Mars After Midnight

Devlog

• Synthesizing Martian Speech
  January 12, 2024 by dukope

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  Over the course of this project, I've made three separate attempts to generate synthesized speech for the martians. Classic Speech Synthesis Before there were neural networks and machine learnings to... Continue reading
• Face Generator Updates
  May 19, 2023 by dukope

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  Since putting together the first playable alpha I've pivoted back to work on the procedural face generator. Original details over here . The face generator is written in Python but in a C-like style t... Continue reading
• Sound Design
  April 04, 2023 by dukope

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  Normally when I put together sound effects for my games, I start with samples. I'll either record these myself, dig through some collected sample libraries, or head over to freesound.org , soundsnap.c... Continue reading
• Gameplay Loop
  March 03, 2023 by dukope

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  I just finished a vertical slice of the game and it looks like this: Work the door to admit martians matching some criteria. Everyone makes a huge mess of the FREE refreshments, which you have to clea... Continue reading
• Photoshop Exporting & Scenegraphing
  November 10, 2022 by dukope

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  Mentioned briefly in the Typography post, one of my aims for this project is to streamline the process of editing something -- images in Photoshop, vectors in Illustrator, sound effects in Bitwig, etc... Continue reading
• Typography
  October 18, 2022 by dukope

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  After a long side-track from this project, I'm finally back on it (nearly) full time. I'd written most of this post last year but got tied up in other things before I could upload it. Mostly untied no... Continue reading
• Working in One Bit
  August 21, 2021 by dukope

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  Working in 1-bit for this game has been interesting. Going in, I thought my experience with Obra Dinn would let me cruise through the visuals. Typical devlog setup, so let me describe in detail how wr... Continue reading
• Making Martian Faces
  June 18, 2021 by dukope

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  Most of the work on this game so far has been figuring out how to make interesting-looking martians. I've been prototyping this in Python, writing a script that combines individual facial features wit... Continue reading
• Mars After Midnight
  June 08, 2021 by dukope

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  Hey what’s up. My next project is called Mars After Midnight and it’s a small game for Playdate. The Playdate is a lot of fun to work with -- fantastic 1-bit Sharp screen, novel crank input, simpl... Continue reading