Sigil of Kings (aka Age of Transcendence)

Devlog

• Configuration I/O Plumbing Trifecta
  October 22, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  ImGui configuration in action The plumbing trifecta Alright, long time no update, because updates have been few and very backend-oriented. I'll keep visual updates for another post, as I'll keep this... Continue reading

  
• Items and Enchantments Redux
  September 26, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Manuscript reading screen draft I've been below radar lately partly because of too much work (the paid kind), but also because I'm rearranging some innards in the engine, in particular about items and... Continue reading

  
• Gamescom et cetera
  August 28, 2024 by Byte Arcane

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  Commissioned image alternate version with QR code. That was the back of my Gamescom t-shirts! Originally I thought to post this just here, but then I thought "this is a cautionary tale for /r/gamedev"... Continue reading
• GUI: Character Sheet
  July 05, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Better pause screen GUI Yet another GUI week, this time the character sheet ! It is supposed to provide a detailed overview of the character. I have split it into 5 sections: Overview : this shows a q... Continue reading

  
• GUI: Inventory
  July 05, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Inventory GUI WIP Inventory GUI - better Just back from holidays, but that doesn't mean that there are no updates! This time, on the GUI menu is ... Inventory UI I'll keep repeating it: my aim is to b... Continue reading
• GUI: Equipment Screen
  July 05, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Equipment screen Unsurprisingly, more UI this week! In addition to some bug smashing and some other random bits. Equipment UI Since the basic game UI view is up and running, now it's the time to start... Continue reading
• GUI: Misc
  June 13, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Better pause screen GUI Various little things this week, mostly UI as usual. UI I've implemented a tweening transition between gameplay and the pause menu. So, when the brownish overlay of the pause s... Continue reading

  
• GUI: Pause screen
  June 06, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Pause screen GUI Another week with a few updates, because of more IRL madness: Added "pause" screen, with options to return to game, load a game or go to menu. Added a camera script to enter the world... Continue reading
• Level GUI
  May 30, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Level GUI This week's update is focussed on making the GUI better work with the game. Level GUI Well, I thought I'd actually just 100% reuse the overworld GUI, as I'm not sure I want different UI as t... Continue reading

  
• Overworld GUI
  May 23, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Overworld GUI A few updates this week due to big personal event, and the topic is, as usual now, GUI, and more specifically... Overworld GUI Ok, we got the overworld biome and society screens working,... Continue reading

  
• Society GUI: Better and Faster
  May 16, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Revamped society screen UI mockup Some more updates this week, focussed on GUI. GUI will be a major focus for a while, and I expect multiple iterations as the first thought/design that comes to mind i... Continue reading

  
• GUI: Society map screen
  May 10, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Revamped overworld screen UI mockup Well, another busy week, unfortunately ending the streak (next week there might not even be a post). This GUI experiment just keeps continuing, as I'm trying to cre... Continue reading

  
• GUI: Continue, MapGen and Startup Time
  May 05, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Continue screen UI mockup Another busy and productive week, with work on a few different fronts. GUI: integration with game The previous title screen that I shared last week was a standalone project w... Continue reading

  
• Fonts, Bumps and GUI
  April 25, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Main menu mockup. It has birds! This was a busy and productive week. Besides the always-necessary bug fixing, some other topics below: Fonts I'm really susceptible to options paralysis. Not a good thi... Continue reading

  
• General bugfixing and small features
  April 22, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Level gameplay: tower and goblin boss A bunch of things this week, mainly bug fixing, which I'm not going to focus on, so I'll keep it short. Remember that statue pushing last week? Well this time I i... Continue reading
• When the earth did not stand still
  April 11, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Triggering statue movement: slow movement, everything shakes Ok, back from holidays, and started working on core parts of the game like ... slow-moving statues that shake the earth! There is reason to... Continue reading

  
• Wildfires!
  April 09, 2024 by Byte Arcane

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• Movement Juice and Timing Woes
  March 28, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Some ultra snappy movement juice. Maybe too snappy. This was a more chilled-out week, crushing a few more bugs, some minor visual improvements, and being busy with some extra LifeRL stuff. Movement ju... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot port complete!!!
  March 22, 2024 by Byte Arcane

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  A little bit of ported gameplay Alright, so ... deep breath , port has been FINALLY completed! It took exactly 6 months, unfortunately that was exactly my prediction, as I was secretly hoping to be do... Continue reading

  
• Inputs, water, lava!
  March 14, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  So this week was a bit slower than usual, although it started off well. As I said last time, there are a few pending things to complete the port (at least the more important parts): Active abilities a... Continue reading

  
• Graphics Aquatic
  March 07, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Multiple quicksave support Weekly updates time! There's an eclectix mix of changes: porting, visual, audio, bugs ... well, the usual culprits I guess. Save slots Without a doubt, saving and loading ga... Continue reading

