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What's icycalm being coding recently?



Probably nothing.

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Can't believe how beautiful it is. But that's what happens when I take over coding.

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I am at a point now where, if I cut some corners, I could have this running in an afternoon. But I'd rather not cut any corners because it would create what we coders call "tech debt" that I'd have to pay somewhere down the line. So I am soldiering on with it, and I say soldiering because... it's boring work. That said, if it's not done by December 31, I will cut the fucking corners and release the game with tech debt. One way or another, Alex Kierkegaard's Battlemaster will be out this year, and win Game of the Year.

To be clear: the design and most of the development aren't boring: they're some of the most fun I've ever had in my life. But getting all the details to the level of perfectionism that I like... that's boring. So I am struggling with it. The end is in sight though, one way or another.

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That's just one faction out of nearly 30 lol. It's not even all its units, quite a few are missing. Granted it's by far the biggest faction, the Space Marines. But still, do you know any other tactical game with anywhere near this level of variety? One of the reasons StarCraft got big is because it has 3 factions lol, unlike the normal 2 for programmer games.

Everyone who loves tactics will be blown away by Alex Kierkegaard's Battlemaster: the first and only tactical metaverse.

Still working feverishly at it, and just solved another stumbling block: the setting's theme. Initially I was going to go with Thomas Bergersen's "Sons of War": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utujHPkjfwI



Problem with this is that it's too... energetic. Too dramatic, too nervous. It's better for D&D than to represent 40K. So I wasn't happy with it, but I liked the title because it fits well with 40K. But then I found this:

Warhammer 40,000 (Concept Theme for Amazon Studios)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLn4O_F3FhE



This is 40K. It's grim, it's dark. It's perfect. As slow and heavy as the armors in the game.

It's from a Spanish composer with a Patreon who's been pumping out a ton of 40K music: themes for all the factions, you name it. Amazing stuff. And of course he works for Cult Games now. Here's another example:

Music to serve the Emperor (Warhammer 40,000 Ambience)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyOtjCea4vM



It's 10 hours!!! Just in case you were wondering what you'll be hearing while playing 10-hour massive tactical battles like no one has ever seen before.

More soon.

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Calling all tactics fans! The first and only tactical metaverse is coming!



Prepare yourselves for battle.