I’m almost done! During the weekend I completed most of the gameplay and started to add the connective tissue between the levels, scoring system, boost system and so forth. I still need to add music and sound effects and to create the logic that generates the level, but then it’s done :D
Time spent on the project so far: 14 hours
The crab can now rotate platforms and blocks on top of them! Progress!
Time spent on the project so far: 8 hours
I’ve started working on the Cinch part of the game! That little crab in his recycling plant will walk left and right, spinning columns of blocks around to match and recycle them!
Time spent on the project so far: 6 hours
Olly can now move up and down the ladder, pick up blocks and throw them away so they can get recycled! I also redid the background in voxels, because I could.
Time spent on the project so far: 4 hours
Working a bit of the top gameplay where you move Olly around on platforms using ladders in order to grab the blocks and send them to the recycling plant below before they reach the end!
Time spent on the project so far: 3 hours
I’ve started a very small project for the A Game By It’s Cover game jam, an event I try to participate in every year. This year I’m going with the following cartridge and game idea; “Puzzle”.
I’m not 100% sure yet of how the game will work, but it’ll be a split-screen puzzle game where you need to clear blocks from a beach by recycling them while controlling a girl and her friend the crab. It’ll be playable by one or two players.
Time spent on the project so far: 1 hour
I did some more Telekinetic Power design today, writing their description and starting to think about their flavor text. Next week I’ll probably work on my AGBIC2020 entry because it’s a gamejam I really enjoy working on, so I’ll be taking a break from this project, but don’t worry, I’ll be back!
Time spent on the project so far: 74 hours
Currently working on: Telekinetic Powers
Today I worked a bit more on the algorithm to decide what kind of info you get about your enemies when you look them up in your notepad and I also designed more of the telekinetic powers. More combat-related stuff is to come!
Time spent on the project so far: 73 hours
Currently working on: Random encounters, Telekinetic Powers
More work done on random encounters! Enemy placement, texts, battle flow. Lots more work to be done for sure, but things are certainly progressing!
Time spent on the project so far: 72 hours
Currently working on: Random encounters
I’m currently working on random encounters, how they are going to be triggered, when and where (I don’t want them to occur when there’s dialogue supposed to pop out on a specific tile, for instance), and progressing slightly with the progression of the game as well!
Time spent on the project so far: 70 hours
Currently working on: Random encounters
I think I’m done with the notepad for now, I have to work on the various TK powers now. The plan is for all 26 TK Powers to be available at the beginning of the game, thus contributing to the puzzle aspect of the battles. Maybe if i't’s too overwhelming or if having all powers doesn’t bring anything good to the game I’ll have them get unlocked progressively, but I’m not sure yet!
Time spent on the project so far: 68 hours
Currently working on: Telekinesis UI, TK Powers
Today I worked on the ‘bestiary’ page in the main menu, where you’ll be able to see the information of foes you’ve defeated before! Next time I’ll work on the Telekinesis Info menu.
Time spent on the project so far: 67 hours
Currently working on: Notepad UI
More post-fight cleanup! The main menu has the two final sections opened and the story continues, I’ll probably take care of the menu first (because it’s systems creation) and then move on with the story. At some point I might be done with systems and actually move on to content! Kinda scary!
Time spent on the project so far: 66 hours
Currently working on: Second tutorial fight aftermath
Today I worked on the battle flow when you defeat enemies and finish a fight. I still have a few weird bugs here and there - I found a softlock related to the bestiary page popping up, for instance - but things are going well on that end. I think I’ll have a few more lines of dialogue to write and then we’re off to the races!
Time spent on the project so far: 65 hours
Currently working on: Second tutorial fight aftermath
Still working on those telekinetic powers! The flow of using them and selecting a target is getting there, so tomorrow it’d be reasonable for the first fight you can actually win to be over! Look at that syringe go!
Time spent on the project so far: 64 hours
Currently working on: Second tutorial fight, TK powers
I’ve spent a bit of time on that Telekinesis Power UI, but I decided to go back to the normal menus after trying a few things out. I wanted a stylish way to show all the powers at once, but what I had wasn’t great. It covered too much of the normal UI, prevented you from seeing the enemies and wasn’t -that- cool anyways. That’s today’s screenshot, imagine it’s full of buttons on the ‘branches’ of the wheel, and the wheel is rolling around!
Time spent on the project so far: 63 hours
Currently working on: Second tutorial fight, TK powers
I decided that it’d be best for text to work uniformly between cutscenes and the battle system, so now you have to click or press a key for the text to advance. It’s a bit much for the tutorial encounters, but it’ll probably go faster for normal fights. I’m almost ready to start with the telekinesis power system, still have a few bits of UI to tweak (and a weird issue where the character can rotate out of the tutorial fight)
Time spent on the project so far: 61 hours
Currently working on: Second tutorial fight
I’m happier about the enemy info page as it is now. I have to figure out what’s next in the tutorial battle flow, I know the player needs to use one of their special abilities to defeat the enemy, but I have to figure out how that’s gonna work!
Time spent on the project so far: 60 hours
Currently working on: Second tutorial fight
You can now lookup an enemy in your notepad! Imagine the UI is sliding up in the screenshot; this layout is also not entirely final right now, but things are taking shape on that end!
Time spent on the project so far: 59 hours
Currently working on: Enemy info, Second tutorial fight
I’m now working on target selection and then I’ll actually get to the notepad tool effect! I’m happier with the look of my menu and the dynamic button sizes, so everything is progressing smoothly!
Time spent on the project so far: 58 hours
Currently working on: Target selection, Second tutorial fight
