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Joseph Hewitt
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Apr 09
GearHead Caramel v0.620: Content and Hotkeys
GearHead Caramel v0.620 has just been released. There are a lot of changes this time around- as you’d expect from the length of time it took me to release this version. Every town in DeadZone Drifter now has a special feature. The opening scenario for DeadZone Drifter may be different depending on your character’s life …
Feb 26
GearHead: Caramel Coming to Steam, Possibly Relicensing GH1 + GH2
I have finished the paperwork and am preparing to release GearHead Caramel on Steam. I think I have everything set up correctly to compile the Linux binaries for SteamOS; we’ll see how it goes. As I mentioned earlier, I would also like to bring GearHead1 and GearHead2 to Steam. To do this I’d need to …
Jan 23
Modding GearHead Caramel: Create Your Own Adventure, Part Two
In part one of the tutorial, we created an empty city scene and stuck an exit in it. In this part we will add a building, a shopkeeper, and a shop. You can download the expanded script file from Dropbox. Now, we could stick all of this new content into the same Plot we used …
Jan 22
GearHead Discord
Once upon a time, in the distant past, there was a GearHead forum. Now, in the sparkling future, there is a GearHead Discord. You can use that link to join and talk about GearHead, mecha/games more generally, or just hang out. This is my first time starting a Discord and I have no idea what …
Jan 14
Modding GearHead Caramel: Create Your Own Adventure, Part One
One of the great new features of GearHead Caramel is the ability to add your own content that will automatically be loaded and used by the game. If you check your ghcaramel user folder (which should be located in your home directory) you’ll see a bunch of folders for content, designs, and images. Today I’m …
Jan 13
GearHead Caramel v0.612
I’ve just uploaded GearHead Caramel v0.612. This is just a quick bugfix release- I accidentally broke GH1 character import in v0.611. Also, I added the CNA-15 Century mecha from GH1 and GH2. You can download it from GitHub, Patreon, or buy it from itch.io. If you are using the itch.io app your install of GearHead …
Jan 08
GearHead Caramel on itch.io
I’ve just uploaded GearHead Caramel to itch.io. Its price there is $10, but you will still be able to download the game from GitHub for free. Think of it as a throwback to 1990s shareware. I hope that if you enjoy the game you will consider buying it to support development. If all goes well, …
Jan 04
GearHead Caramel v0.611
I’ve just uploaded GearHead Caramel v0.611 to GitHub. You can download the binaries from there or from Patreon.
Dec 31
Modding GearHead Caramel: How to Make Portrait Bits
Now that GearHead Caramel is in a properly playable state, I thought I should start explaining how it works. Unlike previous GearHead games, Caramel uses a portrait generator that assembles characters from component parts. Each portrait bit can be anchored to a particular spot on the portrait, can contain multiple images, and each of those …
Dec 27
GearHead Caramel v0.600: Completely Completeable
GearHead Caramel v0.600 has just been released. The big news this time around is that the DeadZone Drifter campaign now has a proper conclusion. In addition there are new skill trainers, you can buy medicine + other consumables, and you can ask potential lancemates about their skills before you hire them. The binaries for Windows, …
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