Sod & Steel

Devlog

• Node Hell - Code for Nodes
  May 24, 2025 by BotoCollin

  Hello, Nodes, Nodes, Nodes, Codes, and Nodes. I have been hard at work making the StatManager/component reflect the updates in the skill tree and lawn. Most of it is coming together, though I'll be re... Continue reading
• New weapons on the horizon
  May 23, 2025 by Apollo1313

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  Recently Working On I recently finished up the dynamic swapping of weapons from melee to ranged weapons in game. This system will be incorporated into our weapon buying systems allowing the player to... Continue reading
• Adding a Companion
  May 23, 2025 by RamoHarper

  Since my last post I started working on the Companion AI for the model I ended up choosing a bird as it felt natural to the theme. One of the biggest challenges I had for the companion to work was fig... Continue reading
• Skill Lawn
  May 21, 2025 by BotoCollin

  Hello everyone, I am skillin ' and chillin' this week, finishing up the Skill Lawn/Tree and all its learning curve glory. We were optimistic that this would only take a week, but have learned there ar... Continue reading
• Press On
  May 18, 2025 by BotoCollin

  Press On: Hello everyone. It doesn't seem long since the last time we spoke. What I have been working on has been fragmented. Most of what I have done has been research and TRYING to implement new sys... Continue reading

  
• 🌱 Devlog v0.0.3 – Clarity in the Chaos
  May 02, 2025 by Apollo1313

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  🌱 Devlog v0.0.3 – Clarity in the Chaos The production of Sod & Steel continues to move forward! We’re honing in on a solid alpha build, and the core gameplay loop is shaping up nicely. This wee... Continue reading

  
• V0.0.3 Spawn 'Til You Drop - Prototype Complete
  May 02, 2025 by BotoCollin

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  #Prototype, #0.0.3, #Game Dev, #Grass

  Blog Entry Part 1: The Problem This week, I rolled up my sleeves and focused on something that sounds simple but changes everything. Where things show up. Specifically, where the player spawns, where... Continue reading

  
• V0.0.3 Tiles and enemies
  May 02, 2025 by RamoHarper

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  This week I still had to tweak a few things on the grass I implemented logic so that the grass goes back underground when colliding with the enemies this greatly increases the complexity and role of t... Continue reading

  
• v0.0.3 Settings... but at what cost?
  May 01, 2025 by AnthonyTartagliaFSU

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  The Problem: A settings menu is really important for any video game. Being able to change the volume or display settings can make or break an experience for some people. I was tasked with making the s... Continue reading

  
• Stop and smell the .... Particles? Updated Map too!
  May 01, 2025 by Camodude120

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  Blog Entry Part 1: The Problem This week, we ran into a problem with our dash mechanic that I couldn’t ignore any longer. From a surface-level perspective, it was doing what it was supposed to—pus... Continue reading

  
• Sow what now...?
  April 26, 2025 by BotoCollin

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  #0.0.2, #Managers, #TouchGrass, #101Dev

  Blog Entry Part 1: The Problem This week on Sod & Steel , I found myself facing the challenge of organizing our game's key systems. We had exciting features like player stats, game state management, a... Continue reading

  
• 🌱 Devlog v0.0.2 - When Blades Become Walls
  April 26, 2025 by Apollo1313

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  #devlog

  The production of Sod and Steel has been coming along nicely. We're working hard to get an alpha build out to you as soon as we can. The main game loop is in place, and we’re just a few finishing to... Continue reading

  
• The Tile Sizing Issue V0.0.2
  April 26, 2025 by RamoHarper

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  During this week the tile system was implemented and I had couple of issues and challenges. My first issue likely came from the tile itself. Initially I added a cube and changed its material to demons... Continue reading

  
• v0.0.2 Pausing Dilemma
  April 25, 2025 by AnthonyTartagliaFSU

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  The Problem: Pausing in video games seems like a simple mechanic, but in reality there can be a lot of things going on behind the scenes to freeze almost every gameplay element. I've never implemented... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.2 Update: lighting, item spawning, map update
  April 25, 2025 by Camodude120

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  Posted on 04/25/2025 Blog Entry Part 1: The Problem One of the bigger challenges this week was getting item spawning to work properly. I wanted to introduce pickups like health, damage boosts, and col... Continue reading

  
• Change Log v0.0.1
  April 19, 2025 by Ctrl+Alt+Delinquents

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  CHANGE 1542976 : Folder name change to team name ADD 1543294 : Initial project 1543296 : Cube added 1543398 : Level and Starter assets added 1543401 : Widgets folder for C++ classes PlayerHUD class 15... Continue reading
• 🌱 Devlog v0.0.1 — A New Seed Sprouts on player rotation
  April 18, 2025 by Apollo1313

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  Welcome to the first Update for sod and steel. We have had a first few good days of production. Here is a quick update on a problem I encountered along the way. The Problem The code coming together to... Continue reading
• V0.0.1 The Tile Map
  April 18, 2025 by RamoHarper

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  The Problem One of the issues that I ran into this week is figuring out how to implement a tile system in Unreal that will work with our game design and also be versatile in the event we choose to exp... Continue reading
• V 0.0.1 Map creation
  April 18, 2025 by Camodude120

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  The Problem The biggest issue I ran into this week was that we didn’t have a game map—at all. Up until now, we were just kind of building things in isolation without a clear idea of how everything... Continue reading

  
• v0.0.1 No custom premade buttons
  April 18, 2025 by AnthonyTartagliaFSU

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  Part 1: The Problem Our game theme we have is very unique compared to other games that have a common theme, so there's not a lot of assets around for us to use. I'm making the UI for our game and want... Continue reading

  
• v0.0.1(Blog) - Sow It Begins...
  April 18, 2025 by BotoCollin

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  #Devlog, #NewGame, #Grass

  Part 1: The Problem For the past couple of days, our team has been sifting through design ideas and asset packs to find a style that fits. With the overall game vision still taking shape, narrowing do... Continue reading

  
• 🌱 Devlog #0 — The Grass Must Be Protected
  April 15, 2025 by Apollo1313

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  #Devlog

  Hey friends, Welcome to the very first devlog for Sod & Steel — a fast-paced rogue-lite bullet hell where your job is simple...... protect the last patch of living grass from waves of relentless ene... Continue reading