Lost Caves

Devlog

• Lost Caves Ver. 1.0.1 Patch Update is Now Live! (2/6/2021)
  February 07, 2021 by ADScomics#lost caves, #patch, #update, #1.0.1

  -Nerfed Doom Statues (by a lot). -Since you don't get much time to react when a Doom Statue awakens and begins to chase you, I now have it shake violently and growl before then chasing you. -They also... Continue reading

  
• The Journey of Lost Caves, and Learning from my Past Failures as an Indie Dev
  January 31, 2021 by ADScomics#lost caves, #journey, #failure, #indie dev, #success

  In May 2016, I released my first significant title, Galastar, onto iOS devices. It honestly feels like an eternity ago. Galastar is a small arcade-style shoot’em up that I conceived of back in... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves: Now LIVE!
  January 30, 2021 by ADScomics

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  #lost caves, #launch, #first week

  Lost Caves is now live on itch.io for only 1 dollar for the first week! It'll go up to $4 on February 5th, so make sure to grab your copy before then!... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #25 - Days from Release
  December 15, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #steam, #publish, #8 bit, #16 bit, #12 bit, #platformer, #collect-a-thon, #collectathon, #2D, #platform, #game

  Lost Caves is only a few short days away from release! While some time has been spent on minor bug-fixing, a lot of time has been spent on getting Lost Caves ready for release! Right now, Lost Caves i... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #24 - At the Cusp of Gold
  December 03, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #gold, #beta, #release, #platformer, #game, #press, #pixel art, #8 bit, #16 bit, #12 bit, #ADSentertainment

  So, this log is a bit late. I apologize for that. I’m still hard at work with Lost Caves and have spent time adding remaining features and such. I guess because things have started to slow down, I h... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #23 - Trailer Drop
  November 25, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #trailer, #release, #game, #platformer, #collect-a-thon, #2D, #pixel art, #16 bit, #12 bit, #8 bit, #indie game

  Last week, I finally dropped Lost Caves' trailer! I made one over a year ago, but that trailer was a lot more slow paced and didn't show nearly as much of the game as I wanted, plus its was rather out... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #22 - Too Easy?
  November 17, 2020 by ADScomics

  So, ever since I got feedback from the developers, I’ve been working on making the game much less frustrating and more accessible. One of the big things I worked on was making health easier to get... Continue reading

  
• Lost Cave Devlog #21 - A Lot of Nerfing
  November 10, 2020 by ADScomics#too hard, #platformer, #lost caves, #2D, #heart, #health, #challenge, #punishing, #balance, #nerf, #vase

  So, like I said last week, the general consensus on Lost Caves from the beta testers was that, while the exploration and treasure collection were a strength, the harsh and punishing difficulty was its... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #20 - Way Too Hard
  November 03, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #beta test, #hard, #unforgiving, #enemies, #boss, #playtest, #playthru

  So, like I said last week, I sent out copies of Lost Caves to a few people to test and give feedback, and I got my responses back today. The general consensus? The game is way too hard. Like, pretty m... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #19 - Preparing a Polished Beta
  October 27, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #8 bit, #16 bit, #pixel art, #beta, #testing, #bugs, #bugfixing, #polish, #json

  Honestly, the past week was not that exciting in terms of game development of Lost Caves. Since the game is feature complete, I’ve really just been continuing to fix bugs and make tweaks while also... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #18 - Minor Tweaks Here and There
  October 20, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #8 bit, #16 bit, #beta, #beta test, #save data, #boss

  This past week hasn’t been super exciting in terms of development. It’s been mostly tweaks and fixes that I find. So with that being said, this won’t be a very long devlog. Along with tweaks and... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #17 - Tons of Treasure
  October 13, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #treasure, #inventory, #16 bit, #8 bit, #platformer, #pixel art, #items

  Ever since I first conceived of Lost Caves in mid-2011, I always knew that I wanted there to be a focus on exploration and treasure hunting. That feature is, of course, already in my game now. That be... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #16 - Mid-Boss Overhaul
  October 06, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #8 bit, #16 bit, #boss, #mid-boss, #miniboss, #bear, #sonic, #spin dash, #roll, #burrow, #2D

  While most of my time right now in Lost Caves is spent on bug-fixing and tweaking, there was one thing I spent a great deal of time tweaking, and that was the game’s mid-boss: the Wayward Bear Adole... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #15 - The Move to Beta
  September 29, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #beta, #bug fix, #treasure, #platformer, #8 bit, #16 bit, #save data

