The Walled Garden is a platformer RPG set in a surrealistic Garden of Eden with procedurally generated trees which grow from a destructible environment which subdivides as it is destroyed.
This article details my journey in implementing dynamic water effects in Game Maker Studio 1.4. It covers setting up the water object, updating displacement...
dynamic psuedo water waves
I've updated the game with new graphics for sprites, some based on Dalle-3 concepts, and introduced gameplay changes. The game now has a self-sustaining...
sprite upgrades + gameplay + npcs
New updates in 'The Walled Garden' bring unique enemy interactions, melee combat, and a zoom feature for in-depth exploration. A 'Coyote Jump' mechanic...
more updates - utility/combat and vfx
I've implemented a save and load system in my game, preserving tree states across sessions, a feature not in the original engine. Upcoming enhancements...
lots of updates
We're starting over again. Not from 100% scratch, we still have all our existing code and graphics. However I'm focused on coding a better engine with...
10+ years!?
11 YEARS?! Wow. Can't believe that I'm coming up on 11 years working on this project. Certainly bit off more than I could chew. But I've got a big stomach...
level 1 - oh the fool i was
Have decided to release the current existence of Walled Garden. The last demo was released in 2012. So this is 8 years of development since then.
2020 demo released
Hey everybody! Wow.. I haven't posted in 120 days. 130+ days since I've worked on the game physically. Earlier this week I brushed the dust off the Ol...
dusting off the old gmk
There are particular animals in Eden that don't mind Atom riding on their back. At the moment the current existing mounts are; Horse, Rooster, Swordfish...
enemy mounts and interactions
A lot has been worked on this month. I'm really trying to push for a demo to be released this month. The first chapter consists of Four elemental realms...
july 2014 update
Wow I can't believe it's been two years since my last update. Just want to make it clear that this game is still being worked on. There was a bit of a...
2014 updates
Hey everybody, just keeping you all updated and letting you know that the expected release date for the real demo will be on December 21st, 2012. So please...
demo release december 21st
I released a new tech demo after noticing it wasn't working when you downloaded it from indieDB. In other news; You can also listen to the current soundtrack...
tech demo download now working & soundtrack preview
Only 38 days remaining in The Walled Garden's indiegogo campaign phase two. Please share this link on your facebook wall or twitter feed if you would...
indiegogo campaign
Hey everyone, thanks for checking out The Walled Garden. If you have anything to contribute such as ideas, or books I should read, or music you want to...
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