Post what you are planning to work on here.
I'm going to be finishing the first stage of the Shmup I've been "working" on for 6 months.
Sure ^^ But I don't have many screenshots with the meat of it since I'm still working on the launch (hub) interface, which has some productivity features and whatnot:
The core has a (modular) universe -> concept -> project -> asset -> publication workflow. It's intended for collaborative creative projects, so the overarching universe lets you keep track of any characters, locations, languages, etc., these being the concepts. Those can then be referenced across projects, like book or game ideas (which are the design doc side of things).
You can generate instances of those characters / locations / systems / etc. to export asset packs of their models / maps / scripts / etc. to use in testing or final publications. (There will also be some dev tools included to override what the program generates in case you have a talented artist / programmers / etc. on board already. But they're going to be the biggest pain to code tbh.)
It'll have limitations; all engines do. But I'll probably open source what I can in the end to encourage more technical growth c:
Update: While I didn't get everything on my to-do list knocked off, I still made a ton of progress, and I've learned all the basics I need to continue on. The GUI won't be an issue from now on & the file structures / tools are being tackled as soon as I have the time for them c:
Jams are awesome because they give me an excuse to give certain to-do lists priority when I normally wouldn't, but long ones like this are a bit rough for that haha. Definitely puttered out near the end there (for good reasons but still). Congrats to everyone who made an attempt & double-congrats to those who submitted!
Hello all,
Let's add what I'm trying to do. I started in December on a little experiment writing AI for a simple mini game. It's a lot of fun to work on! And then some friends (@SimoensS and @Mientje to be exact) pointed me in the direction of this jam. I never really finished any personal project I worked on, so this is a fun challenge, it would be great if I could actually deliver. We'll see. And it's the first jam that I'll participate in!
There's still a lot todo, I still have quite some work on the levels and the AI, but right now I'm setting up all the infrastructure so that it's actually a game.
I have a Trello board tracking what I need to do and what's done here: https://trello.com/b/F52ULigd/hopper
Hey everyone! We should have posted this back when the jam started, but, well we just didn't... But this jam and a local event helped us work on the next step on our Ludum Dare entry "Shadow Fencer Theatre". We didn't necessarily finish our game, but we are working to finish our next demo (one more thing to fix) that we are going to upload to Itch.io. Anywoo, about the game!
Shadow Fencer Theatre is a 2 player fencing game set in the world of shadow puppets. Players grab a stick, and that stick is stuck with some paper, and that paper is stuck to a sword.
Shadow Fencer Theatre in Ludum Dare 37 entry form
Changes being made:
New Movement Controls: include jumping and ducking, and uses the analog controls of the joystick
New Fencing Controls: Include 8-way directional movement for the sword
New Characters: 4 new characters added to the game, randomly selected each match
New Sets: New sets for players to battle on, randomly selected each match
Improved Look: some polishing to look a little nicer
Pause Button: Game can be paused during match, and then players can go back to the menu
Other Stuff: There were a lot of changes, I don't remember them all
Shadow Fencer Theatre in it's current state.
Thank goodness this goes until the 31st. just enough to finish up our web build.