Reality Layer Zero

Devlog

• Development Notes #5 | Midpoint on the Second Layer
  July 31, 2023 by Act-Novel

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  #Reality Layer Zero, #Development Notes, #Second Layer

  Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. It's been a little while since the last Development Notes entry, but rest assured I've been hard at work on Reality Layer Zero's second act--... Continue reading

  
• Development Notes #4 | Technical Blind-Spots and What the Game Maker Profiler Doesn't Tell You
  March 28, 2023 by Act-Novel#development notes

  Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. In the last Development Notes entry , I wrote a bit at the end about a potential VRAM bottleneck discovered by a friend of mine attempting to... Continue reading

  
• Patch Notes #2 | 03/28/2023
  March 28, 2023 by Act-Novel

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  #patch notes

  In Summary: VRAM-usage optimization, more options for lower-end PC's, massive reduction in download size, and some QoL improvements. Patch Notes for Version 3 (03/28/2023 Update) - Optimized shadow ma... Continue reading

  
• Reality Layer Zero First Layer "Demo" is now available on Steam
  March 22, 2023 by Act-Novel

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  #steam version

  As promised, the Steam version of the itch.io release has now been made available. It's equivalent to version 2 of the itch.io release, which contains the changes and improvements mentioned in Patch N... Continue reading

  
• Development Notes #3 | First Layer, Two Weeks Later
  March 14, 2023 by Act-Novel

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  #development notes

  Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. At this time of writing, it has been two weeks since Version 1 of Reality Layer Zero was uploaded to itch.io. I think now is a good time to g... Continue reading

  
• Reality Layer Zero OST is now up on YouTube
  March 12, 2023 by Act-Novel

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  #soundtrack

  You can now listen to the entire "first disc" of the Reality Layer Zero soundtrack on YouTube . It's over an hour of original game music! I've embedded a small sampling of some of my favorites in this... Continue reading

  
• Patch Notes #1 | 03/10/2023
  March 10, 2023 by Act-Novel

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  #patch notes

  In summary: A fix for several crashes in the deck editor, as well as some QOL improvements. Patch notes for Version 2 (03/10/2023 Update) - Resolved the Paulby crash in the deck editor. (Many thanks f... Continue reading

  
• Development Notes #2 | First Layer Release!
  February 14, 2023 by Act-Novel

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  #development notes

  02/28/23 - "First Layer" Release on itch.io Hello, again. This is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. As promised in the previous Development Notes entry , I've been hard at work finishing the... Continue reading

  
• Development Notes #1 | Reality Layer Zero
  August 17, 2022 by Act-Novel

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  #notes

  Hello. This is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. It’s been a little over two months since Reality Layer Zero was officially announced. I’d like to take a moment now to write more at-leng... Continue reading