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2026

Shmup Devlog #5 - Collisions, Part Trois Oct 27 Circles and boxes fit some sprites badly. This post adds convex-hull colliders: the separating axis test, a swept test with conservative advancement and GJK, and a tool that builds the hulls from the sprites.
Collider Generator Oct 5 Derives convex-hull colliders from a sprite’s alpha channel, one hull per animation frame.
Shmup Devlog #4 - Collisions, Part Deux Sep 18 Fast bullets flew through enemies without hitting them. This post explains why and adds a swept collision test for every pair the simple check misses.
Shmup Devlog #3 - Collisions Apr 26 This post is about benchmarking the collision detection system, comparing the brute-force approach to a spatial hash grid approach.
Shmup Devlog #2 - One Life Closer to Game Over Feb 28 This post is about player lifes, re-spawning, game over, score and pre-shot animations
Shmup Devlog #1 - Weapons, Upgrades, and Damage Mechanics Feb 8 This article is about the weapons, upgrades, and damage mechanics
Shmup Devlog #0 - No Plan, Just Bullets Jan 26 I’ve always wanted to make a game. But I always thought that it would be too difficult. Then, one day, I thought “It can’t be that hard, right? Right?!”

2025

Loosely Coupled Game Architecture with Events and Commands May 10 This article introduces events and commands as a way to decouple game components. A (very) basic space shooter example illustrates how the pattern can be applied in practice.

2024

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