CATACLYSM

Devlog

• Never too late to update!
  March 18, 2024 by Moon Jelly Games

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  #late update

  I'm deep into development on my next game, MicroCosmic, but Cataclysm is still the game that I bring to work for the kids to play whenever the opportunity comes. And every time I see them play, I thin... Continue reading
• Stage Discussion #4: "Crush Forts"
  July 20, 2021 by Moon Jelly Games

  It's been a very long time since my last entry in this series, but my restored interest in game development has also motivated me to look back at CATACLYSM. I've made a lot of things in my life, most... Continue reading
• Late Update!
  July 20, 2021 by Moon Jelly Games

  I'm deep into development on my next project, but I had a few thoughts about Cataclysm that I couldn't shake. The following changes have been made: Force Bombs: a little floatier, no longer explode wh... Continue reading
• Stage Discussion #3: "Chain Reaction"
  September 07, 2019 by Moon Jelly Games#stage discussion

  I've just now realized that Chain Reaction is actually the oldest stage to make it into the release build of Cataclysm. Before I had shock blocks, falling spikes, crush blocks, sawblades, etc., I had... Continue reading
• Stage Discussion #2: "Axolotl"
  August 24, 2019 by Moon Jelly Games

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  #stage discussion

  Considering I didn't have much in the way of an overall vision when I designed Axolotl, it's maybe a little surprising that it has stuck around. As one of the oldest stages included in the released ve... Continue reading
• Xbox Controller Support
  August 06, 2019 by Moon Jelly Games

  With my last update, I had made the game support Dualshock 4 controllers natively on Windows. I recently learned two things: 1) The button codes are different on MAC and LINUX 2) My change to the Inpu... Continue reading
• Stage Discussion #1: "Vanilla"
  August 03, 2019 by Moon Jelly Games

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  #stage discussion

  I've been wanting to do this in some form for a while. Be warned; this "series" is an entirely self-indulgent deep-dive into the ideas that went into each stage. I will include a video with each post... Continue reading
• v1.6 Stage Revamp, native DualShock 4 support, and more
  August 01, 2019 by Moon Jelly Games

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  v1.6 INPUT UPDATE When I switched from DualShock 3 to DualShock 4, I thought my gamepad troubles would be over. The DS4Windows was much more reliable, but even then it would occasionally and inexplica... Continue reading
• Major Update: New power-up, stages, portals(!?), and more
  July 18, 2019 by Moon Jelly Games#PowerUp, #New Stage, #New Mechanic

  It was just over a week ago that I released the first "major" update to Cataclysm since it launched. That update included the stage "Trypophobia" and its remix variant. Had I known I'd be stricken wit... Continue reading
• New Stages!
  July 10, 2019 by Moon Jelly Games#new stage

  It's been a little over a year since I released CATACLYSM into the world, and it's long overdue for a significant update (not related to bug fixes). I actually intended to create even more new stages... Continue reading
• Stage improvements & jump height increase
  June 19, 2018 by Moon Jelly Games##gamedev, ##improvement, ##stage

  "Five Stories" was a favourite for a long time, but at some point it started to feel just a little too claustrophobic to me. So, I gave it a bit of a stretch. Each corridor (except for the bottom one)... Continue reading
• Five Stories REMIX ACTUALLY fixed
  June 16, 2018 by Moon Jelly Games##bug, ##unity

  v1.31 An earlier update claimed to have fixed a problem with the stage, Five Stories REMIX. This, thanks to an apparent bug with Unity, was not true. Yes, I had fixed it, and I had tested it to make s... Continue reading
• Shock Block effectively nerfed
  June 16, 2018 by Moon Jelly Games##nerf

  Somewhere deep down, I always knew this was the right thing to do, but I thought I wanted Shock Blocks to be completely lethal to the touch. Well, I brought the game to a friend's place-- a friend who... Continue reading
• Five Stories REMIX fix & Upcoming Shock Block change
  June 16, 2018 by Moon Jelly Games##bug, ##update

  Man, I am on a roll with messing this thing up. It's not so bad this time as the problem only affects one stage, Five Stories REMIX. The problem is that crush blocks will often not fall, even though t... Continue reading
• Bug squashed!
  June 15, 2018 by Moon Jelly Games

  Fortunately, that didn't take long. I don't know how that got by me, but the game definitely works properly now. I thought that the performance problems I was seeing might have been caused by somethin... Continue reading
• Bug Found in v1.1 and 1.11
  June 15, 2018 by Moon Jelly Games##bug

  Well this is pretty damn frustrating. While adding the new award for staying high above the other player for a long time, I introduced two problems that I somehow missed: 1) At the end of a match, the... Continue reading