Melkhior's Tower

Devlog

• Firing Weapons
  February 06, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  Lester the Serf will have the special ability of being able to fire weapons. There will be a variety of weapons to discover around the different levels of the game, and I'm planning of having certain... Continue reading

  
• Map Editor
  January 23, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  The Melkhior's Tower game world is created using a custom map editor, written in C# using Monogame. It started out life as a copy of my demo game from 2025, Blackford PI. With all the Blackford parts... Continue reading

  
• Pressing the A Button
  January 18, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  With three different characters to control, each with different abilities, and two fire buttons available, I've spent a lot of time thinking about what each button should do. I initially had some func... Continue reading

  
• Object Weight Variation
  January 15, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  Each object in the game now has a weight property. This is to facilitate Sir Stamperlot's special ability of strength. He will be able to push and pull larger objects, whereas Princess Ashby and Leste... Continue reading
• Discovering Chest Lock Combinations
  January 09, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  I've been experimenting with an idea for how chest lock combinations could be discovered. In this example, when Princess Ashby walks over a rune symbol that is part of the chest lock combination, one... Continue reading
• Unlocking Chests
  January 09, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  Started working on locked chests. Clues to the combination will be hidden somewhere around the place, and only Princess Ashby will be able to crank the locks... Continue reading
• Trapdoors
  January 09, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  Levels in Melkhior's Tower will be traversed via one way trapdoors. Not quite as easily as the video shows, this is just a test... Continue reading
• Progress So Far
  January 09, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  A longer video showing progress of the game so far. Features implemented include: 3 player characters, switchable using the crank Collectable objects Pushing and pulling objects Locked doors Mirror, b... Continue reading
• Collaborative Puzzles
  January 09, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  Starting to think about game mechanics that will form the basis of the puzzles that the player needs to solve. Switching between characters will be a key part of that... Continue reading
• Blocked Doors
  January 09, 2026 by BitGlint Games

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  First steps to ensure that the player can't get stuck in a doorway that's blocked... Continue reading