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The Great Nacho Wars have ended. A corrupt galactic government saps life and resources from the many war-weary planets it controls. Your alien family risks everything across an open-world galactic odyssey to find a mysterious land of new beginnings. And they’re all aware of their simulated nature.

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After 4 Years in the Making, Lilith Odyssey Is OUT in Early Access

After 4 Years in the Making, Lilith Odyssey Is OUT in Early Access

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Migrate your alien family across a dangerous open-world galaxy, finding ways to survive among the stars and across more than 1000 unique worlds.

Combining casual space flight/navigation, space farming, and survival adventure

Combining casual space flight/navigation, space farming, and survival adventure

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Use different farming pods to grow different foods with the power of space manure and day light.

Gameplay: how casual space navigation/flight mechanics blend with planet exploration

Gameplay: how casual space navigation/flight mechanics blend with planet exploration

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I didn't realize how tough it would be to code space navigation and flight sim mechanics for the vastness of space. But the beta came together rather...

[Sound on] I produced a very serious Galactic Anthem for my space adventure game

[Sound on] I produced a very serious Galactic Anthem for my space adventure game

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As mandated by space law, all radio stations must play this very serious and beautiful galactic anthem every 20 hours. 

How planet design/UI evolved across 4 years... AKA the importance of shaders!

How planet design/UI evolved across 4 years... AKA the importance of shaders!

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The 4-year evolution process of our in-game planets/moons/asteroids. AKA why color matters!

Announcement Trailer: Lilith Odyssey - A Quirky Galactic Alien Migration Simulation

Announcement Trailer: Lilith Odyssey - A Quirky Galactic Alien Migration Simulation

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Lilith Odyssey is now on Steam -- check out the trailer and wishlist!

Story Teaser – The Frustration That Fuels Galactic Migration in Lilith Odyssey

Story Teaser – The Frustration That Fuels Galactic Migration in Lilith Odyssey

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Frustrated aliens called Spu leave their home planets behind in hopes of finding a better existence on the other side of the galaxy. This is a peek into...

New Year, New Look!

New Year, New Look!

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We got rid of the lighting system we were using and transitioned to a simplistic “toon shader.” The results were surprisingly great!

Deer in headlights and responsive environments

Deer in headlights and responsive environments

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We’re huge fans of deer in headlights. What I mean is that we think it’s cool the way deer respond to people and their surroundings! This reactive...

Building cultures and cultural buildings

Building cultures and cultural buildings

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During our summer of dev, we have been formulating ways to express alien cultures through their architecture. We have some freaky fun buildings.

Keeping Score in the Great Outdoors

Keeping Score in the Great Outdoors

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More and more, today’s games feature seemingly endless “missions” and “achievements.” We miss a sense of feeling done: a final score.

Simulated Creature AI

Simulated Creature AI

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Is it ethical to code fear of god into a simulated being? Nobody knows, so we made some tuna salad sandwiches and just did it.

Smacking Things for Stuff (Harvesting)

Smacking Things for Stuff (Harvesting)

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We’re not re-inventing the wheel with harvesting. It’s your familiar progressions of approaching an object, seeing if the harvest option appears...

Granola Bars, Bleeding

Granola Bars, Bleeding

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*Psst* Over here. No, here, in the Fizzberry shrub. Ah, there you are. Chay ho.

Lasers, Combat, and a Cowboy Hat

Lasers, Combat, and a Cowboy Hat

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Chay ho, lilith-heads. What a momentous day, for we may now glimpse into shooting and destroying — which challenges us with some existential questions.

Printing Stuff and Smashing Into It

Printing Stuff and Smashing Into It

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We have created an all-purpose printer meant for creating/materializing survival items of all kinds.

Hello Glondosus

Hello Glondosus

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Chay ho, cosmic fellow. Jun and I decided to start modeling again. It’s okay if that excites you, because we definitely think it’s sexy having to...

New Year, Less Polys

New Year, Less Polys

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We’re going low-poly. Whoa, pump the anti-grav brakes — why the sudden change? Several reasons: low-poly renders a bit more smoothly, meshes with...

Fight Me, Serenade Me, Immerse Me, Indulge Me

Fight Me, Serenade Me, Immerse Me, Indulge Me

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Updates in game play, music, and general game detail.

Surfing, Skiing, Running

Surfing, Skiing, Running

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Chay ho, folks. Sit down, enjoy this free space drink, and let me tell you all about how we protoyped our planetary movement.

Alien Gates and First Tastes

Alien Gates and First Tastes

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Chay ho, space hunks. We’ve been working on that sweet, sweet launch screen, fine-tuning ship flight dynamics/sensitivities, and just filling out content...

Rings, Pizza Hut, Easy Gel, Tweaking

Rings, Pizza Hut, Easy Gel, Tweaking

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Things are starting to fall together — this is a good sensation (vibe). Soon we’ll be breaking though the crust, and eating this pizza backwards.

We made your favorite galactic gas depot!

We made your favorite galactic gas depot!

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Mugalo dudes. We took a little detour from coding and what not and drove along the gamedev scenic route this weekend.

A robot is in your spaceship — chat with it! (tell it your secrets)

A robot is in your spaceship — chat with it! (tell it your secrets)

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This chatbot, called C.A.M, is be the basis for your spaceship’s communications system. It’ll be an informational swiss army knife as it defines names...

Navigation Mode

Navigation Mode

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Welcome to yellow bogey nation. Yellow bogeys are simple floating space devices that collect weather and time data. As satellite experts will tell you...

The Moop-Light Cruise

The Moop-Light Cruise

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Mugalo, space horses. I don’t want to prance around the manor too much: the most interesting thing in this post is this video. Please enjoy this Moop...

Jundows, Solar Systems, and a Short Story by Jim Parx

Jundows, Solar Systems, and a Short Story by Jim Parx

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Mayobread (hey guys), here’s an update on the game. This is going to be a weird post. I’ve created a loading screen for a spaceship operating system...

Movement, Mining, Chopping, Finally

Movement, Mining, Chopping, Finally

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Lemoosum (hello partner, the world is our possum). About 4 weeks ago, I set a minor goal to “just chop one tree down and get a freaking log”.The world...

Inventory, Robocop, Inventory

Inventory, Robocop, Inventory

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Gopezum (I have something to say). Yea, so we got the inventory working, created a bunch of items, developed some character math systems, and built a...

Philadelphia (Hello), Chuck Mangione, Trees, Rocks, Lighting, Weather, Day-Night Cycles

Philadelphia (Hello), Chuck Mangione, Trees, Rocks, Lighting, Weather, Day-Night Cycles

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I moved to the great city of Philadelphia. I also picked up a few classics at the record shop. But mostly, I wanted to make a jungle planet.