CHIMERA 2

Devlog

• Progress Report
  August 04, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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  #design

  I'm not a good game designer. That said, here are the major organising principles I'm using to design and make Chimera 2. Feel This is about how I want the player to feel while they're playing the gam... Continue reading
• Energy System Progress
  July 13, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

  For the next release of Chimera 2, I'll be including the energy system, and perhaps the coolant system too. I'm going with a diegetic UI, something I've always been a fan of. It won't be there all the... Continue reading

  
• Energy
  July 07, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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  #design, #energy, #coolant, #systems

  The original Chimera had a simple food and water system that served as proxies for energy and coolant. I never explicitly mentioned this. What I'm working on now for the next update is a more grown up... Continue reading
• What's next for Chimera 2?
  June 28, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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  #plans

  Now that Code is Just is complete, you might well wonder what the future of Chimera 2 is? There won't be daily updates as there were specifically for the thread, but of course, I will continue to upda... Continue reading

  
• 0.106 Released with Code is Just S3E6 unlock
  June 25, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

  Watch my Code is Just thread on Twitter tonight to get the unlock code to enter into the terminal. It will allow you to edit double height rooms... Continue reading
• 0.105 Released with Code is Just S3E5 unlock
  June 24, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad#update

  The latest version of the Chimera 2 build is live, v0.105 This includes a nice unlockable, the code for which will be revealed in tonight's Code is Just at 8pm BST... Continue reading
• 0.104 Released: Code is Just S3E4 unlock
  June 23, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad#update

  Latest version has been released. - Performance is better - Camera starts in the correct position - Inventory is beginning to take shape. You can pick up objects, and they will appear in your inventor... Continue reading
• 0.103 Code is Just S3E3 Unlock version live
  June 22, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad#update

  Today's build is live, containing the unlock code for tonight's episode 3 from season 3 of Code is Just, the long-running Twitter thread. Some minor changes apart from the unlock: Camera now follows a... Continue reading
• macOS potential fix
  June 21, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad#bugfix

  I know some of you have had issues with the Mac build. I've deleted the old one and have uploaded using butler, which is how itch recommends that I upload Mac builds. Please try this and let me know h... Continue reading
• v0.102 released with title screen and new code
  June 21, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad#update

  Day 2 of Code is Just Season 3 sees the release of Chimera 2 v0.102 There's now a title screen and you can quit to the desktop. There have been some little fixes: - colours now fade in and out properl... Continue reading
• Code is Just Season 3, Episode 1 build
  June 20, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

  For the launch of Season 3 of my hit career thread, Code is Just on Twitter, I'm putting daily updates of the game up that will allow you to unlock a simple feature or some content. You'll need these... Continue reading

  
• First working build of Chimera 2 prototype
  June 18, 2022 by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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  I've threatened to do this for a long time. An age. I made the first version of Chimera on the ZX Spectrum, with encouragement from my friend Geoff, and some help to push it over the line from my frie... Continue reading