Nectar of the Gods: Offline Edition

Devlog

• Retrospective: Nectar of the Gods
  April 19, 2021 by Ben Thomas#postmortem, #retrospective, #nectar of the gods, #rts, #tower defense

  The Game Nectar of the Gods is an unquenchable head-to-head real-time strategy / tower defense game where bugs battle over the finest beverages. You must strategically deploy a chosen bug family, nimb... Continue reading

  
• Unity Facepunch.Steamworks P2P Multiplayer Tutorial
  December 10, 2020 by Ben Thomas

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  #unity multiplayer, #facepunch, #steamworks, #p2p multplayer, #facepunch.steamworks, #unity p2p

  NOTE : I am a huge fan of Itch.io and will be releasing an offline version of Nectar of the Gods at launch on the platform. Unfortunately because Steam's Steamworks was the best free option for me for... Continue reading

  
• How do you eat an elephant?
  September 10, 2020 by Ben Thomas

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  #process, #mental health, #elephant, #wellness, #marathon

  How Do You Eat an Elephant? Whenever I was a kid stressing about a project or any impending todo my dad would always say: “How do you eat an elephant?” The punchline “one bite at a time” was a... Continue reading

  
• SPIDEY PARTY - New playable bug family
  July 27, 2020 by Ben Thomas#nectar of the gods, #rts, #bugs, #spiders, #spidey party

  Spidey Party is here!! I’ve finished the 3rd and last planned bug family for “Nectar of the Gods''. It was really important for me to have 3 completely unique playable teams in NotG. I am hoping t... Continue reading

  
• Diversity in Games
  July 27, 2020 by Ben Thomas#diversity, #blm, #inclusion

  Over the past several weeks the United States has been having some extremely important conversations about race. I am reading, listening, asking myself tough questions. I encourage you to take time to... Continue reading
• Simple and Sweet AI
  April 19, 2020 by Ben Thomas#AI, #AI Update, #Simple AI, #NotG AI, #Computer Strategy, #AI Strategy, #AI Algorithm

  My hope for Nectar of the Gods is that it's a dynamic, competitive and fun head to head multiplayer experience both locally and online. But that doesn’t mean I don’t also want a challenging and en... Continue reading

  
• New playable bug family - THE HIVE
  March 27, 2020 by Ben Thomas#bees, #the hive, #bug tactics, #nectar of the gods, #rts, #playable class, #strategy, #2p local

  The Hive has arrived!! I’ve been hard at work building the second bug family for “Nectar of the Gods”. I was really happy with how Beetle Brigade turned out and their “beetleynessss”. The Hi... Continue reading

  
• Radial Selector On My Mind
  March 06, 2020 by Ben Thomas#ui, #radial, #selector, #radial selector, #gamefeel, #design, #ui design

  This past week I’ve taken a deep dive into the “Radial Selector” in Nectar of the Gods. It’s the central way the player selects which bugs to deploy. It’s something I’ve spent a great deal... Continue reading

  
• Local Multiplayer Update
  January 25, 2020 by Ben Thomas#local multiplayer, #v0.02, #0.02

  Making updates to a game as a solo dev can be a weird thing. The development plan lives in your brain, there’s no marketing deadlines or producer kanban boards. So I wasn’t actually sure when I sh... Continue reading

  
• Pretty Prototype Release!
  November 15, 2019 by Ben Thomas#prototype, #prototype launch, #v0.01, #NoTG

  Releasing the "pretty prototype" of Nectar of the Gods! NoTG is a 2D RTS about bugs addicted to human beverages. I have been heads down working on this project for the last few months and it was reall... Continue reading