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<\/p>\nWhen I started this sprint I was just getting started it felt like.\u00a0 I was borrowing placeholder assets from The Arcana just to try and proof-of-concept out what a sprite system might look like.\u00a0 These past two weeks have been leaps and bounds forward.<\/p>\n
I have achieved the first milestone of many:\u00a0 a playable build on my android phone.\u00a0 The basic functionality is entirely present.\u00a0 All 15 scenes in the main route have been mocked up with placeholders — the backgrounds are just spot-holders I found online, but the sprites are all from concept art.<\/p>\n
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Things to stop doing:<\/strong><\/p>\n Things to keep doing:<\/strong><\/p>\n Things to start doing:<\/strong><\/p>\n In many ways, Sprint Mara was a mad drive towards having a first playable on my phone.\u00a0 Since the end of last month I’ve been working on getting more involved with my local IGDA chapter and I didn’t have a completed build to bring to any of the events.\u00a0 In hindsight, I could have been building much sooner (it’s much easier to build for android than many tutorials would have me believe), but I wanted to get everything “just right” for a first playable build.<\/p>\n Warranted or unwarranted, the hard work paid off and I have a fully functional prototype on my phone.\u00a0 Stubbed scripts play out for each of the eight routes, along with the ability to unlock a secret ninth route.\u00a0 I also managed to get save data working as intended, along with player preferences for the options in the main menu.<\/p>\n Along the way, I ended up wasting a lot of time suddenly concerned about iOS devices, which were never in my original plans to release the game onto.\u00a0 I started noticing just how many of my friends and colleagues had iPhones.\u00a0 However, I’m still a long way off from shipping the game and after some conversation with friends, I discovered a couple more budget-friendly options to allow me to ship for iOS should the need arise.<\/p>\n The first of the changes involves a new main menu with more dynamic button control and a pop-up options panel. These options are saved to playerprefs and loaded when the player starts the game so changes persist between sessions.\u00a0 The “clear save data” removes player progress both within a route and the hidden variables that carry between routes.<\/p>\n I’m also playing around with game titles and thinking about calling it “cardgame”.\u00a0 If anyone has suggestions, let me know in the comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n Next up we also have a “continue” option if the player is mid-way through a route.\u00a0 This restores them to the beginning of the scene they were playing automatically, and this data also saves between play sessions, along with the narrative variables via binary formatting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Finally, if the player completes a certain set of routes and obtains two key pieces of information, it will unlock a hidden ninth route accessible from the main menu called “the final draw”.\u00a0 I’m not entirely sure what the ending will be in the final version but I have something in there right now that is pretty entertaining, so I won’t spoil it.<\/p>\n Art development has been proceeding as planned.\u00a0 This sprint, I have some new color modifications to show you and our next goal is to flesh out the full version of Holly’s sprite.<\/p>\n I really love seeing these characters come to life and take on a real personality.\u00a0 It’s exciting seeing the vision I have realized in the pixels, as it were.<\/p>\n Making a game is an extremely difficult endeavor and I’ve had to make a lot of sacrifices to push to this point.\u00a0 I wouldn’t trade it for anything though, because I’m enamored with the idea of bringing something creative to the screens of people around the world.\u00a0 I’m excited by the ability to be a force for entertainment and joy like the many games that have inspired me.\u00a0 I want this game to be an inspiration to others, and I am looking forward to what comes next.<\/p>\n ~Caleb<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Retrospective When I started this sprint I was just getting started it felt like.\u00a0 I was borrowing placeholder assets from The Arcana just to try and proof-of-concept out what a sprite system might look like.\u00a0 These past two weeks have been leaps and bounds forward. 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Progress<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nMajor Changes<\/h3>\n
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Artwork<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nLast Thoughts<\/h2>\n