Hey, everyone. This is almost a bit of a rant post; I have a few thoughts I'd like to share regarding the game.

I'll be honest; I've been getting fairly discouraged recently.

I've done an absurd amount of work on the game (and related projects, like its devlog series) over the past year. The player can move around, experience cut-scenes, find new areas, and it's all pretty polished and clean. What the game consists of so far feels great. The game, though, is missing... something. That something is, of course, the heart of the game: the mechanics that the puzzles are to be built off of.

The game's mechanics are what have been occupying my thoughts for what seems like ages. I've never wanted to design a game heavy-handed, where I force all of my ideas onto the game's world and hack it together; that, in my opinion, never produces an interesting game. I want to design a system, and then explore that system; this is a style of design spoken about frequ

Hey, everyone!

If you can recall, I renamed the game from Dissonance to Cadence awhile ago because of a name collision with another indie game and also due to my changing vision of the game.

My decision to rename the game to Cadence a good number of months ago was a naive one, though, because there is yet another indie game titled Cadence that is far further in development than my game is.

The game has not changed, nor has my vision for it; however, my vision has been greatly refined. I think I have a pretty good idea of what the game is to be about in both mechanics and theme. So, in accordance with that refined vision, I've yet again changed the game's name to both avoid name collisions (I swear I've been more cautious this time) and to embody the game's theme better.

This was a decision that took awhile to make, both because I had to allow my vision for the game develop but also because I [b]simply couldn't think of a name for lo

Hey, everyone!

I hope 2018 is going fantastic for everybody thus far! I've had several questions about my implementation of the game's dynamic shadows, so I focused on them specifically in the newest Under The Hood devlog.

Check it out for yourself below. I hope you enjoy!

-Delix

Hello, everyone!

Sorry for the late post... I got caught up in the holidays. I recently uploaded the eighth episode of the devlog series (Behind The Scenes). In this episode I discuss more UI changes that not only allow for better editor usage but also for the creation of menus for the final game. I also check out the game's new shadow effects and my first steps toward creating a world that reacts to notes.

The shadow effect's implementation will be discussed in the next Under The Hood devlog.

Here's the video. Enjoy!

-Delix

Hello, everyone!

Similar to many other creators, I am quite unhappy with Patreon's recent policy decision and how it treats my patrons. I am moving elsewhere to provide an opportunity to support me for those who are interested in my content.

I've currently set up a Liberapay page, but am still unsure if this is the best option. If anybody has any other recommendations, please do not hesitate to let me know. I want to do what is best for my patrons!

-Delix

Hey everyone!

I just uploaded the the Under The Hood portion of the eighth devlog. I talk about both multithreaded resource management with my single-header C/++ multithreaded resource management library and also my steps in refactoring the game's event system.

As always, I hope you all enjoy, and any feedback, suggestions, or comments are greatly appreciated!

-Delix

Hey everyone!

My apologies for the long period of silence. I've recently begun my third semester at university and I've been incredibly busy (perhaps 17 credits of classes wasn't the best idea...). Regardless, I've been scraping bits of time together to try to continue work on the game and I've done a few cool things which I talk about in this devlog video.

The changes I speak about include particles, some new art modifications, and event editing. Hopefully you all enjoy!

-Delix

Hey everyone!

I just released the Under The Hood portion of the seventh devlog episode for Cadence. I check out the code behind a few features, namely: lighting, my IMGUI ID system, particles, and map events. I hope you all enjoy! As always, feedback is more than welcome.

Thank you all so much for the incredible support! -Delix

Hey everyone!

I just uploaded a fresh devlog for you all to check out. I show off a few new features/modifications, most notably the beginnings of the game mechanics (the player's ability to make notes). This will be integrated with other systems that will be arriving in the coming weeks/months.

I hope you all enjoy; thank you all so much for the support!

-Delix

The game I'm making has very much changed since I began making it; the art is different and therefore the feeling is different, the gameplay is different, and it's attempting to express a different idea. You might say there is a sort of "dissonance" between the new and old versions, ha ha...

Jokes aside, I'm changing the name for the project to 'Cadence'. This decision was made for a few reasons: Firstly, there exists another indie game in development titled 'Dissonance'. They are further in development than I am and I figured that I'd rather not cause problems; in the worst case, it'd be potential legal trouble, and in the best, it would confuse everyone. Secondly, it's true that the game has evolved from what it was originally supposed to be. The name 'Dissonance' fit much more adequately for the dark art style I had before; now, the game has a less "dark" atmosphere.

Ultimately, I found it to be a good decision regarding both marketing and design. Hopefully everyone feels the

Hey, everyone!

I recently wrote up a quick header file that provides some useful operations pertaining to C-strings using the CRT. It's just at an early starting point, and I'll probably only implement additional features as I need them in my project, but it's already quite useful. If you have any suggestions, see any problems with the code, or want me to implement something, let me know.

Here's the code:

[code] #ifndef _DSTRING_H #define _DSTRING_H

#include <stdint.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdarg.h>

#define _DSTRING_STARTING_CAP 16

#define ds_len(a) ds_size(a) #define ds_length(a) ds_size(a) #define ds_free(a) _ds_free(&a)

typedef char *dstr; typedef char *dstring;

inline uint32_t *_ds_raw(char *dstr) { return dstr ? ((uint32_t *)dstr) - 2 : NULL; }

inline uint32_t ds_size(char *dstr) { return dstr ? _ds_raw(dstr)[0] : 0; }

inline uint32_t ds_cap(char *dstr) { return dstr ? _ds_raw(dstr)[1] : 0; }

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Hello, everyone!

