Lazr, A Cyberpunk Platformer

Lazr Dev Vlog #25
about 6 years ago – Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:20:29 PM

Hey Everyone!

This week I worked on districts, and preparing the alpha to be played. I spent some time rewriting the engine behind the spinning overworld maps. Now this engine is much faster and can handle more particles, which allows me to make environmental effects, such as fire and smoke. It's important to be able to make these effects, because in the world lore the city is rioting and being destroyed. I also spent time on polishing the user interface and experience, for districts. Check it out:

See you next week!

Lazr Dev Vlog Update #24
about 6 years ago – Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 04:33:30 PM

Hey Everyone,

This week was super busy, and I've made two videos that cover it all:

And part 2, discussing target platforms and game performance:

Here's a summarized list of what's been updated:

• smoke was improved visually, and can be pushed around now.
• smoke emitter was created.
• clouds were fixed and are back in the game now.
• while in fluid, smoke rises slower and ignores wind.
• cluster levels 1 and 2 now have smoke emitting from pipes.
• there is now a fps counter on screen, in addition to frametime.
• particle system was refactored to be single threaded, due to cache size limitations of psvita. psys was optimized as well.
• lasers no longer produce debris.
• a button pops on dialog screen upon input.
• options menu screen was completed (for now).
• frames per second counter was added, along with game timer.
• cluster district art was updated.
• mission select screen was completed.
• title was redesigned and linked to mission select screen.
• mission select screen links to cluster, bionic menagerie,
• and war foundry districts, which load appropriate levels.
• alpha city district created, title swapped to it.
• mission review screen was added, zooms out of district screen
• to reveal it, zooms back in too. 
• weekly vlog videos part 1 and 2 produced.

So I've got an internal Alpha that I'm testing on different platforms, and getting prepared for players to test later, as a Beta. It's taken me a lot longer than I planned to get to this stage, so development is behind schedule a bit, but considering all that's happened (pandemic, category 5 hurricane), overall development is in a great spot. It took me a bit longer this week to make these videos, sorry for a Monday post! Hope you have a great week.

//MrGrak

Dev Vlog #23 - Smoke + Fire Improvements
about 6 years ago – Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 08:37:35 PM

Hey Everyone,

This week I worked on improving smoke and fire, while also evacuating from hurricane Laura. Check it out!

//MrGrak

Lazr Dev Vlog #22
about 6 years ago – Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 09:38:03 AM

Hey Everyone!

This week was focused on menu redesigns, check it out:

I'm really excited about finishing up these menus and polishing the first mission. See ya next week!

//MrGrak

Dev Vlog #21 - Mission 1 Review
about 6 years ago – Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 09:10:48 AM

Hey Everyone!

I'm really proud of this week's video, check it out:

The world of Lazr is starting to really develop. I'm very excited about where this first mission will be at in a few weeks, as the surrounding game systems are improved. 

//MrGrak