Blue Beam!

Devlog

• Blue Beam! v0.3.2 utility update
  May 06, 2025 by MixMinis

  update in version 0.3.2: Added fully functional volume control slider and mute button. The rest of the day was spent struggling with animating the stubborn (I dare to say ornery) Godot 3.6 control nod... Continue reading
• Blue Beam! v0.3.1 utility update
  May 05, 2025 by MixMinis

  update in version 0.3.1: Added file management/deletion button. Struggled with Godot's control nodes to get the pop ups for file management UI working... Continue reading
• Blue Beam! v0.3.0 gameplay update
  May 04, 2025 by MixMinis

  updates in version 0.3.0: Added new bullet hit sound and particle effects. Changed font from outlined to solid color for legibility (it looks even less faithful to the oldies now though). All threats... Continue reading
• Blue Beam! v0.2.9 maintenance update
  May 02, 2025 by MixMinis

  update in version 0.2.9: game save function is now debugged and working as intended. I'm considering sacrificing historical accuracy and reducing enemy numbers and giving them lots of HP so that they... Continue reading
• Blue Beam! v0.2.8 update and fate
  April 27, 2025 by MixMinis

  I've hit a wall on this project. It's been a few weeks since this was started and it's not ticking the hyper casual game boxes. At this point it will take a lot of revisions to course correct and due... Continue reading
• Blue Beam! v0.2.1 update
  April 16, 2025 by MixMinis

  Numerous small updates to the game. Enemies have new and different sounds now. The aliens now don't sound like crumbling rocks when they die. General tweaking of numerous object properties to make the... Continue reading
• Blue Beam! is now in beta stage of development
  April 11, 2025 by MixMinis

  Refined a few things in the game: More sprites now have the crisp outline to look more like the old vector arcade games. Enemy speeds and movement patterns have been refined. Mindlessly spraying shots... Continue reading
• Space Swarm! prototype update
  April 09, 2025 by MixMinis

  Change Log: 1. updated sprites for beam shield and asteroid chunk. 2. added new threats: tentacle invader and black cube (aka archon aka monolith). 3. fixed a sloppy piece of code where ALL moving ent... Continue reading
• Space Swarm! web performance test
  April 03, 2025 by MixMinis

  Uploaded the first public version of the prototype to test for performance on mobile web. It does well on a decent phone and desktop but struggles with a crap/starter smartphone. Unfortunately, as one... Continue reading