Dev Diary

Unsung Heros

Shaders in Paradise

What the hell am I even doing

Trigonometry & Taxes

The two guarantees in game dev...

Magic of 3D Cards

So I've successfully broken full menu controller support...

February 31st

Who designed the calendar year anyways?

On the Prowl, again

Engineer's have a funny joke that goes something like...

Unreal's Official Unofficial Menu System

FURY!

Moths & Menus

Messing with the game with my ps3 controller FEELS AMAZING!

Joy & Trepidation

The project weighs 1000 lbs, but I love the weight of it.

Unity to Unreal

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Leo's Hard Work

I am most fortunate and grateful for all that Leo has...

Graphics Grindstone

been the same list for over two years now, and it is indeed getting...

Turn Lifecycle (part 2)

getting too much frost makes you like a fish in a barrel ready to be...

Oops its the end of the month again

The codebase has grown over 58,000 lines of code...

Turn Lifecycle (part 1)

taking turns somewhat politely... Well screw that, this is battle!

1st Class Mod Support

So then we've gotta add robust mod support to the game in order to have a snowball's chance...

Cursed Problems in Tactics Games

That legendary item is broken AF! The devs need to nerf that $#!@...

How Ship Customizations Work

Alright, so this is tough, but it is high time to talk about some of the game details while we are...

Hogwarts, A history

My personal history in gaming is going to have a massive influence on SteelPinion. It can't be helped, so it may as well be...

Let's talk about the game loop

The term "game loop" has at least two different meanings...

Our Creative Team

Immediately after a spell of difficulty hunting for the best SteelPinion artists, they appeared! (like shiny pokemon)...

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Specialists don't make mistakes. You make mistakes. Therefore you are not a specialist? Wait no, that assertion cannot...

I just wanted to make an illegal game

This early in the game's development I was thinking about mods, modders, and making them first class citizens. My other illegal...

Looking back on The Journey

The SteelPinion game has been at top of my mind since February 2021. It has undergone some significant changes and...