Orbarella - The Dream Soother

Devlog

• Orbarella (MonoGame) Devlog #4 - First playable version
  April 01, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#devlog, #monogame, #learntocode, #solodev

  In this devlog I discuss the difficulty on finding the right kind of artwork for representing a human emotion. Once that is sorted, I implement basic collision and scoring to end up with the first ver... Continue reading

  
• Orbarella (MonoGame) Devlog #3 - Artwork & Level Design
  March 30, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #devlog, #artwork, #leveldesign

  The work in this update was a lot less to do with coding and a lot more to do with fiddling with the artwork and the level design to get the game to look right. As much as I'd love to just focus on co... Continue reading

  
• Orbarella (MonoGame) Devlog #2 - Game math & JSON data
  March 27, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #practiceproject, #simple, #2d, #learntocode

  In this update I show the progres I've made in the game, getting the nasty math bit out of the way and also working with JSON data to allow me to create the buildings more dynamically. AI Generated Su... Continue reading

  
• 2nd MonoGame Project Devlog #1 - Concept & Early Artwork
  March 26, 2025 by caroline.middlebrook@googlemail.com#monogame, #simple, #2d, #devlog, #learntocode

  This is the first devlog for my second MonoGame practice project. It's a simple game inspired by a demo project I saw in a book I am studying. AI Generated Summary: Game Design 🎮 Orbarella is a mou... Continue reading