From the Lorebook: “Stalactites shake before plummeting downward, impaling anything beneath. Be sure to avoid them as they start to fall.”

From the Lorebook: “Circular saws are deadly, capable of slicing through anything in their path!”

From the Lorebook: “Pistons can retract or expand, affecting the path ahead. Buttons are used to activate various machinery, such as Pistons.”

From the Lorebook: “Swinging to and from, Pendulums will push anything that stands in their way!”

From the Lorebook: “Motorised Spikes move between two points. It would be best to stay out of their way.”

From the Lorebook: “Hinge doors can only be opened from the unmarked side.”

From the Lorebook: “Exhaust Pipes emit various hazardous gases at varying temperatures. Some of these might even be flammable!”

From the Lorebook: “Boulders are heavy objects you can push around, just be sure they don’t push you into something nasty instead! Their sheer weight can […]

From the Lorebook: “Bats are nasty creatures that attack anyone disturbing them. Though small, they can still push you in unwanted directions.”

Jack Says: ”I have a bad feeling about this…”

Jack Says: “Another day, another level of Pilot Perils. What are you playing today?”

Jack Says: “Collecting Nuts and Pickups allows me to progress, build new ships and more!”

Jack Says: “Minecarts make for excellent battering rams, and also be used to press out-of-reach buttons.”

Jack Says: “Nothing like a little risk-and-reward!”

Jack says: ”I wonder what happens if I’d push this crate off of the cliff…”

Jack Says: “There’s nothing like an explosive finale!”

Jack Says: “Oh jeez, just my luck! Not only am I stuck in the dark, now the ceiling is collapsing as well…”

Jack Says: “Pfew just made it through a rough patch, luckily I’m about to hit a checkpoint!”

Jack Says: “Exploring some caves with my big friendly Boulder”

Jack Says: “Look at that big, scary saw! I’d better be careful…”

The beauty of using a physics system is that you can create interesting interactions byt (re)combining elements and letting the engine do it’s thing. In this […]

Pilot Perils runs on a custom engine that employs box2d for physics. As a result we can create various interesting interactions between the player and the […]

As part of our metrics package, we are able to load in up-to-date death statstics, so we can monitor where (and to an extent why) our […]

Certain sections in the game are dark: Visibility is severely reduced, though players should still be able to make out faint hints of movement. We’ve also […]

From the Lorebook: “Portable Batteries activate machinery when placed in a Socket. Magnetic Bombs are also carried, but blast open blocked passageways instead.” Players automatically pick […]

We tried working out an interesting twist on the boulder for level 2-10. In this level the Player is tasked with pushing a single boulder through […]

Levels are dressed using multiple layers of Tile-able art assets, and we’ve spent considerable time trying to make them look nice. We hope you enjoy them!

Welcome to the last installment of the ‘Dev Diaries’. Now the Nintendo Switch release is drawing near, we’d like to reveal and discuss a feature that […]

During game developent you may encounter shortcomings and opportunities. Today we’ll discuss how we overhauled our Progression System: Every level in Pilot Perils contains a unique […]

A short dev diary this week: Last Christmas we wanted to give our players a nice, festive surprise: Thus we reworked the existing Tiles into a […]

This week we’re doing something a little bit different; we’re giving you a taste of what is to come in the near future. At the time […]

Today we’ll elaborate on our previous post regarding scene iteration and take you through the game play design process in more detail, and discuss the topic […]

If you’ve played Pilot Perils, or seen certain media, you may have noticed that on occasion there is a bar located on either side of the […]

Hello and welcome to another installment of ‘Dev Diaries’. Today we’ll take a brief look at how levels are constructed in our editor. Our level design […]

Over the coming months we’d like to give you an impression of the production process. Today we kick off this ‘dev diaries’ series with a short […]

So when we left the path of the turning device, Johan came up with the idea to integrate the controls in the screens. At first it […]