{"id":710,"date":"2022-02-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genxtralife.com\/heropath\/?p=710"},"modified":"2025-09-12T23:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T04:36:29","slug":"first-sights-first-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heropath.com\/blog\/first-sights-first-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Heropath Dev Log #1 – First Sights, First Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m excited to share my first development diary entry for Heropath. Thanks to Chris DeLeon’s course ‘Code Your First Game’<\/a> I’ve gotten an introduction to game coding. His course starts off with pong, then breakout, followed by a car racer, and then ends with a graphic adventure game. The graphic adventure game would provide the launching point to create the style of game that I intend for Heropath to be, a top-down strategy-adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeLeon’s code would provide four critical mechanics: 1) Draws a grid map with different objects on it, 2) Move the player’s character around, 3) The character can pick-up items located on the map, 4) Use those items to pass obstacles on the map. Below you can see a screen shot of DeLeon’s adventure game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DeLeon’s adventure game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the first things I did to make DeLeon’s game my own was update the graphics. I did this for three reasons: 1) It was super easy to do, 2) Gave me a sense of momentum, 3) Gave me enthusiasm seeing aesthetics that resonates with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graphics come from an outstanding homage\/update to Atari 2600 Adventure<\/a> and are an inspiration for Heropath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heropath First Sights Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above screenshot is the modest first sights and first steps of Heropath. This alpha demo is an exceedingly simple puzzle game with a fantasy theme. You can play Heropath version 0.0.0.2 with a web browser and keyboard here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/heropath.com\/demo\/alpha-v0.0.0.2\/heropath.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions: You control Sir Bloc with the keyboard arrow keys. You need to collect the keys to unlock the doors to get the chalice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Version 0.0.0.2 currently has the following features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Load grid map
– Load character
– Load objects (keys, doors, chalice)
– Logic for character movement
– Logic for key pickup and door unlock
– Logic for capturing chalice resets map
– Updated graphics
– Updated demonstration map
– Updated on-screen instructions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updates for Heropath can be found at the version history<\/a> and will include improvements and new features such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n