Author: chevee
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Item Powers – Roguelike Design part 2
After playing with the name generator I discussed in the previous post, I decided to tackle powers and abilities next. While having a cool name generator is neat on it’s own, I really wanted to be able to use this tool in future game design projects. In order to do that, I needed to understand…
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Random Item Names – Roguelike Design part 1
In yesterday’s post, I introduced a simple random weapon generator that I designed and published at https://noroguesallowed.com. In that post, I talked about why I designed it… now I’m going to talk about how. There’s a few things I want you to know first: First: I’m a PHP developer. All the code I’m going to…
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No Rogues Allowed – Designing a Roguelike
Sometimes, an idea gets stuck in my head. It could be nearly anything from an art piece, to woodworking design, a game mechanic, or a story that I want to write. When it’s something that’s really gripped me, the idea can consume my thoughts. I find myself thinking about it over and over. Thinking up…
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Another Woodcut Attempt
I tried another woodcut… and I don’t like it. I messed up the carving a bit too much. I think I got a bit over-confident after trying this a whole one time before. This seems to be my “normal” when learning a new skill. The second one is never as good as the first. I…
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Experimenting With Woodcut
I’ve mentioned it a few times in my Try Every Day posts, but woodcut printing is something I’ve always been fascinated with. Woodcut is a type of relief printing where the block medium is… well… wood. There are dozens of other mediums you can use for relief printing, but the traditional woodcut designs of the…
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Bannock Recipe
Bread is scarce right now and I’ve seen posts all over the internet of people learning to make bread… so I thought I’d share one of my favorite “survival foods.” This is Bannock, a traditional Irish/European/Canadian bread that can be fried or baked. This is a type of soda bread that uses baking powder instead…
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A Circle // Try Every Day
Try Every Day #29 This is a circle. First try. No practice. No pencil. Just picked up a pen and went for it. Why? Well, I have no inspiration today. There’s nothing that I want to draw. So, let this circle represent all the things I should be doing instead of worrying about publishing a…
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Advertisement Art // Try Every Day
Try Every Day #28 In the 80’s and maybe even into the early 1990’s it was still fairly common to see hand-drawn catalogs and advertisements for local companies. I remember the print ads for Big and Small Lots, 84 Lumber, and Hills department stores all featured drawn art. I can remember thinking, “that’s what I…
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I’ll Wait // Try Every day
Try Every Day #27 No story today.No inspiration.I have no idea where this came from. I just opened my book and started drawing.