Floppy/Write

Devlog

• I don't like punishing games.
  April 03, 2025 by Daiviey#difficulty, #roguelike, #teaching, #mechanics, #learning, #enemy design, #save systems, #game design

  I get bored and frustrated easily by many punishing games. I don't even like the language of "punish." This is not to say that I dislike difficult games, but rather that I think the word "punish" carr... Continue reading
• My first third party integration!
  March 23, 2025 by Daiviey#Tools, #Godot, #Writing, #Narrative, #yWriter7, #Game Design

  Using yWriter, I started feeling really frustrated with my experience using word processing tools in game engines. They’re often shipped with expansive functionality, but very little in terms of an... Continue reading
• Is Combat just Brain Candy?
  March 19, 2025 by Daiviey#Adventure, #Game Design, #Combat, #Weapons, #Wanted, #Suspicion, #AI

  "Game" is a loaded word. It implies a wide-ranging list of mechanics and goals that humans have come to know and pass on through generations. As it has grown as a social and cognitive tool, we have be... Continue reading
• Gatekeeping Branching Narratives with a Voiceless Protagonist
  March 16, 2025 by Daiviey#Narrative, #Design, #Game Development, #Voiceless, #Protagonist, #Player Autonomy

  This is the first time I've put this much work into interactive narrative design. I'm using a program called yWriter to organize and write the branching scenes, mainly because I was looking for an alt... Continue reading

  
• Leveraging a 90s tech landscape for a contemporary information dystopia in 2025
  March 13, 2025 by Daiviey#retro, #distopian, #aesthetic, #design, #90s, #pixel, #puzzle, #phreaking, #social, #tech

  As I believe many projects here (on itch.io) start as a prototype or learning exercise, Floppy/Write isn’t really any different. A few weeks ago, I started making this as a way to learn C++ and code... Continue reading