2022 UPDATE

A bit of a throwback and happy new year

Happy new year everyone! 2022 will be the year of multiplayer and major fucking refactoring for Explorithium and the first anniversary of Airlines, Don't Pirate, Rockfire, and of course Explorithium. An Airlines anniversary video is on the way. It will release at 6PM(EST) on the second of February 2022.

As you may know, Explorithium uses IcyDemon as its engine. But for as long as humanity has existed, IcyDemon had no real engine structure whatsoever. Also it hasn't been updated for 4 months as I was developing Openbirth and CYPERBONK7022: Punjabi No Virus, but it is now back in development.

When I came back to the Explorithium codebase, well... I commented 585 lines of code.

Multiplayer Progress

Multiplayer development is accelerating even with all the codebase gone. I've found a reliable library called cpp-httplib and learned how to deal with it with raylib. I've also learned how to support HTTPS which was simpler than I expected. Therefore, I'll be able to use Replit for server dev which will simplify the task by 200%. I'll also be able to test the game with friends now!* The hardest part is to build servers. The custom DNSes I promised will be pieces of cake to implement.

* note: I don't have friends lol

How bout that thicc ass lore?

The intro of the game is about 90% written, the bosses aren't implemented. The final boss is called Joey and looks like this:

Progress of random stuff

The OST is... not coming along nicely. I don't have an OST yet. I know what kind of music I want, and I just need to get some motivation and write the damn thing in Studio One. Also, release date still set for 2025. The game will be released for maybe like a buck or two, and at most 10.99 like a lot of games on Steam. I didn't want this game to cost money, but I still want to be able to somewhat live from gamedev.

Is the Wii U port realistic? No. If the PC port was on SDL too, I'd say maybe, but SDL is far too different from raylib for it to be feasible. Maybe GX2 would be nice but SDL is so low-level IMO that going lower would be insane for me.

See ya!

Thanks for reading!

-Safariminer/CatArtik