The Best Game Ever - WEEK 3 : First Playable Prototype

[DEVLOG] Week 3

Current Goal 

Working on recreating a similar experience to the classic "a dark room" game.

Newest Progress 

Added a bunch of little content things, short showcase video:

Next Week ?

• Extend gameplay to new dimensions: NPC's with dialogue and quests ? 
• Multiple save files system ?

THIS WEEK BY DAY:

MONDAY

• design (rough sketch) the first phase (chapter) of gameplay in figma

TUESDAY

• resource generator max amount
• resource generator random weighted drops
• start implementing the desig: explore, scavange, dredge, firepit, smelting

WENSDAY

• Line2D effect created
• Line2D effect disabled because it does not look as good as imagined
• continue implementing the desig: axe, pickaxe, shovel, wood, stone, clay, spear, wild, house
• add progress button columns to world screen
• keep track of spent resources in save file

THRUSTDAY

• play testing current prototype, balancing guesses, taking notes and brainstorming ideas
• writing out a long detaild todo list, sorting tasks by priority

FRIDAY

• added workers and worker manager
• firepit worker event
• house worker event
• add flavor text to worker roles
• add default worker role
• added more worker roles

SATURDAY

• label effect (subviewport gpu particles)
• label effect queue
• refactor sorting of resources
• label text animation to show typed letter by letter (tween)
• sort progress button columns in world tab
• add columns and sort columns in manager tab
• insufficient resources highlight effect created
• insufficient resources highlight effect removed because it does not look as good as imagined
• instead, add insufficient resources blink effect after clicking progress button (tween)
• create component: simple_tween.tscn with .call() usage (custom minimalistic alternative to animation player)

SUNDAY

• add progress bar to manager screen (or onto resource storage)
• on worker role passive generation, manager button (or resource storage item) emits label effect
• experiment with pixel art, create cat asset
• forest camp to forest village event upgrade on fourth house
• add debug resources event for easier testing
• add compass tease
• fix save file access NPE bug (forgot to use safe .get with default value 0)
• record short video of current prototype version
• html release 
• fix file utils for html release (".tres.remap" issue)
• playtest html release
• post devlog week 3 to itch.io
• post short video to reddit

Long-Term Goal 

I have a dream to make the best game ever or die trying.

I will post a weekly update while trying to work on this project every day.

The game genre and everything else is subject to change.