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: Pixal

  • Pixal: Day 138

    Away from my laptop, I work on the town maps. I spent some time working on the maps, mapping them to text files, only to find today it was not the right way to go. Instead, I am now using a pretty nice map program ( Tiled ), and will…

  • Pixal: Day 137

    Worked onward on item modifiers! They are ok on the stores and the player inventory (required some database model changes). Still gotta fix it for them to work on battles (and unifying them in one place, generally speaking) Aprox. Work Time: 437:00 (432:30 + 3:30)

  • Pixal: Day 136

    Working on the item modifiers model, almost ready Aprox. Work Time: 432:30 (431:00 + 1:30)

  • Pixal: Days 134, 135

    Continued working on the housing model, and made some planning for next milestone Aprox. Work Time: 431:00 (429:00 + 1:30 + 0:30)

  • Pixal Days 131, 132, 133

    Ongoing work adding browsable locations and terrain acquisition Aprox. Work Time: 429:00 (419:00 + 6:00 + 3:00 + 1:00)

  • Pixal: Days 129, 130 version 0.0.10a

    In a hurry Done: Pixal – 0.0.10a =============== – 0000574: [Task] Add new icons to profile page (slash) – resolved. – 0000388: [Request for Enhancement] Make pixal only able to use techs up to their level (slash) – resolved. – 0000564: [Bug Report] Building level caps not working (slash) -…

  • Pixal: Days 127, 128, Version 0.0.10 released

    It is been more than a month (I have been working on another project, details at slashie.net). I have added 15 more battle techniques (and spells), heck, it takes a LOT of time 🙂 I also implemented a test plan screen from where I can test all techniques interaction (very…

  • Expedition: Day 3

    Didn’t advance much tonight, but I got stores and music working Pics Marizapalos Expedition Stats Aprox. Work Time: 9:00 (7:00+2:00) Source Files: 28 LOC: 2096 SLOC-L: 1115 SWORE Stats Aprox. Work Time: 8:00 Source Files: 58 LOC: 6291 SLOC-L: 3252

  • Pixal: Day 126, version 0.0.9b

    Darn it, my back hurts 😛 And yes, we *need* more and better content! Done – 0000483: [Bug Report] Error caught at log – 0000466: [Exploit] Players can exploit invitation rewards – 0000465: [Bug Report] ranking gone crazy – 0000484: [Bug Report] Error resheduling jobs causes payment not to be…

  • Pixal: Day 125, version 0.0.9a released

    Done – 0000472: [Bug Report] When timers start at 0:00, they dont disappear (slash) – resolved. – 0000481: [Bug Report] Error caught at log (slash) – resolved. – 0000480: [Bug Report] Error caught at log (slash) – resolved. – 0000478: [Task] Busy pixals can’t be killed (slash) – resolved. Stats…