Overflare

Devlog

• Demo v0.5 - Stage 2 Preview & New Game Title
  November 06, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Release Information Demo Version: v0.5 Demo Release Date: Nov. 06, 2025 New Additions Project Salamander has a real name now: Overflare! Though, the title logo is still a placeholder for now. Stay tun... Continue reading
• Enemy With Multiple Parts
  October 23, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Development for stage 2 is almost finished... Continue reading
• Ray's Cannon Animation
  October 15, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Trying a different perspective this time. Edit: why gif doesnt work on itch.io :( For animated gif click here https://x.com/124san2/status/1978196431283322977... Continue reading

  
• Stage 2 Boss Pattern Complete
  October 08, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Time to work on the art department... Continue reading
• Stage 2 Boss WIP
  October 01, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Footage of WIP Stage 2 boss, also here's her portrait... Continue reading

  
• Demo v0.4.1 - Overheat & New Weapon
  September 15, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Release Information Demo Version: v0.4.1 Demo Release Date: Sep. 15, 2025 New Additions New Mechanic: Overheat When player used up boost meter, player becomes Overheated. During Overheated state, play... Continue reading
• New Weapon - Arm Buster
  September 09, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Let's rock with this mega-cool new weapon... Continue reading
• Demo v0.4 - Stage 1 Preview
  September 06, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Release Information Demo Version: v0.4 Demo Release Date: Sep. 06, 2025 New Additions Stage 1 Preview is now available. It also serves as a tutorial. Previous demo stage 1 is now under construction an... Continue reading
• Real Time Control Prompt Update
  August 21, 2025 by 124sangaming

  I was adding tutorial prompts to the Stage 1 which will also act as a tutorial stage, then I figured out I should add a functionality to update the control prompt in real time depending on what device... Continue reading
• Dev Progress - Miniboss
  August 18, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Here's a footage of the miniboss I just created... Continue reading
• Left a Mark on Wplace
  August 10, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Can you find where it is? (Spoiler: it's somewhere near Toronto) DW I'm also working on game dev stuff. Spending most of my effort on pixel art of enemy units and then implement them in game. I'll hav... Continue reading

  
• Working on Background
  July 18, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Thank you Gabriel Aguiar Prod. for the cloud shader tutorial ... Continue reading
• Oops
  July 08, 2025 by 124sangaming

  That's a bit too many... Continue reading

  
• Stage 1 Boss WIP
  July 08, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Guess who the boss is!... Continue reading
• Sarah's New Portrait
  July 02, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Development progress is pretty slow recently, but the good news is I've overcome my artblock (for now) and got Sarah's new portrait done. Her updated hairstyle and scar on her right eye were inspired... Continue reading

  
• Dynamic Projectiles
  June 17, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Development for the game was slow lately since i was working on art and youtube and other stuff, but nonetheless here I got some dynamic projectiles working... Continue reading
• My Future Plan after v0.3
  June 05, 2025 by 124sangaming

  With the release of Demo v0.3 , there are enough features implemented to support a full-fledged game. Therefore, starting from now, my development focus will be on finishing the rest of the content, a... Continue reading
• Demo v0.3 - Cutscene & Weapon Unlock
  June 05, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Release Information Demo Version: v0.3 Demo Release Date: Jun 4st, 2025 New Additions In the main menu, added a new "Scene" option to view past and new cutscenes. Currently, there is only one cutscene... Continue reading
• Current Progress
  May 28, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Things are going slow yet steady. Right now, I've just finished most of the work for the weapon unlock scene, and the attached video is a preview of my current work. Speaking of artistic side, I would... Continue reading
• Learned some new tricks after Game Jam
  May 15, 2025 by 124sangaming

  After doing the Bullet Hell Jam, I learned how to move an object along a bezier curve, and I wrote some editor scripts so it's super easy to edit in editor too... Continue reading

  
• Back from Bullet Hell Jam
  May 13, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Whew, I just came back from the Bullet Hell Jam 6 which ended yesterday. If you want to check it out, here is the link to my entry: https://124sangaming.itch.io/shifting-vector . I stayed up till 3am... Continue reading
• Joining Bullet Hell Jam 6
  May 07, 2025 by 124sangaming

  I was reminded of bullet hell jam which started 5 days ago, and I decided to give it a shot. (Link: https://itch.io/jam/bullet-jam-6 ) Wish me the best of luck. I'll continue the development for Proje... Continue reading
• Dr. Feng in a new attire
  May 01, 2025 by 124sangaming

  I was focusing on my artistic side recently, and I've just finished designing a new outfit for Dr. Feng. Why is she in this attire? That's a good question. "Good job in the training program so far, Sa... Continue reading

  
• Demo v0.2 - Replay System!
  April 24, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Release Information Demo Version: v0.2 Demo Release Date: April 24st, 2025 Replay System At last, replay system is here, hooray! You can save the replay of the current stage you have just played at th... Continue reading
• Replay system finished & next version of demo releases soon
  April 22, 2025 by 124sangaming

