Bright Red Skies

Devlog

• Taking a Vacation
  August 21, 2020 by Mark Viola

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  Hey everyone, I'm going to be taking a bit of time off from developing Bright Red Skies. In case you don't know, Bright Red Skies is a personal project I work on in my spare time since I have a full-t... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] June 2020
  July 13, 2020 by Mark Viola

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  For June, work was done on getting game data loading to work correctly (as well as the associated UI), creating a combat defeat screen where you can make party updates/retry, and updating the dialogue... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] May 2020
  June 19, 2020 by Mark Viola

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  For May, work was done in improving the way that characters talk and express themselves, as well as optimizing game loading. Specifically, the dialogue box style was updated so that they cover less of... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] April 2020
  May 18, 2020 by Mark Viola

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  For April, work was done to improve the combat in terms of gameplay and workflow. Specifically, a new combat map was created, the map size was increased, and two new workflow tools were created to inc... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] March 2020
  April 17, 2020 by Mark Viola

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  For March work was done on the intro cutscene. For most of the game, the cutscenes will be like the old-school Final Fantasy games where characters move statically and dialogue text appears. But I wan... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] February 2020
  March 01, 2020 by Mark Viola#devlog, #rpg, #jrpg

  For February, the starting town was completed and there was some clean up on character interactions and the UI. I wanted to make sure that the first town was completed so I can comfortably work on oth... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] January 2020
  February 01, 2020 by Mark Viola

  For January, the starting town was reworked, building interiors started to be added, and implemented some data tracking. Got the flu mid-way through the month which really brought productivity down bu... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] December 2019
  January 02, 2020 by Mark Viola#JRPG, #Strategy RPG, #Tactical RPG

  First and foremost, Happy New Years here's hoping for a great 2020 for everyone! Like I mentioned in the previous devlog, I was going to take it easy in December to give myself a little bit of a brea... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] November 2019
  December 02, 2019 by Mark Viola#JRPG, #Meaningful Choices, #Story Rich, #Strategy RPG, #Tactical, #Tactical RPG, #Turn-based, #Turn-based Strategy

  For November, most of the work was done in getting controller support in the game, but other improvements were made, such as the addition of squad formation bonuses and adding different engagement typ... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog] October 2019
  November 01, 2019 by Mark Viola#devlog

  For October, the main goal was to get an early combat demo out so that people who wanted to, could test the game and give feedback to make the gameplay experience better and fix any bugs I might've mi... Continue reading