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Firmament Wars: Attacking, defending, resource indicators!

Here’s another juicy shot of my labor of love, Firmament Wars. Attacking, moving, and resource accumulation all work, now! At this point it’s coming very close to being a basic, functioning version of the game. So, at this time, here’s … Continue reading

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Firmament Wars: Making good UI progress

Data is now successfully loading from the server and the user can now click on tiles and load data from those tiles. When you click a tile it will show the user’s flag, nation name, account name, and info about … Continue reading

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Working on positioning all of these text nodes to display army sizes.

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Firmament Wars: Progress on the game lobby

The game creation lobby will look… something like this. I considered throwing a chat module in there, but I don’t think that’s necessary quite yet. But maybe in the game itself.

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Coding up the “Find Games” database query for Firmament Wars

This particular query was a bit complex. I had to use a join, group by, and having all in one statement! But it’s working great! I also made some great progress on the code to create games.

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Firmament Wars – Nation Configuration

Take a look at the latest functionality in Firmament Wars.

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Firmament Wars: Select Your Glorious Name and Flag!

Today I finished up development on the main page that allows you to select your nation name and flag. Unlocking flags is currently the only monetized content that is planned for the game. I may add something like great leaders later. Is … Continue reading

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Check out this new Gadsden Flag which will be featured in Firmament Wars

I plan to offer more than 100 flags in the game to represent your nation in the game. Here’s a look at an original creation by Gabriel Oliveira.

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Having a great time developing my second browser game

Still very early in development, but here’s a picture of early development.

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New Email Confirmation Feature in 1-0-98

You can now confirm your email account for a free 75 crystals. That is all! We have thousands of accounts, but we have no idea who is real and who isn’t. Instead of getting thousands of bounced emails, it would … Continue reading

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