Clave

Devlog

• 0.4.2: Polishing style, navigation, monster mechanics
  December 28, 2023 by benkeks

  Version 0.4.2 brings a lot of small fixes and improvements. In particular, the progressive web app should now run better on smart phones. Also, the level underground now has some depth to make the wor... Continue reading

  
• Full screen, small fixes, compatibility
  August 09, 2023 by benkeks

  I’ve just pushed a small update to version 0.4.1 . The main new feature is direct support to switch to full screen layout from within the app. Apart from this, it’s mostly a maintenance update, up... Continue reading
• Stars, skulls, and skunkification
  March 18, 2023 by benkeks

  Do you think, Clave is too easy? Version 0.4.0 adds new challenges. Instead of just a count of the tiles cleared, each finished level now gives you a feedback for your performance in the form of 1 to... Continue reading

  
• Update: Slightly more and slightly easier levels
  December 01, 2022 by benkeks

  With the release of the first beta , feedback started to arrive at https://benkeks.itch.io/clave and on the jam page . Yay!! I tried to address the learning curve and move a level that was too hard (... Continue reading

  
• First beta: Sound, music, friends
  November 28, 2022 by benkeks

  Version 0.3.0 (with some fixes in 0.3.1) propels Clave to beta level. The game now has sound, configuration options, a more refined presentation and more complex mechanics. The biggest advancement for... Continue reading

  
• New alpha: Frightened and frozen monsters
  November 15, 2022 by benkeks

  The new alpha 0.2.1 of Clave contains a new type of monsters: Yellow monsters will try to run away from you and enclosed environments. So it’s more difficult to surround them by crates. You’ll hav... Continue reading
• Freeze!
  November 13, 2022 by benkeks

  The topic of the PIG Finish Your Game Jam 2022 is “Transition, Transformation”. Though I don’t really participate in the “traditional start-to-finish” jam, I want to pick up aspects of this... Continue reading

  
• Finish ... where it started!
  November 12, 2022 by benkeks

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  Back in 2016, I started developing the Scala.js program “Clave,” while visiting friends in Portland. Although, I’m writing these lines in Berlin, I intend to finish the game “in Portland,” i... Continue reading
• First Alpha: New game mechanics, 3d look, particle effects
  August 09, 2022 by benkeks

  So much has changed in the last weeks! The first big change: After seeing too many friends being crushed by the monsters, I made the monster mechanics more friendly and interesting: Monsters start out... Continue reading

  
• Gamepad support
  July 28, 2022 by benkeks

  Release 0.1.5 adds gamepad controls (left joystick + a.), wuhu! It also improves support for smaller displays. The release also contains one small new level (“Free boxing”), and provides some meta... Continue reading
• Consolidation—and keep your progress!
  June 06, 2022 by benkeks

  I’ve spent the better part of the Whit weekend tweaking parts about the game and adding new levels. Now, there’s a total of 25 playable levels with varying challenges. Also, the game will now save... Continue reading
• New attractions! (And a way to switch levels)
  June 04, 2022 by benkeks

  Today, I’ve added a new mechanic: Special boxes resembling the player color. They attract the attention of the evil monsters. By repositioning the crates, one can make monsters stay in a certain are... Continue reading

  
• 3d monsters, dynamic levels and display size
  May 28, 2022 by benkeks

  I’ve found some time to make the levels load from external files, and to turn the monsters into 3d monsters... Continue reading

  
• A decent pre-alpha of Clave
  May 21, 2022 by benkeks

  This is the first actual (pre-alpha) release of Clave . Finally! \o/ I originally developed this game over-night on 12/13 April 2012 in the context of a university course. The task back then was to bu... Continue reading