  
• Inspector, death and beyond
  February 29, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Death, the great beyond! Handling death What happens when an entity dies? Do they go to entity heaven? Nope, it's more like reincarnation, given the I'm using pooling strategies for reusing some objec... Continue reading

  
• Unity to Godot part 13: Loading a level
  February 22, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  New devlog post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2024/02/21/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading

  
• Serialization done, back to porting
  February 15, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  New post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2024/02/15/serialization-do... Continue reading
• Serialization and weak references
  February 09, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  New devlog at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2024/02/08/serialization-an... Continue reading
• Serialization refactor
  February 01, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  New post at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2024/01/31/serialization-re... Continue reading
• 2023 retrospective and 2024 outlook
  January 26, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  Yearly reflective post on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/roguelikedev/comments/19fgsbp/2024_in_roguelikedev_sigi... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 12: Input and Serialization
  January 26, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  New post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2024/01/25/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading

  
• Unity to Godot Part 11: The Game Begins
  January 18, 2024 by Byte Arcane

  New post at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2024/01/17/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading

  
• Unity to Godot Part 10: Godot update, logo and more
  December 08, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/12/08/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 9: Buffers and decals
  November 30, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/11/30/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 8: Particle Systems
  November 30, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/11/16/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 7: Country roads
  November 30, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/11/03/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 6: Trees, shadows and a million monsters
  October 27, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/10/26/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading

  
• Unity to Godot Part 5: Shaders and graphics abstractions
  October 19, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/10/19/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 4: Switching to low-level rendering
  October 12, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/10/11/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 3: Overworld Generation
  October 05, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/10/05/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot Part 1
  September 20, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New blog post, at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/09/20/unity-to-godot-p... Continue reading
• Unity to Godot
  September 20, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New blog post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/09/15/unity-to-godot/... Continue reading
• Items, enchantments and 10th anniversary
  August 31, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at https:// byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings -website/2023/08/31/items-enchantments-and-10th-anniversary/... Continue reading

  
• Boss sites and websites
  August 24, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/08/24/boss-sites-and-w... Continue reading

  
• Lairs, graphs and music
  August 17, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/08/17/lairs-graphs-and... Continue reading

  
• Improving Coastal Maps
  August 11, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/08/11/improving-coasta... Continue reading

  
• Water, fish and trees
  July 20, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/07/21/water-fish-and-t... Continue reading

  
• Art direction crossroads
  July 14, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/07/14/art-direction-cr... Continue reading
• Object variations and spiderwebs
  July 06, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New post at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/07/06/object-variation... Continue reading

  
• Misc Updates
  June 29, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New devlog at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/06/29/misc-updates/... Continue reading

  
• Integrating the Level Generator in Unity Part 2
  June 15, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New devlog here: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/06/15/integrating-the-... Continue reading

  
• Integrating the Level Generator in Unity
  June 08, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New blog post at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/06/08/integrating-the-... Continue reading

  
• Wilderness procgen prefabs
  May 05, 2023 by Byte Arcane

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  New devlog at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/05/05/wilderness-procg... Continue reading

  
• Of spiderwebs and blood
  April 27, 2023 by Byte Arcane

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  New devlog at: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/04/27/of-spiderwebs-an... Continue reading

  
• Downscaling and Refactoring
  April 21, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New devlog post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/04/21/downscaling-and-... Continue reading

  
• Content tagging
  April 14, 2023 by Byte Arcane

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  New post at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/04/13/content-tagging/... Continue reading
• Mines, maps and rooms
  April 14, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New Last week's devlog post: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/04/06/mines-maps-and-r... Continue reading
• Altars and mines
  March 30, 2023 by Byte Arcane

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  New blog post here: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/03/30/altars-and-mines... Continue reading
• Map generation stress test
  March 23, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New devlog here: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/03/23/map-generation-s... Continue reading
• If you like maps...
  March 21, 2023 by Byte Arcane

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• Procedural Prison Layout
  March 16, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  New devlog here: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/03/16/procedural-priso... Continue reading
• Procedural Prefab Generation 5
  March 09, 2023 by Byte Arcane

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  New devlog at https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/2023/03/09/procedural-prefa... Continue reading
• Procedural Prefab Generation 1/2/3/4
  March 07, 2023 by Byte Arcane

  Apologies for the lack of updates here -- after some winter break my schedule got messed up. Long story short: New devlog location here: https://byte-arcane.github.io/sigil-of-kings-website/ New posts... Continue reading
• Steam page, and new name
  November 10, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  The game has now a page on Steam, and also has a new name: Sigil of Kings https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195820/Sigil_of_Kings/... Continue reading
• The Grind
  September 14, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  A minor update, just to prevent anybody being confused that the game is not updating... This is of course NOT the case! What's been going on in the last 3 months is the following: Development of sever... Continue reading
• Charging, lassoing and refactoring
  June 23, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/06/23/charging-lassoing-... Continue reading
• Piercing projectiles
  June 16, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/06/16/piercing-projectil... Continue reading
• Conic area effects
  June 02, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/06/02/conic-area-effects... Continue reading
• Hair cover
  May 05, 2022 by Byte Arcane

