Apoplexy
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An upcoming stealth first person shooter made by yours truly
APOPLEXY patch notes
The one where enemies became more alive
New features
- Enemies now utilize a mix of custom pathfinding and Unity’s Nav Mesh system
- Patrol points for enemies which leads them to just walk around and chill at some spots
Updated
- Skybox
Enemy AI is fun. Until it isn’t. Try it yourself!
APOPLEXY patch notes
The one where the universe itself was made anew.
New features
- New PSX shader which I think looks quite nice!
- Worse UI!
Updated
- Engine switch from in-house to Unity 6.5
- Tweaked animations (mostly shotgun)
I would say the game will soon be on complete feature parity with the Raylib version. A lot of the code was virtually the same, so this rewrite moved way quicker than I initially expected….
I already feel like I’m moving so much faster compared to my Raylib attempt.
IMPORTANT APOPLEXY ANNOUNCEMENT
Hello guys! I have come to a realization recently. That is the realization that using Raylib is holding me down.
I have been trying really hard to bring my vision to life for these hours I’ve been working on it, but it’s all just taking too long. And in the end, I keep reinventing the wheel and making something that already exists (and is better) in a game engine. I also have some other frustrations with Raylib and how the library limits programmers in some ways, which I won’t go in to in this post.
So, I will be porting the project to Unity! That is the tool I’m most comfortable with, and I hope it helps me to iterate faster and bring you guys some interesting gameplay soon.
Here are some screenshots from the last Raylib build. See you guys soon!
APOPLEXY patch notes
The one about levels
New features
- Early main menu with level selector
- Speaking of levels, added a new level, called the “Stealth Compound” (this will not make it into the beta build lol it’s still a testing map)
Updated
- Project updated to C++26 (from C++17)
- Footstep sounds (went from looping 5 second clip to separate footstep files to easier align with movement speed)
- Bumped version number on in-game overlay
Super Star
As a prize for your great work, look out for a bonus prize in the mail :)
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A ship won’t stop me from further updates ;)
New features
- UI “framework” that helps me iterate even quicker (a bunch of stuff is still hardcoded though)
- Decals, more about that in a future update
- Slow motion win sequence for dramatic effect xd
Updated
- Old “bio-link” panel gone, replaced by a more subtle healthbar at the bottom of the screen
- General codebase cleanup and removal of old files
- Revised PSX shader
I hyperfixated a bit too much on the aesthetics, I promise that the next few updates will actually be gameplay related.
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New features:
- Redesigned UI
No updates otherwise. I spent most of this time on a quick refactor to make my life a bit easier, then sketching out a proper UI on paper.
This is how it turned out:
Ship #1
APOPLEXY PRE SHIP UPDATE
Some finishing touches on the enemy AI, they can now hear you a lot better when you shoot the shotty, and I added a little grace timer if you’re in the enemy field of view to get time to move out of the way.
The enemy AI is still far from perfect, but I thought it good enough for a PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE alpha build.
:D
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New features:
- Weapon swapping animation
- Shotgun reload rework
- Quick melee system (+ shotgun reload pushback and damage)
- Live noise testing for enemy AI
Updated:
- Smarter AI, react to noise and being hurt
- Platform-agnostic build system (except macOS)
I’ve now decided a bit more on the direction of this game. I want to create an atmospheric stealth first person shooter, with a big emphasis on the stealth part, and optionally a “go loud” playstyle.
Expect future updates to work towards that goal!
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New features:
- New “Killhouse” map featuring some cheap lighting and wonky walls!
- New enemy pathfinding built from the ground up (ability to walk around walls and avoid clumping into eachother)
- Eyes.
- Dynamic spread on all weapons based on horizontal movement speed
- New shotgun utilizing this spread system, shoots multiple pellets that have random spread
- New dynamic crosshair
- More sounds
Updated:
- Idle animation
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New features:
- Whole new audio system with 3D audio
- Sound effects for footsteps, shooting, reloading and hitting enemies
Updated:
- A few collision bugs
Other:
- Started logging my progress on TikTok (czapladaw67) and YouTube (ironfistdaw) as well.
the project is looking more and more like a game every day, really proud of it so far. 😇
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New features:
- Skybox
- Updated pistol model, longer reload time
Updated:
- World shader
i had a lot of fun adding the skybox, and i think the new model looks SO sick
added some proper lighting (after a struggle) and some more editor QOL. it’s all coming along very nicely, check out the video below. (also refactored weapon system for futureproofing and more)
improved the level editor with some easier controls and a new orbital camera instead of orthographic projection, and added raygui to make selections easier. also refined the movement, headbob and weapon sway!
added a crude level editor controlled with the keyboard! it loads and saves json files that you can edit and then save with f6 in game (or manually if youd like.) im very proud of this one!
video below, but i added some visual candy to the project. i like my games to feel niceeee
i added some blood particles to the blood prisms that try to kill you with a custom particle system i wrote
finally finished the muzzle flash. it was suuuch a pain but adds a lot to the feel of the gun.
added hitflash, started working on muzzle flash but disabled for now. also rethinking if the game should be black and white so its disabled for now.
i tweaked the shader some more because the other one was an unreadable mess. also added display of current position, will be useful for later! next, i want to work on more of the actual gameplay, i think this look is fine for now (maybe ill make the enemies fully white with a black outline)
I got some hit detection and crude logging up (std::cout). The game is coming along nicely, and raylib is so pleasant to work with. [NOTE: this project was started yesterday when i found out about stardance]
