Devlog

• Release 0.10.0 - Lighting
  July 30, 2025 bydevcarpet#lighting, #pagan, #deerportal, #boardgame, #linux

  The excitement when the release build finishes properly and all the artefacts are uploaded. :) So here we have another release. Recently, I implemented an animation before the game starts, and now I h...Continue reading

  
• Time of Enlightenment
  July 26, 2025 bydevcarpet#lighting, #cpp, #deerportal, #sfml

  Following recent adding board initialisation animation, I have decided to take opportunity from some just introduced dynamics and implement lighting systems based on diamonds being light sources. Let'...Continue reading
• Release 0.9.9 - Animated Board Setup
  July 25, 2025 bydevcarpet#boardgame, #pagan, #deerportal, #linux, #windows, #osx

  New release 0.9.9 brings some animation of the board items setup when we see how they (boards and runes) arrive to the board...Continue reading
• Release 0.9.8 - Even More Particles
  July 25, 2025 bydevcarpet#particles, #pagan, #boardgame, #release, #deerportal

  With this release I am testing how many particles actually we can handle without performance hit. With some optimisations they go really massive. What do you think about it, is it too much?...Continue reading
• Release 0.9.7 - Particles Storm
  July 20, 2025 bydevcarpet

  Release 0.9.7 - introduces a massive particle animation during collecting the Cards and or Diamonds. Check this out :D I still need to optimise it. Working AppImage and Linux TGZ as a bonus :)...Continue reading
• Release 0.9.6 - Balance the sprites
  July 19, 2025 bydevcarpet

  In this release I am trying to make the board less cluttered. I have compared with old screenshots and I did realise, that runes and diamonds may be too big and overwhelm the board. I resized them to...Continue reading

  
• Release 0.9.5 - Fullscreen fix
  July 19, 2025 bydevcarpet

  0.9.5 brings in foundation for properly working full screen. Wth F or F11 key depends on the platform (F on OSX) you switch between full screen mode...Continue reading
• Release 0.9.4 - Animations
  July 18, 2025 bydevcarpet#pagan, #deerportal, #animation, #particles

  In this version I added a first animated elements in the game :) When you collect the diamonds or the rune for the card - there is a little particle effect to celebrate it. Enjoy!...Continue reading
• Release 0.9.3 - AppImage
  July 15, 2025 bydevcarpet#linux

  After the long time 'game dev being on pause' I am still taking an extra time to organise build system and overall deployment infrastructure. New version 0.9.3 introduces: come back of AppImage Linux...Continue reading
• Release 0.9.2 - fixed Windows build
  July 14, 2025 bydevcarpet

  So I have just released a 0.9.2 version with the fix for Windows build - now actually you can download it for Windows and play ;) Also, I have added a delay after the notification is being displayed,...Continue reading
• New release 0.9.1 - Deer God Resurrection
  July 13, 2025 bydevcarpet#deerportal, #sfml, #update

  After a long hiatus, I'm thrilled to announce that DeerPortal is back! The Almighty Deer God has blessed me with a surge of energy and inspiration in 2025. During my break, SFML, the game engine that...Continue reading
• New release is coming
  June 05, 2025 bydevcarpet#News, #OSX, #SFML3

  After a few years of development, I’m delighted to announce that Deer Portal is being revived. Here are some of the most exciting developments: - Migrated to SFML 3 - Added information and GUI about...Continue reading

  
• 0.8.2 Windows Fall Update
  October 20, 2019 bydevcarpet#deerportal, #linux, #windows, #appimage, #chocolatey, #snap, #deer, #pagan

  Hello, after long time of being quiet, we are releasing a new version of Deer Portal :-) Summary of all the recently introduced changes Package submitted to Chocolatey https://chocolatey.org/packages/...Continue reading