Sol-Ark [Work In Progress] New devlog (28/04/2015) and screenshots compilation news

Hello, guys! We are updating our thread with a regular devlog (28/04/2015 CheckPoint) and screenshots compilation video. Take a look, how Sol-Ark evolves right before your eyes!

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* Short circuit and anabiosis chambers in the middle of this screen

* shunting engines

* Space battle inside an asteroid belt

* Enemy ship is under attack

Screenshots compilation video:

List of performed work:

• These bugs are fixed:
  • With central coordinate discrepancy for the location’s sprite when it is visualized by the GPU;
  • With texture deformation while visualizing a location;
  • With incorrect visualization coordinates for the dynamic menu on the local space map level;
  • With incorrect coordinate calculation for apexes of linear figures, which are drawn by the GPU;
  • With object type “exhaust” not disappearing from an engine after being used in specific situations;
  • With error when altering the location’s map (destruction of tiles, etc), caused sprites to disappear;
  • With incorrect “transparency” parameter for sprites without texture, which are visualized with GPU usage;
  • With coordinates of the explosion effect on the local space map level;
  • With incorrect choice of shunting engines during rotation;
  • Other bugs;
• Visualization algorithm with GPU usage was added for locations on the local space map level;
• Visualization algorithm with GPU usage was added for explosions on the local space map level;
• Visualization algorithms with GPU usage were added for shells and lasers which are inside a location on the local space map level;
• New additional functions were added for the visualization of figures without textures by the GPU;
• From now on visualization of shells and lasers on the local space map level is performed by the GPU;
• Corrections were added for the NPCs pathfinding algorithm;
• Operating logic was modified for technic type “shunting engine”. From now on such technics operate in two ways: “clockwise rotation” and “counter-clockwise rotation”;
• Function for saving a location’s template was corrected with new parameters for being visualized by the GPU;
• Each visualization per tile was optimized for locations on the local space map level;
• The function was optimized for adding graphical objects without textures which are drawn by the GPU;
• Operating algorithm was optimized for object type “exhaust”;
• Operating algorithms were optimized for some technic types;
• Work continues on fixing errors in the algortihm for location visualization on the local space map level;
• New object “space nebula” was added in the space background;
• Shaders were corrected, which are used for sprite visualization by the GPU;
• Visualization algorithm for GPU usage was added for exhaust’s sprites;
• Work continues on the first official teaser video for the game;
• New music tracks were created; work continues on voice, sound and music coverage for the teaser video;
• Work continues on polishing balance, fixing small errors and creating content for the first demo-version of the game to be released to a broad audience;
• Work continues on filling and polishing the GDD;
• Tuts+ portal published our article - How (and Why) to Write a Great Game Design Document