Elf Factory

Devlog

• Working on a PC port of Elf Factory
  February 22, 2024 by Neverall Games

  Playdate made it super easy to get an idea together and release it (in fact twice I have made games for playdate). Now I am working on porting one of those to PC using godot. Wish me well :)... Continue reading
• Got a playdate, and updated a game.
  December 08, 2023 by Neverall Games

  So I built Elf Factory initially when I didn't have a playdate, and created some tiny fonts to make it so a decent amount of text could appear on the screen. That looked great on my computer monitor,... Continue reading

  
• Ops, wrong path to the gameCard image
  December 29, 2022 by Neverall Games

  Looks like I had the wrong path set to the gameCard in my project settings, so not sure what you'll end up seeing in the game list menu for it. I just updated the download with the corrected path... Continue reading

  
• Elf Factory is now available for Download!
  December 27, 2022 by Neverall Games#release

  After much hard work mixed in with some scope creep and holiday cheer, Elf Factory is now available for download and purchase, and for a limited time it is discounted a bundle in the itch winter sale... Continue reading

  
• Caps for the playdate is a really fun font editor
  December 21, 2022 by Neverall Games

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• Using two font characters to make one larger one
  December 19, 2022 by Neverall Games

  I am using a mono-spaced font, but also need to do occasionally fatter characters that I can write inline, such as for the A & B buttons. To do this, I took two separate characters from the dingbats c... Continue reading

  
• Got profile selection, level selection, and intro animation placeholder working
  December 19, 2022 by Neverall Games#playdate

  Got profile selection, level selection, and intro animation placeholder working. I wanted to make it so you could share your device with others, but each have their own profile for progress. I also do... Continue reading

  
• We can now pick up and drop parts in boxes
  December 09, 2022 by Neverall Games

  Making some progress! We can now put parts into the box that the toy needs. This gives a good feel for how parts need to be reorganized to get to what you need... Continue reading

  
• Custom made Entity Component System for Playdate
  December 08, 2022 by Neverall Games

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  #behind-the-scenes

  This is a screenshot of how the ECS system is built for the game Elf Factory , and it is a copy of what I did in Jewel Defender (though I cleaned up the code a bit from what I learned there) The game... Continue reading

  
• Elf Factory coming soon on Playdate
  December 08, 2022 by Neverall Games#progress-update

  https://robkohr.itch.io/elf-factory The evil toy taker has taken all of the toys on Christmas eve. Through a pile of parts that are left in the stockroom, you have to sort through and quickly assemble... Continue reading