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The Walled Garden is a platformer RPG set in a surrealistic Garden of Eden with procedurally generated trees which grow from a destructible environment which subdivides as it is destroyed.

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Dynamic Psuedo Water Waves

Dynamic Psuedo Water Waves

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This article details my journey in implementing dynamic water effects in Game Maker Studio 1.4. It covers setting up the water object, updating displacement...

Sprite Upgrades + Gameplay + NPCs

Sprite Upgrades + Gameplay + NPCs

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I've updated the game with new graphics for sprites, some based on Dalle-3 concepts, and introduced gameplay changes. The game now has a self-sustaining...

More Updates - Utility/Combat and VFX

More Updates - Utility/Combat and VFX

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New updates in 'The Walled Garden' bring unique enemy interactions, melee combat, and a zoom feature for in-depth exploration. A 'Coyote Jump' mechanic...

Lots of Updates

Lots of Updates

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I've implemented a save and load system in my game, preserving tree states across sessions, a feature not in the original engine. Upcoming enhancements...

10+ years!?

10+ years!?

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We're starting over again. Not from 100% scratch, we still have all our existing code and graphics. However I'm focused on coding a better engine with...

Level 1 - Oh the fool I was

Level 1 - Oh the fool I was

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11 YEARS?! Wow. Can't believe that I'm coming up on 11 years working on this project. Certainly bit off more than I could chew. But I've got a big stomach...

2020 Demo Released

2020 Demo Released

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Have decided to release the current existence of Walled Garden. The last demo was released in 2012. So this is 8 years of development since then.

Dusting off the old GMK

Dusting off the old GMK

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Hey everybody! Wow.. I haven't posted in 120 days. 130+ days since I've worked on the game physically. Earlier this week I brushed the dust off the Ol...

Enemy Mounts and Interactions

Enemy Mounts and Interactions

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There are particular animals in Eden that don't mind Atom riding on their back. At the moment the current existing mounts are; Horse, Rooster, Swordfish...

July 2014 Update

July 2014 Update

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A lot has been worked on this month. I'm really trying to push for a demo to be released this month. The first chapter consists of Four elemental realms...

2014 Updates

2014 Updates

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Wow I can't believe it's been two years since my last update. Just want to make it clear that this game is still being worked on. There was a bit of a...

Demo release December 21st

Demo release December 21st

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Hey everybody, just keeping you all updated and letting you know that the expected release date for the real demo will be on December 21st, 2012. So please...

Tech Demo download now working & Soundtrack preview

Tech Demo download now working & Soundtrack preview

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I released a new tech demo after noticing it wasn't working when you downloaded it from indieDB. In other news; You can also listen to the current soundtrack...

Indiegogo Campaign

Indiegogo Campaign

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Only 38 days remaining in The Walled Garden's indiegogo campaign phase two. Please share this link on your facebook wall or twitter feed if you would...

Devlog

Devlog

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Hey everyone, thanks for checking out The Walled Garden. If you have anything to contribute such as ideas, or books I should read, or music you want to...