SXSW Sydney 2025 was an absolute blast. I am honored that Memoirium was invited to showcase, and I am still recovering from how much fun it was to be there. While I was only in Sydney for six days, each day was filled with merriment, learning, and a lot of standing by Memoirium’s booth. SXSWContinue reading “SXSW Sydney x Memoirium”
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Optimization, polish, and achievements
I’m currently in a special stage of development, the optimization and polish stage. This is where I’m hunting for bugs and adding extra shine to as much as I can. With the relatively simple aesthetic of Memoirium, a lot of polish goes a long way. Some examples of polish I have recently added: items whenContinue reading “Optimization, polish, and achievements”
I lied! I am not truly a solo dev.
Sort of a clickbait title, I do admit. I am still developing the game by myself. But I wouldn’t be able to do it without the support from Outersloth, my fiancé, my best friend, my brother, my parents, my cousins, my friends, my family, my fellow gamedevs, and my early playtesters. I am writing thisContinue reading “I lied! I am not truly a solo dev.”
To play the player
It’s funny how often in Lies of P you see an item or a room and immediately know it’s a trap. You should be able to pick up the pattern after a while, and it really feels like your fault when you fall for a trick that you knew was waiting for you. This madeContinue reading “To play the player”
Camera closer
I spent this week working on the little things, like UI updates and pushing the camera closer to the player. In the equipment screen, the boxes were previously empty, and I put helpful background images to show the player what goes into them. This should be useful, especially when the boxes grow more numerous. IContinue reading “Camera closer”
Weapon Lullabies
Not a very crazy week. Well, a little crazy since I decided I wanted each weapon to have an even more distinct identity. I felt that the choice between weapons didn’t have enough impact, then I thought about what made weapons special or unique in other games (particularly games in the same genre). In EldenContinue reading “Weapon Lullabies”
Positive feedback!
Playtests are great! I could play my game 100 times and find 5 bugs. One play tester could play once and find 10! So far the feedback I’ve gotten has been positive and the suggestions are extremely helpful. This also means I know I’m on the right track. There was a lot I improved inContinue reading “Positive feedback!”
Piece by piece
Another relatively productive week leading up to the playtest. So far in my experience, game dev has been a combination of wildly unobstructed progress and fixing obstructions I have made for myself in the past. Now that I’ve finished most of the game’s “meat,” I can focus on the finer and more grueling details. IContinue reading “Piece by piece”
Playtest signups are open!
The dates for the limited playtest are May 2-10! Signup should be open on the Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3294440/Memoirium/ My goal for this playtest is to get early feedback on how the game feels. I want to see if there are any common issues and suggestions. Besides that, I am open to whatever this playtest willContinue reading “Playtest signups are open!”
The typical soulslike is a turn-based game
When developing the combat for my game I wanted to understand and pick apart what made the combat in Souls games so fun and special. Looking at it from a design perspective I slowly came to realize the Stamina bar that is present in all of their Soulsborne games can be seen as the amountContinue reading “The typical soulslike is a turn-based game”
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