I just uploaded a Under The Hood devlog for the game. In this episode I discuss my implementation of immediate-mode GUI and also quickly run through the code behind the automapping feature introduced in the last week's devlog. I hope you all enjoy!

Thanks again for the incredible support you all provide. -Delix

Hey everyone!

I've just recently finished up my second university semester, which implies that my time has freed up a lot. I've been working restlessly on the game and have made quite a bit of progress! If you're interested, I've summarized this progress in the most recent Behind The Scenes devlog video. I implement a feature that I call 'Automapping', which uses a set of situational rules to determine what image a particular tile should be; it increases the map creation speed substantially. I also demonstrate the game's new gamepad support, sounds, and dual-layer support for tile-maps. In the next Under The Hood devlog video, I'm planning to dive into the code behind these features (specifically automapping) in more depth.

Here's the video! If you enjoy it, I encourage you to subscribe to my YouTube channel. I also encourage you to leave any feedback or comments.

Thank you everyone for your support! -[u

Hey everyone!

Sorry updates have been a bit dry recently; it's nearing the end of the semester at university and my schedule is proving to become increasingly hectic. I did manage to squeak out a devlog this week, though; I dive into some under the hood stuff regarding dxE (my game independent library) and also the game state infrastructure in the game.

I hope you all enjoy!

-Delix

Hey everyone!

I thought I'd show a quick sample of dxE (my game-independent library) code. dxE has recently been almost completely rewritten in C, as I've abandoned my object-oriented approach. The only C++ code I have yet to replace is my use of GLM, which I'll be replacing soon with the HandmadeMath library.

The new rewrite of dxE currently supports:

-Multiple Windows -Keyboard/Mouse Input -Resources (Shaders, Textures, Fonts, Audio) -Multi-threaded Resource Management (Parses requests, loads in resources as needed, allows for dynamic loading screens and loading during gameplay) -Output (Audio, Rendering) -Custom shader support; can use raw OpenGL alongside dxE if needed, but drawing primitives/textures/text doesn't require any custom shaders (default shaders provided)

I'm really just implementing features as I need them for my game, but I have quite a bit more planned.

Here's that sample: [code] #include <dxE/dxE.h>

//generic keys; name after actions //this

Hey all!

Just uploaded the 4th Behind The Scenes episode of the devlog series. Since there isn't much progress to be seen on the game itself (as I'm doing a lot of under the hood renovations which I talk about in the last Under The Hood episode), in this episode I show some new enemy art and I get into a few interesting design decisions (which includes the name of the game!).

Thank you all so much for the support! -Delix

Hey everyone!

I just launched the Patreon page. In theory, financial support from any followers will allow me to fund pixel art and potentially music will allow me to dedicate all free time towards development of the game and devlog series. More information is available at the Patreon page.

Here's a link to the Patreon page.

If you choose to support me, I'll be extremely grateful; you'll also receive rewards (that are all listed on the Patreon page).

Thank you all so much for the support! -Delix

Hello, everyone!

It's been quite a busy few weeks, which is why I'm surprised at the fact that I somehow managed to squeak out a new devlog. The devlog series is changing a bit; now, there will be two videos per episode. One of these will be titled Under The Hood, where I explain more programming-related things and where the video focuses on the code and programming; the other will be titled Behind The Scenes, which is the usual game update video where the content deals more with the game itself.

This is the first Under The Hood video (starting on Episode #4). That being said, here it is; I hope you enjoy!

Thank you so much for your support. -Delix

Hey everyone!

As a start to my journey in programming in a more handmade fashion, I decided to test my skills regarding memory management and C in general by attempting to code a C-equivalent of the C++ std::vector. I took inspiration from the stb_stretchy_buffer library.

It's not feature complete yet; just have pop/push, free, and size/cap functions. If you guys have any suggestions or comments, I'd love to hear them!

Here it is:

EDIT: Fixed some issues and implemented a few new features. Thanks for the comments, guys! EDIT [2]: Threw in a license and uploaded to github

[code] #ifndef _DARRAY_H #define _DARRAY_H

#include <stdlib.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <memory.h>

#define _DARRAY_START_CAP 32

#define da_shrink(a) if(da_size(a) > 0) { _da_shrink((void **)&a, sizeof(a[0])); } #define da_push(a, e) _da_push((void **)&a, &e, sizeof(e)) #define da_insert(a, e, i) _da_insert((void **)&a, &e, sizeo

Hey everyone!

I just recently uploaded the third game devlog. I didn't get a whole lot done, as life has been pretty busy, but I still have some stuff worth showing and talking about! I've implemented the bare bones of lighting and collision editing fully. I hope you guys enjoy, sorry there isn't a whole lot this week. The devlog is below; I'd love any feedback, suggestions, comments, encouragement, discouragement, etc. you have.

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support! -Delix

Hey everyone!

Just uploaded the game's second devlog. I speak a lot about progress on the game's map editor and I get a bit into the code. Hopefully you all enjoy it; thank you for your interest! One thing worth mentioning is that I will need to rename the game at some point. If you have any negative or positive feedback or perhaps an idea for a new name, I'd be greatly appreciative if you left it in the comments!

-Delix