I’m Santiago Zapata, better known online as slashie, a Software Engineer and Independent Game Developer and from Medellín, Colombia.

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Category: FormulaProc

  • FormulaProc – Sao Paulo GP 2023

    I never give up. We are still under 100 subs in YouTube, I’m still hoping to engage the Jelle’s Marble Runs community somehow, no luck so far. Here goes a new race anyways. As with all races, the idea is to include a small change, even if minor. This one…

  • September 15, 2022 -Misc update

    Here’s some things I did the month since the last update: I completed my entry for the js13k2022, TenderGotchi, with great contributions by Ryan Malm on the audio side, and reusing illustrations from last year made by Mateo Robayo. A complete post-mortem post about it will be out soon. We…

  • FormulaProc: Spanish and Monaco Grand Prixes

    Spanish Grand Prix 2022 Some work was done to make the intro sequence more data-oriented to ease the setup of future events. There were also some improvements on the dialogs (content), but a system to make them evolve based on the development of the story is still missing. This GP…

  • FormulaProc – Season 2022

    At long last managed to launch. We missed 4 races but we managed to run the Miami GP. Dialog sequences with a lot of new dialogs based on the personalities of the drivers. Add driver stats to the Dialog interaction. New driver portraits including all of their expressions. New car…

  • FormulaProc: The End of Season 1

    Here’s a somewhat late update on the events that happened at the end of Season 1 of FormulaProc. We ran 3 events before dropping the torch and going into hiatus as we missed the start of the Formula 1 2022 season because of running out of energy and having some…

  • FormulaProc: Italy, United States

    Work continues in FormulaProc in anticipation of the 2022 Formula One Championship starting. This update is divided into two parts: The improvements in the simulator, and the details of the events we ran. Simulated Events I set up and ran the events for the Italian and United States Grand Prixes,…

  • FormulaProc: France+UK+Belgium

    Work continues in FormulaProc in anticipation of the 2022 Formula One Championship starting. For this update, we have contributions from Esteban Martinez over the narrative front. Check out formulaproc.com for full info. Simulated Events I set up and ran the events for France, United Kingdom, and Belgium Grand Prixes and…

  • FormulaProc Dev Report

    Ok, here’s what has kept me busy lately. Thru this last month of dev, the project graduated from a ProcJam entry into an official Slashware project with contributions from QuietGecko, Simernio and Esteban Martinez. All the current stuff can be reached from formulaproc.com Simulated Events I set up and ran…

  • FormulaProc – ProcJam

    I’m creating a procedurally generating Formula One-style racing show! Check it out at https://formulaproc.com, here’s the story so far. The Story So Far After many years of wanting to, I jumped into ProcJam for 2021. There was always a reason not to do it, since it’s in December and I’ve…