Update 20
20 whole updates. Pretty nice!
New Weapons
- Added the Dual Pistols (AKA the Old Couple).
- These are two pistols that fire faster and have double the mag size of the Old Reliable, but it's less accurate, takes a second longer to reload, and the bullets are slightly offset. You also a look cooler when wielding these.
- Added the Cluster Rocket Launcher (AKA the Carpet Cleaner).
- This variant of the Room Cleaner fires faster and has more rockets, but the rockets are smaller and their direction varies. It's good for if you wanna hurt a large and/or spaced out group of enemies, or for a guaranteed kill on an enemy near a wall.
Boss Progress
The first boss of this game is the Tankinator, a man with a deadly tank. So far, he just moves around and fires rockets at you, but he'll be more interesting when he's finished, including more attacks, different movement, and/or a second phase. There'll also be more destruction.
So, twenty updates. Quite nice! I've been developing this game since May of 2024, and it's looking like I'll hit the one year mark before this game is released. For about 8 months of making the game for an average of about 12 hours per week (definitely more hour-heavy early on than now), I'd say it's pretty good. I have all the weapons I want, there's a decent variety of enemies (not that I'm done making them), and I have 25% of the levels done (it's only 3 finished, but for a game this short, that's a large chunk of the game). I think for what is essentially a one-year project, that's pretty good.
For Demo 3, I'll just need to finish the boss, improve the sounds, add some better music (this time, I'm actually using royalty free stuff, I doubt you wanna hear any more of that gameplay theme), and improve the game feel (stuff like screen shake, vignettes, and other stuff that makes a game feel better). I'm expecting either a February or March release.
Once Demo 3 is finished, I'll prepare a YouTube channel so you can see game updates where you see your favorite video creators and a Discord server where you can talk with whoever is interested in this game and get early playtests of the final game. No Patreon or anything like that, I do NOT need that pressure.