ComboMash
combomash.bsky.social
ComboMash
@combomash.bsky.social
Solo Indie Developer working on Crystral Brigade (Tactical RPG) 🇨🇦
https://combomash.substack.com/
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Elevator pitch for Crystal Brigade:

1/2 Crystal Brigade is a souls-like tactical RPG about commanding a brigade of heroes against supernatural forces threatening civilization. As commander, you freely explore the world to uncover nefarious plots and recruit uniquely skilled members to you campaign.
Working on procedural geometry (verts & uvs via code) on a dual-grid hexagonal system using triangular meshes. Now I understand the problem domain but am struggling to decide if I should keep building via code or switch to Blender geometry nodes to generate assets and deal with that back-and-forth 🤔
March 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Steam Spring Sale, you got me again! Adding Sekiro, Disco Elysium, Heavy Rain, Hogwarts Legacy and Enter the Gungeon to my backlog - on top of several titles, like Wargroove, that I need to finish first. Some are research for my own game and others are just for fun!
March 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ugly debugging shaders alert! Making decent progress on my hexagonal coordinate system and procedural mesh creation. I'm aiming to get a rough procedural map generating by the month's end including tile heights, types and basic states like "hovering, highlighted, etc." 💪😅
March 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Recently discovered the dual-grid technique - separating your coordinate system from your geometry tiles to reduce the number required to build a cohesive map - thanks to @jesscodes.bsky.social YT video. Working on a rough plan for my procedural map editor!

tinyurl.com/yc87yrjj

#indiedev #gamedev
March 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My vision for Crystal Brigade is a souls-like, open over-world, tactical turn-based RPG where battles are fought on a hex tile map. This is just the beginning of a long journey, learn about what I'm building towards in my first SubStack post here:

#indiegames

combomash.substack.com/p/crystal-br...
Crystal Brigade - Vision Statement
A souls-like, open over-world, turn-based RPG on a hexagonal tile map.
combomash.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Elevator pitch for Crystal Brigade:

1/2 Crystal Brigade is a souls-like tactical RPG about commanding a brigade of heroes against supernatural forces threatening civilization. As commander, you freely explore the world to uncover nefarious plots and recruit uniquely skilled members to you campaign.
February 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM