The Olympus Project

Devlog

• Bunch of Random Mechanics
  June 07, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  Greetings! In the past month or so, I have been programming a few mechanics, but mostly I have been trying to combat performance issues within the game that cause the framerate to drop to unplayable l... Continue reading

  
• Fog of War Now Working
  April 26, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios#fogofwar

  Pretty Big Update! Fog of war now works. Now, the player has NO IDEA what the other team is doing. The troops are also now all animated. All matrix errors have been fixed with the animated troops. Mor... Continue reading

  
• First Steps to Fog of War Implementation
  April 22, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  I have been working on fog of war for a few hours, rearranging a few things in the engine so that it can be carried out correctly. Right now, the only patches that are drawn are the ones that the mous... Continue reading

  
• More FX
  April 20, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  New Update! Buildings now have debris surrounding them when they fall. Some buildings and/or troops can now shoot projectiles. More updates will follow soon! Have a good evening! -rydog... Continue reading

  
• Big Update!
  April 17, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  Big Update! --AI-- Ability to fight back against the AI now. Ability to train more units. --Buildings-- Can now make defenses. TOWERS! Tower upgrades are currently in development. Their shooting power... Continue reading

  
• Game Speed Fixes and Selection GUI
  April 10, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  Ok so I have not been able to post in a few days because I have not had the time to do so, and it is very early in the morning for me to be posting this, but I have fixed some game running speed issue... Continue reading

  
• AI no longer attacks itself.
  April 06, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  Another small update. Was pressed for time due to school, and so I just barely pulled this off. The AI no longer attacks itself. Now I know, I know, the AI attack mechanic was suppposed to be somewhat... Continue reading

  
• Small Additions
  April 05, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  There are now penalties when you do actions in the game. It now costs resources to build capitol buildings. You can also to the next Epoch by clicking the button in the capitol building. However, it i... Continue reading
• AI!
  April 04, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  Ok so AI works now, to an extent. While the troops, themselves, cannot be killed, I did add some pursuit AI that will follow the nearest troop forever. There are also some AI states that cause the AI... Continue reading

  
• New 3D Models
  April 01, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  No game mechanical updates today, though I did figure out a workaround to a lot of Blender's bugs. But anyways, here is the new 3D model for the capitol building. Courtesy to Cobra! for making the mod... Continue reading

  
• First AI - Featuring the first "battle" of this game's history.
  March 31, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  Shown here is the AI doing what it is supposed to. It is not much, but this is the first "engagement" between two teams. The AI does not attack or anything, but it just roams, mainly. I might keep thi... Continue reading

  
• Intros Work Now
  March 30, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  This is more of a minor update, but AVI files are now supported. These files are played when you start the game. The image at the top is an image of the logo as a demo... Continue reading

  
• Players Now Have Opponents and Requirements
  March 29, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  So in this latest installment of the Olympus Project, the player now is challenged with mining resources with the citizens in order to be able to build buildings. The player can no longer play with bo... Continue reading

  
• Multiple Players and More Organized Player Engine
  March 26, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  So with this new update, new doors are unlocked, and I am now able to more comfortably add new players to the game. So instead of only having the blue team or the green team, I can have BOTH! This lea... Continue reading

  
• New UI and Unit Selection Indicators
  March 25, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  So throughout today, I have added in a UI, which I will be vastly expanding upon throughout the remainder of the week. Right now, only town halls can only be created by workers, but by the end of the... Continue reading

  
• Minor Update
  March 23, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

  Not much this evening. I had very little time to make any progress, so I just made the water the same size as the landscape. It was painful to look at, and it is not anymore. I am currently working on... Continue reading
• Clear Water and Stone
  March 22, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios#Resources, #water, #graphics, #Epoch, #RTS

  So here is a kind of smaller update for the day: Water is now clear, so you can see the ocean floor through the water. You can now collect the stone instead of it just chilling there on the map. About... Continue reading

  
• Landscape and Gameplay Update
  March 21, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  #Resources, #Buildings, #Terrain

  *In this newest update of the day, I added in a more varied terrain, so that sea battles are now possible, and their arrival is at the top of my importance. *It is now possible to place buildings. The... Continue reading

  
• The Beginning
  March 20, 2022 by Candy Wrapper Studios

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  So this is it! I have finally started my new dev log about my game engine! I am very excited! I am very happy that I finally got around to doing this! I hope I will be able to provide information for... Continue reading