Pirate Sea Jam

Devlog

• Part 10: Sailing Physics Simulation
  May 31, 2024 by Claudijo

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  #Sailing, #Simulation, #Physics

  Some issues with animations when using the Bevy game engine have led me to introduce a home baked physics engine, more advanced sailing simulation, and unfortunately a long overdue update of Pirate Se... Continue reading

  
• Part 9: Total rewrite
  February 07, 2024 by Claudijo

  This update was supposed to be all about improving performance by offloading the central processor and calculating the wave formations much more efficiently using the graphics card. I did push the hea... Continue reading

  
• Part 8: Creating an Infinite Ocean
  November 20, 2023 by Claudijo

  Where the sky meets the sea Up until now the ship in Pirate Sea Jam has been sailing about on a small patch of ocean in the middle of nowhere. The time has come to create an infinite ocean, or at leas... Continue reading

  
• Part 7: Dynamic Orbiting Camera
  November 13, 2023 by Claudijo

  Camera and... Action! The camera is the eye into the magic universe of a video game and has a crucial role in shaping the player's experience. The camera perspective and movement should go unnoticed,... Continue reading

  
• Part 6: Adjusting for Mobile Devices
  November 02, 2023 by Claudijo

  Mobile ❤️ Game = True Pirate Sea Jam has now officially been made mobile friendly! Making the game playable in mobile browsers on Itch.io and accessible to a broader audience at this stage of deve... Continue reading

  
• Part 5: Shooting Cannon Balls
  October 15, 2023 by Claudijo

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  The Sea Gunner What goes into firing a cannon ball in Pirate Sea Jam ? Shooting a naval gun in a video game might seem simple – A matter of responding to the player hitting the fire button by hurtli... Continue reading

  
• Part 4: Player control and Game Feel
  October 04, 2023 by Claudijo

  Game Dynamic So far emphasis has been placed on realistic simulations using physics models and elaborate equations when building the water dynamics, including concepts such as buoyancy forces and how... Continue reading

  
• Part 3: Adding Low Poly Models
  September 02, 2023 by Claudijo

  Dressing her up Animated wire-frames and simple 3D primitives in all their glory, but a pirate ship needs to be dressed up in a crafted 3D model and textures with a layer of fresh paint. Ready-to-use... Continue reading

  
• Part 2: Buoyancy and Water Dynamics
  August 26, 2023 by Claudijo

  Eureka! The buoyant force is what prevents a floating object from sinking as described by Archimedes long before the age of computer simulations. Time has come to add it to Pirate Sea Jam . Buoyant Fo... Continue reading

  
• Part 1: Creating Ocean Waves
  August 22, 2023 by Claudijo

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  Let there be waves I've set out to create a simple multidirectional shooter game, you know the kind of game where you control some sort of craft in a two-dimensional environment and shoot at enemy tar... Continue reading