Eldiron

@MagcPixel All this is an open source, free project I have been working on for years. Feel free to contribute fixes or new characters.

@EldironRPG The character has inconsistently sized pixels, something I immediately noticed!

Eldiron v0.91.0 is out! First ruleset-based release: classes, combat, spells, loot, economy, gathering/crafting, rules-aware UI, improved 3D navigation / modeling, and 8-direction avatars. Blog: eldiron.com/blog/2026/06/1… #Eldiron #GameDev #IndieDev #RPG #RustLang

Eldiron Official Ruleset Characters, items, weapons, armor, cooldowns, progression, visuals, and starter loadouts are moving toward one shared source of truth, so projects need less scattered configuration while still allowing overrides. Planned for v0.91 around mid June.

Eldiron v0.9.7 is out. This release adds turn-based, hybrid, and realtime simulation modes, NPC sequences, nested dialogs, multiple-choice menus, organic surface painting, and new renderer + post controls. More here: eldiron.com/blog/2026/04/2… #gamedev #indiedev #rpgdev

Eldiron v0.9.3 is out. Mostly a bugfix release, but with some important 2D upgrades: LOS/visibility, point-and-click style intents, optional auto-walk, and better runtime render scripting via world/region context. More here: eldiron.com/blog/2026/04/1… #gamedev #indiedev #rpgdev

Eldiron.com now supports text-based gameplay. No assets needed—just story, systems, and rules. A fully simulated world you can play and interact with purely through text. Start with what really matters. #gamedev #indiedev #rpgdev

Eldiron v0.9.2 is out 🎉 This update adds the new Dungeon Tool, several new tools, plus more work on authoring and text-style play (IF). Read more: eldiron.com/blog/2026/04/0… #gamedev #indiedev #rpgdev

@DK_D0mino Yeah, sorry for the delay :)

@EldironRPG great job, finally some audio!

🚀 Eldiron.com v0.9.1 is out! This update adds global rules, localization, audio FX, better realtime visual scripting debugging, improved combat formulas/messages, and lots of editor polish. #gamedev #indiedev #rustlang #rpg #pixelart #gameengine

My first video in a while. Talking about the new Avatar system in Eldiron.com v0.9. youtube.com/watch?v=kmObqQ… #gamedev #indiedev #rpgdev

Eldiron v0.9 is now available 🚀 New Avatar system, redesigned spellcasting, procedural mesh generation, audio, and many improvements as Eldiron moves closer to v1. Full update: eldiron.com/blog/2026_03_0… #gamedev #indiedev #rpgdev #rustlang

@crustland Thanks, large maps are no problem as maps are chunk based, i.e. they stream in / out of memory, both in 2D and 3D.

@EldironRPG editable pixel art avatars with 4-direction rigging is a really useful feature for RPG creators. procedural props on top of that could save a ton of hand-placement time. rust for the engine is a bold choice — how's the performance for larger maps?

First screenshot of Eldiron.com v0.9. It will feature character rigging via editable pixel art avatars (in up to 4 directions), procedural props and much more. It will become available in the first half of March. #Eldiron #gamedev #indiedev #rpg #rustlang

@RashidIrfanmd Yes, open source. Links at Eldiron.com :)

@EldironRPG Damn.....is it open source ? Can i access the source code ? I want to create my own game...

Eldiron v0.8.100 is out! 🎉 New terrain system, new Eldrin scripting language, many improvements, and a major docs rewrite. eldiron.com/blog/2026/02/0… #Eldiron #gamedev #indiedev #rpg #rustlang

Some progress as I work towards a Dungeon Master-Style example for Eldiron.com. Next steps are updating the documentation and releasing a new version before starting with skinnable pixel-art characters.

New video is out. I talk about the latest Eldiron release and specifically about the new UI system, 3D editing and GPU rendering. youtu.be/xtk1JL-jCWw

🚀 Eldiron v0.8.90 is live! New tree‑view UI , GPU rendering with ray tracing/PBR , real‑time tile editing & 3D painting , plus a fresh tileset . Read more 👉eldiron.com/blog/2025/12/0… #gamedev #indiedev #rustlang #gameengine #Eldiron #retro #rpg #crpg

Sneak Peek #1: Arriving early–mid December. The new tree widget replaces sections and most of the tool system. Maximizing a dock opens a specialized editor—like the new tile editor with per-tile undo. Editing 2D/3D map tiles will be fast and fun.

@JBrooksBSI That's cool, thanks. Must have been really fun to program stuff like this in Assembly (and I mean it in a positive way).

Yes, arcade Space Invaders uses a bit array in vram (the onscreen pixels), while the port by Atari keeps the shield bit array in the 128-byte zero page ram. With only 128 bytes of ram, the Atari port is limited to only 3 shields, and only 8 bits wide instead of 22 wide in arcade. The Arcade version can also copy the onscreen damaged shield bit array to a player struct in 2-player mode.

Here is the Atari 2600 WIP of full arcade Space Invaders, featuring race-the-TIA techniques to draw 11 invaders per line and 4 full-size destructable shields using the two hardware sprites.