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  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/05/05/hair-cover/... Continue reading
• More pressure plates and Unity 2021 LTS
  April 14, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/04/14/more-pressure-plat... Continue reading
• Procedural pressure plates
  April 08, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/04/07/procedural-pressur... Continue reading
• Trailer scripting
  April 03, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/03/31/trailer-scripting/... Continue reading
• Trailer text
  March 24, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/03/24/trailer-text/... Continue reading
• Fire, snow, rain, thunder and lightning
  March 17, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/03/17/fire-snow-rain-thu... Continue reading
• Level liquids
  March 10, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/03/10/level-liquids/... Continue reading
• Settlements
  March 03, 2022 by Byte Arcane

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  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/03/02/settlements/... Continue reading
• Crowds and movement
  February 26, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/02/24/crowds-and-movemen... Continue reading
• Polyline effects
  February 17, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/02/17/polyline-effects/... Continue reading
• Composable Sprites Part 3
  February 11, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/02/10/composable-sprites... Continue reading
• Composable Sprites Part 2
  February 03, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/02/03/composable-sprites... Continue reading
• ScriptableObjects no more
  January 27, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/01/27/scriptableobjects-... Continue reading
• Composable Sprites Part 1
  January 20, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/01/20/composable-sprites... Continue reading
• Light and darkness
  January 13, 2022 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2022/01/13/light-and-darkness... Continue reading
• Map borders and floating text
  December 31, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/12/31-map-borders-and-fl... Continue reading
• Overworld pan and zoom
  October 16, 2021 by Byte Arcane

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  I don't think I've posted here the current state of the overworld look (somewhat changed from the screenshots/trailer), so here is a procedurally generated one:... Continue reading
• Yet more JSON data editor
  October 01, 2021 by Byte Arcane

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  More JSON data editor goodness, this time sprite selector and real-time JSON view. I think that's the last bunch of features, and now it's the time to use it!... Continue reading
• Working on JSON data editor
  September 24, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Still working on the JSON data editor, a bit slow until now due to holidays etc, but back on track and looking promising! Not much eye candy as it's about editing data and time is spent on being funct... Continue reading
• Slow and steady
  August 24, 2021 by Byte Arcane

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  For whoever is following this channel or the devlog, but not others, like twitter/reddit: work on the game keep moving forward, at a slightly slower rate for a while, as I'm currently working on an ex... Continue reading
• Adding stealth gameplay
  July 22, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/07/22-adding-stealth-gam... Continue reading
• Minions, leaders and morale
  July 08, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/07/08/minions-leaders-an... Continue reading
• Light, wait and summon
  July 08, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/07/01/light-wait-and-sum... Continue reading
• Let there be light
  June 24, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/06/24/let-there-be-light... Continue reading
• Dungeon generation parameterization
  June 14, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/06/09/dungeon-generation... Continue reading
• Prefabs, tools and bugs
  June 02, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/06/02/prefabs-tools-and-... Continue reading
• Spiders, webs and bugs in general
  May 27, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/2021/05/27/spiders-webs-and-b... Continue reading
• New website/devlog location
  May 26, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  I've moved the devlog to a new website here: https://byte-arcane.github.io/age-of-transcendence/ The old website will expire in September 2021, and won't get any new updates. Any new posts will be at... Continue reading
• Prefabs at work
  May 20, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://age-of-transcendence.com/2021/05/20/prefabs-at-work/... Continue reading
• Room prefabs and moving domain
  May 06, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://age-of-transcendence.com/2021/05/06/room-prefabs-and-moving-domain/... Continue reading
• Prefabs and refactoring
  May 06, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog link: https://age-of-transcendence.com/2021/04/28/prefabs-and-refactoring/... Continue reading
• Graves and prefab generator
  April 22, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Devlog entry: https://age-of-transcendence.com/2021/04/22/graves-and-prefab-generator/... Continue reading
• Item-spawning dungeon features
  April 15, 2021 by Byte Arcane

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• Diagonal movement & thrown bombs
  April 10, 2021 by Byte Arcane

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• Creature traits, auras and elites/bosses
  March 04, 2021 by Byte Arcane

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  Devlog: Creature traits, auras and elites/bosses... Continue reading
• Refactoring effects & status
  February 25, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Link to blog post: Refactoring effects and status... Continue reading
• Entity effects & more
  February 18, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Wordpress blog: Entity effects & more... Continue reading
• Refactoring abilities & input
  February 16, 2021 by Byte Arcane

  Wordpress blog: Refactoring abilities & input... Continue reading
• Starting with enemy AI
  January 22, 2021 by Byte Arcane

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  Experimenting with linking the devlog here! https://age-of-transcendence.com/2021/01/21/starting-with-enemy-ai/ Not sure how useful/helpful that is, any comments welcome... Continue reading