I’ve got most of the code finished for the new gameplay direction. Haskell really shines through as an awesome language for gameplay programming. I was really stumbling over the tile engine stuff, but now that that’s over and my scope is reduced, I think I might actually finish this thing. I have tons of polish-type work to do, but I’m hopeful now. The game’s actually kind of fun, even though it looks like crap.

What’s left, roughly in priority:

• re-work the intro cinematics to fit the new game story, along with a description of how to play
• make real graphics for the king, the enemies, the crown, and the castle
• add sound to the gameplay
• fix the map so it’s more interesting
• make music for the gameplay
• add more object types
• make graphics for the cinematics
• make more levels with increasing difficulty
• make new cinematics to tie the additional levels together