Björn Ottosson - making Island Architect

Exciting to see Battlefield 6 launching and doing well 🚀. Looking forward to trying it out!

I’ve been involved in every Battlefield between BF3 and 2042 one way or another, so it’s a new experience to see a Battlefied game launch completely from the outside!

No geometry nodes involved, lots of specialized code for fast procedural generation!

Yes, something like that! Plus fully editable 3d terrain with caves etc!

Yes, the grid is shaped by the user’s actions and there are also tools to more directly affect it!

It is also affected by terrain, so the starting grid is aligned to match slopes

Thank you Rui!

Been fixing lots of little edge cases in the roof generation for my cozy town building game Island Architect.

Really pleased with all the variety that is possible with some simple interactions!

#indiegames #gamedev #cozygames

That would be great, but also really hard to get right! Right now looking at other ways of making the world feel more alive

You just build what you feel like! Just explore your own creativity and the game’s system!

Thank you 🙏😊

Thank you! ☺️

I reworked the camera to work better with all the verticality the game’s building tools creates.

Really fun flying through rock arches and up cliffs now!

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Finally getting back to posting about my cozy building game Island Architect.

I've made it so that you now select if you want buildings to have roof tiles or flat roofs. Makes walls with roof files and small pyramid shaped buildings possible, and feels better overall!

Spelskaparna Lär ut spelutveckling med egenbyggd motor

Spelskaparna is a Swedish podcast, with interviews from all around the Swedish game industry.

In the latest episode I joined them to talk about teaching game development and a few other things.

If you understand Swedish, check it out here:
spelskaparna.com/episode/170/

Yes, it is what I currently use!

Thank you 😊

I’m not that easily fooled

Only kind of kidding, it does seem to work every time 😉

I've figured out a new trick for using AI to solve complex problems. I call it frustration coding.

Here's how it works:

When stuck procrastinating , I ask an AI for help.

When it inevitable fails I get annoyed and motivated to solve it myself instead. Works every time!

I did an interview with @80Level about Island Architect check it out! 80.lv/articles/isl...

Thank you 😊

Primarily Townscaper, a lot of this started from thinking about what you could do if taking its irregular grid further!

Tiny glade is great also and of course I’m looking at as well. Also trying to figure out how to best make sure my game is distinct enough!

Agreed, both as a player and developer!

Thank you! can’t promise it yet, but I’ll definitely look into it. The game is built on cross platform libraries, so is mostly a question of being able to test and fix potential issues related to it.

Thank you!

Better get to work then 😅

Thank you 🙏

Thank you 😊

Dormers, chimneys and little spires with weather vanes get added automatically when building roofs. E.g., spires are added when all roofs meet in one point, dormers when you build a wall extending partially up a roof.

Looking forward to adding lots of little details like this!

Thank you Emmy!

I definitely want waterfalls, but have to figure out a bit more about how much work it is before I can promise it.

Lots to do!

Thank you 😊