The last month was pretty hectic, running a Kickstarter campaign definitely eats up all of your time so it's been lovely to get back to working on the game. The aim at the moment is to shift from working on a prototype and moving towards developing a more polished beta candidate. I don't have anything visual to show for this weeks progress as I have mainly been doing programming work but I thought it was good to keep you all in the loop.
The Code Bit
The first thing has been to start cleaning up and improving some of the code libraries that I'm using. The code now works more efficiently and will save me from some headaches later down the line. Cleaning up all the code also allows me to finally look at drafting in a bit of support that has been offered to me from friends which should speed things up.
The second thing has been to strip the game logic back and start rebuilding it, essentially starting from scratch but pasting in the code from before that worked well and re-writing the stuff that didn't work so well. This should give me a good foundation and allows me to bring in the new combat scheme and defence placement mechanics with a clean slate rather than hacking it around the old code.
Game Pad & Keyboard Support!
Stripping back the code has meant I can overhaul the input controls. I've now enabled the game to use a game pad and you can now walk around using the WASD or arrow keys. Coupled with the options to use a mouse or touch screen this gives you a few options to choose your preferred control scheme or mix them. Which is how I think it should be.
Where To Next
This next week will be a bit more of the same really, I've still got more code to clean up and re-build so it may be a few weeks before I have anything new to show really. I've also been in talks about some freelance work which is great as that's what is funding me at the moment due to the Kickstarter campaign not reaching it's goal; It does mean I'll have less time to work on the game but I need to eat and pay the rent ;)
Keeping Updated
There are lots of way to keep updated with the project now with tumblr being the latest addition. Whenever I post an update I'll make sure it gets put up across them all so that you can choose which one works best for you.
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Until Next Time!
Alex
From The Ashes
A quick update of what's been happening on the project this week.
Posted by Liquidoodle on
Nice to see you wont give up:)
One step at a time,you will make it;)