Here I talk about creating a grid system to unlock areas for the player in another navigation method and balancing player stats to be more realistic.

Here I talk about my attempt at creating a navigation mechanic, and my reasoning behind why I decided to stop working on this.

Here I talk about the work needed to create the cooking mechanic, which adds on additional components: hunger & temperature bar, collecting the relevant items for fire and cooking, and having consumed food impact the relevant player stats.

The first basic core mechanic in the game - hydration and inventory to support it.

The beginnings of dev work is always quite intimidating, but you gotta start somewhere, and then build on top of what you have.

I write about my reasoning behind choosing which survival stats (player stats / status) to track and monitor - it’s in largely due to the survival concept of “the rule of 3s”.

The idea for Wild Ground began as a middle-school thought experiment. And now, years later, after college and after a few jobs, I began exploring this idea seriously again.

I want to make a game where you can challenge yourself on whether you (and friends?) can survive in your local wilderness area.