DevLog 17 - Greetings from the Depths
It’s half past six in the morning, there’s a cup of coffee to my right, and once again I’m taking a moment to write down what happened last week in Paul’s world. First off, I implemented quite a bit …
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DevLog 16 - Pub Sketches
Today I am having coffee instead of beer while writing this devlog. I’m currently sitting on a train, and somehow beer and trains just don’t feel like the right combination to me. It’s already been a …
DevLog 15 - Playable Paul
After fixing a few bugs, I think it’s time to show you a first playable snippet of Paul ! I’m currently looking for feedback, especially on how the game feels and whether the controls are heading in …
DevLog 14 - Back in Berlin
I just went to the supermarket and grabbed myself a nice cold DevLog beer. The Beer is now sitting right to the left of my keyboard while I am writing about the progress which was made in the last …
DevLog 13 - From Screen to Silk Screen
A beer is waiting for me as I reflect on the past week spent working on our turn-based game, “Paul.” Calling it a “turn-based combat game” turned out to actually paint the …
DevLog 12 - Souvenirs from a bike tour
Just grabbed a cold beer from the fridge and started thinking about what actually happened over the past week: I started quite a few things, but haven’t really finished anything presentable yet. I …
DevLog 11 - Marbles and Grey Cells
Here are the latest development updates from our turn-based casual combat game Paul. This is already the 11th dev log and I didn’t expect that I’d actually enjoy this weekly routine: taking a moment, …
DevLog 10 - Lean back & watch
Today I’ve got another update on the turn-based combat game Paul, which is currently in production. Last week I spent some more time focusing on animation and level design. I don’t want to write too …
DevLog 9 - The Plan
The Plan… changed. Last week, my initial plan was to grab my pencil and make more assets for the first two worlds of my turn-based game called Paul, and to work on some enemy animations while …
DevLog 8 - Schrödinger's Bullet
Here is a summary of what happened over the past week. As mentioned in the last post, I made some first sketches for new foes like Pandora and Black Riding Hood two weeks ago. two weeks ago While the …
DevLog 7 -Snake Goodbye
A new year has started and let’s imagine it will be a good one. As per the Chinese calendar, 2025 was the Year of the Snake (maybe not so great) and now we are entering into the Year of the …
DevLog 6 - The Decision Is Made
Between unwrapping presents, spending a good time with family, and decorating the Christmas tree, work on Paul also continued … and I made a decision. The week was mostly spent on bug fixes, along …
DevLog 5 - Growing Up
Hello everyone, With all the busy Christmas activities, some additional progress has also been achieved on Paul. As this is a production diary, I decided to share several pictures that illustrate how …
DevLog 4 - Guy Fawkes Tick Tack
Hello everyone! The last week felt like a big multitasking race! I have been parallel working on different zones: some Level Design here, little adjustments to Enemy Behaviour there and naturally, …
DevLog 3 - The Thing About Time
Hello everyone! The day I began developing PAUL lies quite a while behind me now, so I’d like to write a bit about what sparked the project in the first place - what the core idea and initial …
DevLog 2 - Fire and Leveldesign
Last week I mainly focused on level design. Besides that, I continued working on the fire boss that appears in the game and gave him a first animation. In the video you can see a bit of gameplay. …
DevLog 1 - Production Diary started
Hi, I’m Tobi and I’ve been working on a new game for two years now. I want to use this platform to take you along on the journey, to show what has happened so far and what will happen in the future. …