A Byte War Demo Devlog - itch.iohttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo​A Byte War is a real time strategy game where you fight as a machine against an extra dimensional incursion.https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/1023739/new-demo-updateNew Demo Updatehttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/1023739/new-demo-updateWed, 03 Sep 2025 14:57:15 GMTdevlogChangelog Free play added a UI with generation options these are: seed, map size, biome, decoration amount, clearings amount & size there's also a "???" option for a completely random choice biomes &...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/918955/demo-updatedDemo Updated!https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/918955/demo-updatedFri, 04 Apr 2025 19:39:29 GMTdevlogHello everyone! New demo update is live! What's new New features - Bot fabricator keybinding, you can now keybind any fabricator when hovering over it and pressing a number on the keyboard. Pressing t...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/897011/new-demo-releaseNew demo release!https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/897011/new-demo-releaseSat, 01 Mar 2025 12:05:27 GMTdevlogNew demo is out! It contains three campaign missions including the tutorial and free play (random map). Give us your thoughts in the comments!...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/738379/devlog-17-unit-attacksDevlog - 17: Unit attackshttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/738379/devlog-17-unit-attacksSun, 26 May 2024 19:35:49 GMTdevlogDevlog - 17: Unit attacks I've been refactoring units, their behaviour and their attacks in my spare time as they've not been very optimal or smart so far. Units behaviour One thing different in this...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/732067/devlog-16-influence-visualizationDevlog - 16: Influence & visualizationhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/732067/devlog-16-influence-visualizationWed, 15 May 2024 18:08:44 GMTdevlogDevlog - 16: Influence & visualization It's been a while since the last devlog. I've been a bit swamped with freelance work (gotta survive somehow) + figuring out all the various issues & edge cases r...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/727659/devlog-15-influence-clashDevlog - 15: Influence clashhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/727659/devlog-15-influence-clashTue, 07 May 2024 19:43:55 GMTdevlogDevlog - 15: Influence clash I've been working on this for some time as I think this is one of the hardest things I'll have to code and work on for this game. What is this all about? Both the player a...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/725861/devlog-14-enemy-defensive-towerDevlog - 14: Enemy defensive towerhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/725861/devlog-14-enemy-defensive-towerSat, 04 May 2024 18:50:57 GMTdevlogDevlog - 14: Enemy defensive tower It's time for the enemy's defense to have the same options the player has, though it will be a bit different. I'm not aiming to strike a balance between the two fact...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/724509/devlog-13-more-influence-artDevlog - 13: More influence arthttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/724509/devlog-13-more-influence-artThu, 02 May 2024 12:00:55 GMTdevlogDevlog - 13: More influence art I've taken a small break these past few days so I didn't work as much on the game. Today's also a small update, but from tomorrow I'll be back to my usual schedule. So,...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/723034/devlog-12-enemy-buildingsDevlog - 12: Enemy buildingshttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/723034/devlog-12-enemy-buildingsMon, 29 Apr 2024 20:33:30 GMTdevlogDevlog - 12: Player & enemy buildings A bit of a late update today, but here we are. I've finally added the last basic building for the player, a unit spawner. Preview: Currently the only control for...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/722461/devlog-11-building-destructionDevlog - 11: Building destructionhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/722461/devlog-11-building-destructionSun, 28 Apr 2024 19:18:15 GMTdevlogDevlog - 11: Building destruction Building destruction is already something that's in. However today I've improved it by adding explosion effects to the game. Explosions are spawned at random places o...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/721375/devlog-10-wallsDevlog - 10: Wallshttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/721375/devlog-10-wallsFri, 26 Apr 2024 19:04:53 GMTdevlogDevlog - 10: Walls Walls were something I wanted to add in for a while, but I knew they'd be troublesome in many ways. A bit of a reminder on how the building system works: you build cubes -> you dete...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/720327/devlog-9-influence-improvementDevlog - 9: Influence improvementhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/720327/devlog-9-influence-improvementWed, 24 Apr 2024 19:42:45 GMTdevlogDevlog - 9: Influence improvement Yesterday was a bit hectic for me so I didn't have the time to organise what I did and post something worthwhile so here's the update with a small delay :) Continuing...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/719312/devlog-8-influence-tilingDevlog - 8: Influence tilinghttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/719312/devlog-8-influence-tilingMon, 22 Apr 2024 20:19:22 GMTdevlogDevlog - 8: Influence tiling The one major thing I've been improving today is the influence tilemap. So far this is how the influence tilemap looks like: The influence are the blue background tiles. T...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/718690/devlog-7-art-2Devlog - 7: Art #2https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/718690/devlog-7-art-2Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:58:04 GMTdevlogDevlog - 7: Art #2 Like yesterday, I've been catching up on some artistic stuff. I've been drawing new buildings mainly a wall, and a unit spawner for the player. For the walls I've imagined them to b...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/718095/devlog-6-art-1Devlog - 6: Art #1https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/718095/devlog-6-art-1Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:57:41 GMTdevlogDevlog - 6: Art #1 I've taken a bit of a break today, but I still wanted to get at least something done. So I've focused on drawing all the missing art I have in my backlog. Well, not all, at least so...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/717567/devlog-5-improvements-all-aroundDevlog - 5: Improvements all aroundhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/717567/devlog-5-improvements-all-aroundFri, 19 Apr 2024 19:20:13 GMTdevlogDevlog - 5: Improvements all around I've been working on a lot of different areas of the game, making improvements that I wrote down for the future. Well, that future came today. Before we go on with...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/717099/devlog-4-grid-experimentsDevlog - 4: Grid experimentshttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/717099/devlog-4-grid-experimentsThu, 18 Apr 2024 20:29:34 GMTdevlogDevlog 4: Grid experiments I've been travelling for most of the day so I was a little bit short on time for anything big. But I did get time to experiment a bit with some ideas I had. So, I've wanted...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/716502/devlog-3-influence-refactoringDevlog - 3: Influence & refactoringhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/716502/devlog-3-influence-refactoringWed, 17 Apr 2024 17:38:55 GMTdevlogDevlog - 3: Influence & refactoring Today's progress was focused on two things: Influence and refactoring. I've changed the way influence is added to increase performance. Previously the system update...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/715959/devlog-2-health-destructionDevlog - 2: Health & destructionhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/715959/devlog-2-health-destructionTue, 16 Apr 2024 18:13:52 GMTdevlogDevlog - 2: Health & destruction I've been working lately on incorporating health for anything that can be damaged and destroyed. These are: Buildings Units Base block With the basic AI already in-gam...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/715457/1-journey-so-far1 - Journey so farhttps://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/715457/1-journey-so-farMon, 15 Apr 2024 20:55:02 GMTdevlog

Devlog 1 - Journey so far In this devlog I just want to give an overview of what's been done so far by going over all features currently implemented in some form. Factions In the game there are two fa...

]]>https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/714350/start-of-a-byte-warStart of "A Byte War"https://machrom.itch.io/a-byte-war-demo/devlog/714350/start-of-a-byte-warSat, 13 Apr 2024 18:28:48 GMTdevlogFor this first devlog post I won't talk about what I've done, but instead give a general overview of the game, idea and plans. The Game A Byte War is a real time strategy game where you fight against...

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