Developer posts and news about this game.
Finding The Enemies An important aspect of protecting the bee colonies is detecting enemies as early as possibly so you can intercept the most dangerous ones with your drone. The drone is always going to be your best weapon available so making sure you're in the right place at th
Handheld Gaming With this year's releases of Windows based gaming handhelds, and of course the upcoming launch of the Steam Deck in 2022, I really wanted to see if Drone Warfare could run on these platforms. Drone Warfare provides gamepad support already (Xbox and PS4/5 controlle
Tactics I've been looking at introducing tactical elements when attacking enemies that go beyond just unleashing your weapons and avoiding theirs. By implementing defences for certain enemy types, some forethought is going to be needed when engaging them. Enemy Classes All enemie
Time And Weather Development is progressing well with the implementation of various weather effects and time of day conditions that can change the gameplay in Drone Warfare radically. Clear/Sunny Clear conditions present the ideal (easiest) state of each scene/environment in the
Missiles and Clouds Spent this last week fixing some of the many issues I've got in my to-do list. Some of these problems manifested in the footage I recorded for the trailer a couple of weeks ago: 1) Missile zig-zagging You can see the messed up missile trails caused by backgrou
State of the Game - Summer '21 It's been a while since the last update (there was an update?) but here we are in Summer 2021 and it's time to talk about where the game is at. I started working on Drone Warfare (DW) in early 2018 alongside a separate (unannounced and still unrelea
Hi all, Following the end of the Steam Game Festival, the first Drone Warfare demo is now closed. Thank-you to everyone who tried out this early version of Drone Warfare! Apologies for the demo being controller only at this stage, I'll implement Mouse + Keyboard support as a prio
Hi all, The Drone Warfare demo is now available to download and play during the Steam Game Festival through to Feb 9th 10AM (PST) 2021. As mentioned previously, this is a pre-alpha version of the game and features a rough narrative and some simple enemy waves to get a feel for th
Hi all, A Drone Warfare demo will be available from Feb 3rd 10AM through to Feb 9th 10AM (PST) 2021. This is a pre-alpha version of the game and features a rough narrative and some simple enemy waves to get a feel for the flight and combat mechanics at this very early stage! Plea
Every game needs its starting point and in Drone Warfare that's the "Dronecase". This is where your tiny bee drone is launched from and you can see it in motion in the following video: As well as being the launching point for your drone, the case will also show a record of which
Time for my first update on Drone Warfare and how it's progressing! After a solid couple of months working on the game's flight modelling, preliminary interfaces, early game logic (including AI) and controller interfaces, I've finally moved on to creating the first scenario in th