Omphalos

Devlog

• Soul II Soul
  July 31, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  I already had the cornerstone of my game, the mystical building block, the conflict itself: a young woman dressed as a gladiator hacking her way through satyrs and minotaurs. Now came the awkward part... Continue reading

  
• Beastie Boys
  July 23, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  It all started with four bad guys. More would come later, but by then this was already beginning to look like a decent game. The boar is a starter enemy, designed to show you the ropes and teach you h... Continue reading

  
• Linux! - I shall be released
  July 17, 2026 by KingLudAndCo#Linux

  At last! Hobbes and I went through two laptops, Linux Mint, and three different Ubuntu releases, but we finally have a reliable test machine and can confidently release the Linux version of Omphalos ... Continue reading
• Don´t worry baby
  July 13, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  My friend Víctor suggested I use Codex to connect AI with Unity, the engine I'm using to build the game. If nothing else, it would spare me the endless copy-and-paste routine, along with all the bugs... Continue reading
• Dirty cash
  July 02, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  The coin was my brick—the fundamental building block from which to construct a video game. For once, I was starting with mechanics rather than story. There are great games with almost no narrative... Continue reading
• Another brick in the wall
  June 24, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  I finally figured it out. The mystical brick, the fundamental building block of videogames, is conflict: action and reaction. Hit, get hit. Push, get pushed back. Every game, stripped to its bones, is... Continue reading

  
• Heart of glass
  June 19, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  I had already made a few games—or rather, I had played at making a few games—from the cardboard counters I cut out as a child to various Tetris clones that migrated from pencil and paper to a tabl... Continue reading

  
• The Clash
  June 14, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  Sid Meier, the man behind Pirates! and Civilization , famously said that a game is “a series of interesting decisions.” A definition that dazzles more than it illuminates. Nobody chooses in a vacu... Continue reading

  
• The name of the game
  June 10, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  Among university departments , knives come out whenever someone has to decide who gets custody of videogames. They are now widely accepted as a major cultural form (if only because of the absurd amoun... Continue reading
• Rage Against the Machine
  June 07, 2026 by KingLudAndCo

  I fulfilled my second childhood dream : publishing a book. Now I'm chasing the first one: publishing a videogame. I've learned to use the Unity engine and a programming language through online courses... Continue reading