  I've found the biggest culprit of my game not being deterministic. It was Samidare's clones with their animators not synced with FixedUpdate. Can't believe I missed that for a whole week :(((((((. Oth... Continue reading

  
• Stage Code Revamped (While Making the Replay System Work)
  April 15, 2025 by 124sangaming

  On my quest of "making everything deterministic so that the replay system works", I encountered a bunch of issues while viewing the code for stages. In my current code, I hardcoded enemy spawn pattern... Continue reading

  
• Current state of Replay System
  April 11, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Time for some progress report. Currently, replay system can accurately recreate the game state most of the time. On some occasions, the score can vary, and there are also some very rare cases in which... Continue reading

  
• Inconsistency in Replay
  April 01, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Turns out replay system isn't that easy. Given the same replay data the result may vary a tiny bit, and sometimes it's enough to change the outcome completely. I have to make sure the replay system is... Continue reading
• Replay demonstration
  April 01, 2025 by 124sangaming

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  There is nothing special about this video... except for that I am not controlling Sarah. Yes, she is controlled by a replay data which holds the input data frame by frame. RNG state is also initialize... Continue reading
• Demo v0.1.2 - Re-enabled Player Overlay
  March 31, 2025 by 124sangaming

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  Release Information Demo Version: v0.1.2 Demo Release Date: March 31st, 2025 Changes and Updates Re-enabled UI overlay over player character (WTF how did I miss this for 4 days) Btw, I'm working on re... Continue reading
• Dr. Yanagi's design and painting completed
  March 30, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Before tackling on the replay system, I want to do something different, plus I haven't drawn for probably a month already. Therefore, I went back to drawing recently while also figuring out Dr. Yanagi... Continue reading

  
• Demo v0.1.1 - Added Controls Rebind
  March 27, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Release Information Demo Version: v0.1.1 Demo Release Date: March 27st, 2025 Changes and Updates Added controls rebind for both keyboard and gamepad New Known Issues Rebind does not work properly if y... Continue reading
• Adding Key Rebind
  March 25, 2025 by 124sangaming

  When I was working on adding key rebind function today, I found out that key rebind didn't work properly in game because I was using generated C# Script from Input Actions for my player input handler... Continue reading

  
• Demo v0.1 Release Note
  March 21, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Release Information Demo Version: v0.1 Demo Release Date: March 21st, 2025 Demo Overview Contains 7 weapons: 5 normal weapons and 2 special weapons . Change your weapons and Overdrive mode in the Load... Continue reading
• Demo Release - Game Mechanics
  March 21, 2025 by 124sangaming

  About If you wish to understand the mechanics of Project Salamander a bit further, you're in the right place! Player Controls Directional Input : Moves the player character. Fire Weapon 1/Fire Weapon... Continue reading
• Rendering Issues
  March 20, 2025 by 124sangaming

  I was getting ready for a demo release, but the game was rendered differently on Linux and Web builds comparing to Windows build. Turns out it was because of the graphics api and I fixed it by turning... Continue reading

  
• Aspect Ratio Fixing
  March 15, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Turns out the game looks super off when displayed full screen on a not 4:3 monitor so I tried to fix it today. With the help of "Auto Letterbox" from Tom Elliott in Unity Asset Store I was able to fix... Continue reading

  
• Spiral Beam Optimization
  March 12, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Who would've known this little fella gonna make the game laggy as hell on a desktop PC? I implemented this "Trail" beam by manually adding points and updating LineRenderer and TrailCollider. However,... Continue reading

  
• Back from MHWilds & BGM Hunt
  March 12, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Hooboy the development of this project was slowed down quite a lot after the release of Monster Hunter Wilds. Now that I played enough (actually still not enough) of it, it's time to headback for more... Continue reading
• Samidare Portrait
  February 27, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Last portrait needed for the demo... Continue reading

  
• Object pooling
  February 25, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Alright alright I know object pooling is important especially in a bullet hell game where there can be a billion projectiles on the screen. That's why I'm fixing it right now... Continue reading

  
• Added Loadout preview image
  February 23, 2025 by 124sangaming

  It's all coming together... Continue reading

  
• Machine Gun and Homing Missile
  February 22, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Implemented 2 more weapons: Machine Gun and Homing Missile. I must say the missile looks super cool especially with Blazing Overdrive... Continue reading
• Pause Menu
  February 21, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Pause menu implemented. For some reason the game refuse to fade out and change scene after pause menu set the timescale to 0. So I used a workaround to delay the scene change after restoring the times... Continue reading

  
• Result Screen
  February 21, 2025 by 124sangaming

  Result screen... Continue reading
• First Post
  February 19, 2025 by 124sangaming

  This is the first devlog... Continue reading