Devlog (Finlay once again tries and fails to learn C++ graphics libraries)

[finlaypatrickduffill]

23/04/2026
Too frequent updates but I figured out how to render a rotating isometric grid about a week ago and then spent the rest of my spare time mucking around in SDMM and the map exporter subsystem for vgstation with my friend

It's going to be difficult I imagine to render different z-levels, tiles below or above the others which is something I want to figure out how to do. But not impossible

 

[TheDude]

23/04/2026
Too frequent updates but I figured out how to render a rotating isometric grid about a week ago and then spent the rest of my spare time mucking around in SDMM and the map exporter subsystem for vgstation with my friend

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It's going to be difficult I imagine to render different z-levels, tiles below or above the others which is something I want to figure out how to do. But not impossible

Liking what I’m seeing so far. Keep up the good work!

 

[finlaypatrickduffill]

25/05/2026
Abandoned the project for a month to focus on drawing


A lot of it is intended to form the art direction of this project anyway. I moved from GLUT to OpenGL in an SDL context to ease the implementation of user input and other systems. I added an adjustable frame delay and an input test and forgot how to speak English

 

[finlaypatrickduffill]

Wasn't allowing me to upload the .webm

 

[Quence]

Abandoned the project for a month to focus on drawing

I must say that your drawings are getting better. Some of them even have a bit of a Claude Monet quality to them.