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Spectra

@spectra.bsky.social

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An obsessively detailed immersive sim set in an alternate history 1972. Solo dev by Ellis Tucci 🏳️‍⚧️ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592230/Spectra/

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 6d

working on enemy ai stuff in my test level, which from far away strikes me as some kind of desert mirage

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 10d

made some weapon equip animations- a small detail that really improves the feel of gameplay

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 15d

new inventory ui element shows you how many bullets/cigarettes are left in each selected box/pack

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 15d

Spring 1953 issues of Today's Henchman, Hiawatha's premiere trade journal for goons, grunts, and hatchet men. Read such thought-provoking pieces as "What Was That Noise?" and "What To Expect When You're Expecting Trouble"

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 16d

they're waiting for you...in the test chamber

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 19d

put myself on a readable magazine cover lol

Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 20d

want to call in a distraction from across the map? look no further than the humble telephone booth

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 21d

another night shifting data from one pocket to the other; read note data is now serialized in the save game

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 24d

custom weapon hotkeys now persist across levels- it was huge pain in the ass to get the numbers displaying correctly lol

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 28d

yes! that was the inspiration

Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 28d

and no, levels have a linear progression interspersed with returns to a hub area

Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 28d

exiting a level triggers saving to a special "levelend" slot, and upon loading into a new level, it checks the game instance to see if youre requesting from a user save or a new level load- if the latter, it loads and populates the inventory data from the level end slot

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 28d

something that was very technically complex, but a must for enjoyability and item progression: a save subsystem that maintains your inventory as you advance between levels :)

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 29d

people who do not purchase spectra will one day be at a significant cognitive disadvantage to those who do

CNN @cnn.com · 29d

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · 29d

I do at the moment, but may want to include additional musicians in the future!

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Spectra @spectra.bsky.social · Sep 15

there was a conflict between the way that the save slot data loaded, and a validity check in a certain level, that caused you to load the level, then immediately send you back to that level's main menu- turned out the culprit was a single misplaced reroute node

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