After some time, i am taking little break again! For past few hours, i created dialog system and room transitions with smooth fade effect! Now i also have complete xbox controller support! And it works pretty neat!
(i am working with GMS:2)
Hello, guys! Yesterday i was stuck with one stupid for cycle :D For THREE HOURS OMG. Afer that, i fixed it somehow and fell asleep. Now, i am awake for four hours and i have completed core of game! So, cutscenes, audio engine, light engine, menus, inventory... ALL DONE! Now is time for fun part :3 Making story!
Now is time for turning of gm and turning on pyxel edit and my mikunotebook!
And, now about game. Last few hours i worked really hard! And when i say hard, i mean i was reading manga and eating cockies! (pun!) So, i made just one small tileset and added some details to main character. AND i actually added one new game mechanic!
Well, this is my first ludum dare while i have a day job :smile: So it will be totally new experience! Good thing is i have only 6 hours job because my mental health is... Not very good :smile: ( i taking invalidity pension because of that :smile: )
I hoping i finish my game this time :D I plan to buy at least five energy drinks. Yesterday i had psychotherapy and got lots of pills so depression won't get me thist time!!!! I also plan to make some time managment preparations. I will be working two hours straight and then half or maybe whole hour pause. In free time, i will go probably visit grandma and talk about old times. That is great source of inspiration. Last thing which i make is timeline! It will look probably like this:
I will be using:
I will probably don't make much time to make cool LD wallpaper, so if you made one or know where are wallpapers now, please put link in comments! Cheers!
Cool
Well. This LD i try to make things little more slowly. Why, you ask? Well... It is past experience. Last few LD i failed, so here i prepared lists of things which i did wrong :smile:
Before you start reading, i am not native english speaker so i apologize for all mistakes in my grammar. I learned mostly from bad fansub and famiclone games :smiley:
I was not taking my meds too often. So my depression was BIG problem.
I set my alarm clock directly after LD jam started, so i did not had much sleep. And that was horrible for start.
I thought big doses of caffeine will boost my productivity. And it was exact opposite. I had panic attacks and my mind literally not worked
I also thought small doses of alcohol will boost my creativity.. Nope... Small doses of alcohol created big dose of alcohol and instead of making games, i was watching furry porn... Don't ask me why please.
Well, first i set my alarm correctly, so i got 8 and hours of sleep and one hour of lying in bed :smile: Then i checked theme, and while i was thinking about it, i started preparing for developing.
First i looked trough window and saw this... (suitable for first day of december :smile:)
So, when is snow outside, men must first make fire! :smiley:
So, i am now warm, fully woken up. What next? Ohoo, breakfast. Because i almost stopped drink energy drinks and coffee, i needed some more friendly drug, so i bought guarana and some fruits.
And some donuts. Because sugar gives food to brain too. So, here, my breakfast. Guarana-kiwi drink and donuts.
And last but not least, post it notes for wild ideas.
So, i still don't have any idea about game itself. But i decided to go platfoem style. So after roughly two hours in godot and on kenney website (because i like nice placeholders) I have basic platforming done,
Well... I made little progress. I scraped version one, started working on version two, then scrapped version two and returned to version one :smiley:
So, what happened? I somehow know about what this game will be. It will be about defending earth from ancient ones by sacrificing various things like blood, maybe body parts. I am not sure. Maybe not most original idea but what counts is how i make it :smiley:
But, that's not all, while i was thinking about game, i was also making visual side of game. As always, i choosed retro.
So, what next? Well, short break. :smile:
As always.... I will probably not finish my project. But somehow i have one small tradition. Waiting for theme with my friend Johny W. And Good movie... And bag of licorice :D And unholy mess... So... There is small sneakpeak.
Johny, vape and Event Horizon
And while watching movie, i am writing "i am in post" with my horrible english!
Well. I am in. My last LD was 38. After that, my life kinda crumbled. Got diagnosed with depression dissorder, lost job, had some suicide attempts, was in mental hospital for some time. After that, i turned new page in my life. So, this is my first LD in my new life.
https://www.artstation.com/druid_cz
https://www.deviantart.com/druid-cz
https://druid-cz.itch.io/
Well, my brain still compiling this theme. So i am sitting next to a window, smoking cigs and looking down on people. I am thinking about various ideas but i still did not found anything interesting enought to make it into game.
First idea was about mental health. There would be unstable mental health bar and actions would be based on how much mental health you currently have.
Good things about this idea:So, i scratched this one :)
Second is not actually idea, but my wish. I would love to make another horror game. But i honestly don't know how i should do it with this theme. Easiest way would be probably make something SCP based, but i am not experienced in this kind of horror. I am more occult / ufo guy.
So, if anyone knows interesting creepypastas, horror stories and / or SCP's , please put link in comments.
Well, still have day and something left. Still don't have idea but decided to start anyway. I decided to go for DOS - CGA style.
So, what is done?
Player sprite :
Aaand don't worry! If you don't like this palette, i got you covered! You can choose from SIX ugly colours!
Well, now? Probably story time... But who knows :D
Well... Damn..
I thought i will make it, but it looks like big fat nope here. So... Sorry guys. Here is last gif.
I plan to work on this game outside jam, so feel free to follow me on itch. https://druid-cz.itch.io/
Good luck everyone!