Magellan {l Wrote}:Thanks for the kind words @Technopeasant and @ffaf! I'm the developer of Gatemender, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks also for making the LibreGameWiki article! I intend to expand on Gatemender somewhat now post-submission. I have heard from a few players both on and off the LibreJam mailing list that it would be better if the controls were more easily changed, so I made a commit this morning that should make them easier to switch up to your liking by changing the values in src/constants.py. I want to also make it so that you can configure the controls in-game soon. You can get these recent changes by cloning Gatemender from here:
git://git.hmagellan.com/gatemender.git
Being able to change the controls so that I can use arrow keys will certainly improve my enjoyment of the game, so thanks. As for the article, I honestly think the biggest issue in libre gaming is that people do not even know what is out there, so I find things like Libregamewiki to be invaluable.
I have also been upgrading Hull Breach over the past several weeks, mostly with the addition of a 15 level campaign and numerous improvements to presentation. I have some gameplay tweaks in mind as well but have not implemented them yet as of time of writing.
I also ported it to Qt 5, which makes it run 50% faster than the GTK 3 version. I usually develop for Qt 5, but the code base I was using was from before this and I did not notice this until it was too late to change it. If/when Gambas adds a component for GTK 4 I will be interested in seeing how it compares. You can easily switch between by selecting a different component, though the player speed timer usually needs to be tweaked to compensate for the difference in performance.
Even though I got no feedback on my game (I realize that using a niche language like Gambas does not help, but it really is no different than Python fundamentally), it was a pleasant experience from a design perspective. I can not commit to doing it every month, but if the theme appeals and I have some free time I certainly may give the jam another go.
EDIT: Just checked the thread and I did get some feedback, which I have replied too. So that is nice.