  For the past week, a lot of development on Lost Caves has been bug-fixing and testing the game. Given that the majority of the features have been implemented, I felt that it was a good time to do anot... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #14 - Revising Level 3
  September 22, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #2d, #slime, #pyramid, #16 bit, #8 bit, #beta

  So, this week, I didn’t do anything particularly exciting. Lost Caves is now, for the most part, feature complete. I spent some time running through the game from start to finish, and I did notice s... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #13 - Bait & Switch
  September 15, 2020 by ADScomics

  So, for the past week, I've been focusing on tweaks and fixes for Lost Caves. That all sounds kinda boring and lame, but I actually did a lot of fun stuff during that! Last week, I mentioned that I no... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #12 - Boss Complete
  September 07, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #2D, #8 bit, #16 bit, #boss, #gauntlet, #boss reward, #chest, #treasure, #orb, #bug fixes, #save data

  So, after finishing up the game’s gauntlet level, I returned to work on the boss, as I mentioned in last week’s devlog . Since the second phase is really a more frantic and difficult version of th... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #11 - Boss Phase 2
  September 01, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #gameplay, #16 bit, #8 bit, #gauntlet level, #saving, #respawn, #pixel art, #checkpoint, #boss

  Back in my first devlog, I spoke about how I tend to get carried away with the sizes of my levels. (This tendency actually extends to games like Super Mario Maker 2 as well), and while the Gauntlet le... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #10 - Subtle Indicators
  August 25, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #boss, #gauntlet level, #penultimate, #challenge, #platformer, #platforming, #16 bit, #8 bit, #2D, #subtle, #indicator, #pixel art, #pixelated

  For the past week, I’ve been continuing to work on Lost Caves’ gauntlet level. It’s become rather long, but I try to keep things varied so that it’s not too monotonous. Given that it’s a tes... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #9 - Gauntlet Level
  August 18, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #boss level, #gauntlet, #level, #boss, #cannon, #challenge, #checkpoint, #platformer, #2D, #8 bit, #16 bit

  So, last week, I decided to take a break from designing and developing the game’s big boss. I was kind of reaching a creative road-block with it after moving onto the second phase of the fight, so I... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #8 - Boss Phases and Pixel Crispness
  August 11, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #boss, #pixel perfect, #bilinear, #phases, #atlantis

  So, I'm gonna be honest, last week was a bit slow. That said, progress was made, but given that it's mostly regarding the boss, which I'm still neglecting to show a lot of, the amount of stuff I can t... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #7 - Proper Controller Support
  August 04, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #8 bit, #16 bit, #controllers, #gamepad, #control, #input

  Before I begin this, let me just say that Lost Caves does indeed have controls. You can use your keyboard, and you were able to use gamepads with XInput (Xbox controllers basically). That being said,... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #6 - Boss Attack Behavior
  July 28, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #boss, #fight, #arena, #chiptune, #platformer, #8 bit, #16 bit

  For the past couple of weeks, pretty much my entire focus has been spent on designing this boss, which will still remain in obscurity for the most part. I've made significant progress though, and it's... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #5 - Progress on the Big Boss
  July 21, 2020 by ADScomics#Lost Caves, #Boss, #chiptune, #16 bit, #8 bit, #platformer, #2D

  So, this is sort of a continuation of last week's develop. I've begun to make some major progress for the game's big boss. Animations have been added for different attacks. Honestly, animations have b... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #4 - Rigging the Big Boss
  July 14, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #boss, #8 bit, #16 bit, #dog, #shrine

  For the past week, I've been out on vacation, but that didn't kept me from working on Lost Caves, especially since I didn't have to worry about my job burning me out. I managed to reach a good stoppi... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #3 - New Title Screen
  July 07, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #platformer, #8 bit, #16 bit, #title screen

  So, Lost Caves has used the same title screen for almost 3 years. Ever since I developed the alpha back in 2017 for my 2D game design class, I've had the same extremely basic title screen. That said,... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #2 - Blue Boulder Blaster
  June 30, 2020 by ADScomics#lost caves, #cannon, #boulder, #platformer, #coding

  Throughout my time developing Lost Caves and using C# in Unity, I can tell that my ability to code has gotten significantly better. The scripts that I've been writing for new game objects and function... Continue reading

  
• Lost Caves Devlog #1 - New Functioning Enemy
  June 23, 2020 by ADScomics

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  #lost caves, #fourth level, #enemy, #level design, #first zone

  So this is Lost Caves' first devlog. I probably shoulda made this a while ago, but better late than never I suppose. The game's first zone is in its later stages, with its last level almost done. It... Continue reading