird concepts like yaws and vectors and dot products. My math grades from back in the da... Continue reading