Hi everyone! I'm GraffitiSoul and this is my devlog for the summer 2019 My First Game Jam. This is my first ever game jam, and while I know how to use Unity and code in C#, I've never actually made a game that has left the proof of concept stage. Hopefully this one doesn't flop.

I'm not sure what to say to start, but my idea is to make a simple game in the same vein as the first TLoZ game gameplay wise. The game will be about the pride of a chosen one and how that messes them up in their quest to slay The Dragon That Comes To Harass The Village Every Decade Or Something™. It'll be super pretentious and dramatic, but deep down it's just a very goofy and satirical game. I'll probably go into detail about the plot once I have a better idea of it throughout this devlog.

Current Goals:

• Understand what I want to create, and make a simple design document (probably today and tomorrow)
• Have a basic "foundation" to work on. Get controls, stats, and other things mandatory for a simple RPG game (hopefully done ASAP)
  
• Come up with a title :(

Day 1
Now that I've sat down and started writing a design document sheet, I can now explain what the game will be about. I'm going to be keeping my original post as it was to show some kind of change and thought process.

Plot

You are part of the Blackwell lineage, a series of men and women who are chosen by other Blackwell family members to slay a dragon who arrives to terrorize the region every few decades, and have become one of the most revered and praised families in the world for their protection of many. You, Alexander Blackwell, just so happen to be the youngest and most capable person in the Blackwell family right now, so congratulations! You're going to risk your life to slay the dragon A'un, professional destroyer of 27 different villages and towns. Have fun!

But wait!

Even though the Blackwell family is held in high esteem by many, the people that have been chosen recently haven't really been the best people. They're greedy, they're lustful, they're vain, they're lazy... You've been raised with the same values and vices they've had... namely the seven deadly sins!

In this game, your stats are the seven deadly sins, and they can help you and ruin you. (except Gluttony. I'm not creative enough to translate that into a game like this)

As you level up, each stat increases. The higher the stat, the more intense the effect is.

Here's an explanation:

• WRA (Wrath) - makes you attack enemies faster and deal more damage, but defending yourself becomes harder
• VAI (Vainglory/Vanity) - you're harder to hit, but you're less effective with weapons you loot from dead enemies (all that blood is pretty gross!)
• GRE (Greed) - you can manipulate others to do what you want, but you hoard loot which can make you slower
• ENV (Envy) - you hit harder when you're fighting anyone that uses a weapon, and loot lasts longer
• ACE (Acedia/Sloth) - you're able to get closer to enemies without them trying to attack you, but they're harder to hit and it gets harder to pick them out
• LUS (Lust) - whenever you earn currency, you get a little more + you move faster, but you seem more predatory towards others
• PRI (Pride) - The sin of all sins! No advantages here; as the PRI stat increases, the game just becomes harder. Some opportunities are ruined, the main character will refuse some weapons and assistance, and the negative effects of some stats will be multiplied as the PRI stat increases.

That's all I have for Day 1! I said a lot of stuff here that I never actually mentioned like loot, currency, "opportunities", stuff like that. I'll go into detail about these as I work on the game.

Wow, your absolutely amazing like coming up with ideas so good that fast. Can't wait to play your game.

Day 3

Unfortunately, I wasn't really able to get too much done because I was out for most of the day. That's alright!

I was able to:

• prepare animations for enemies and loot
• get ACE (Acedia/Sloth) to work
• have enemies capable of sensing that you're near them -- however, it's super buggy!

Goals:

• get enemies to move towards your position when they detect you (the log saying that enemy is moving to player isn't true; it's just describing what the enemy would do)

• get enemies to attack the player
• get VAI (Vainglory/Vanity) and ENV (Envy) working
• set up what happens when the player's health is at 0
• set up what happens when an enemy's health is at 0
• get EXP working
• get a loot/weapon system working (I'll go more in depth with this when I have visuals!)

Not much today, but there will hopefully be a lot to talk about tomorrow!

haha i really love your pitch--it has a really strong hook and a really clever humor to it. the concept for your design is also really interesting--i was really surprised by how you ended up using "pride" and it's really cool and fitting... i can't wait to see how this game plays!

Day 4 and 5
My apologies for not having the 4th devlog ready! I was tired and I planned on doing the devlog in the morning, but I decided to just combine the two.

Before I start, I've decided that my scope was too big. My coding skills are basic, and I didn't realize what I was taking on until I got further into the project. I had a lot of difficulty with enemy behavior, so I realize that I should probably make my scope smaller. So, scope will be reduced!

Days 4 and 5 were just dedicated to making enemy behavior a thing. However, my coding skills are lacking, and enemy pathfinding and logic is totally foreign to me. So, I've just decided to make the enemy behavior very simple. It's basically code that basically goes "when the player is in the near vicinity of an enemy, enemy will chase them" , but with different results. To reduce scope, there will be 3 enemy types that chase down the player in some way. When I start working on the art, I'll go more into detail about that.

In general, here's what I managed to do:

• get enemies to attack the player and deal damage
• get EXP working, but in a very simple form; every time you defeat an enemy or do something that increases your stats (sinful things!), the stats just increase; no levels!
• get VAI (Vainglory/Vanity) working
• get enemy behavior working
• set up what happens when an enemy's health is brought down to 0

Now, here's my goals for tomorrow:

• finally get loot working! This will be super simple and just be temporary boosts that the player gets when obtained (they'll be shown visually, though!)
• Get ENV and GRE working

Some other goals (hopefully done by the end of this week) include:

• get town mechanics working -- main focus!
• get save/load states working

Thanks for reading my log!