Man, thank you for this deep insight! 😁 I see that have concerns about this game's future so... I might tell you more.... 😈
I'm actually working on a Video Game Generator. That was called "emerging", you can see it here and I though that the theme of this Jam might but the right time to actually experiment more on the idea... After this, I think that "What's Next?" should replace "emergin" and build on top of that. Here are the things I want to add in the future
- Background: During I didn't have enough time to work on that because it would have taken away from the core gameplay and the game would be less fun. I do have a code in emergin to generate that but "copy-pasting" my full working background generator would have felt like cheating...
- Levels: I wasn't able to do this in this version but I wanted to actually have a legit level generator instead of a squared arena. With random objectives also, more than just "kill all the enemies on screen". This could have given birth to wacky scenarios like "You're a cow fighting demons and buildings in a volcano and you need to collect all X coins for it to end". That was my idea... but 2 days wasn't enough to do it all the way.
- Powerups: I want to add more variety
- Attacks: I want to make more attacks and also create a new "flavor" of attack... "movement abilities". Like, by pressing the "Space Bar", the player can Jump (avoiding all bullets on the ground) or Dash or even Teleport. That would be fun as well!
- Game Saving: Having everything random is cool and all, but it would be great if you could replay a "run" you liked... with the same player, same enemies, etc... And it would be useful for my next point....
- Game SHARING: If you generated a "game" that you really liked, it would be cool if you could export it and share it with your friend. I haven't made a Highscore system yet because it doesn't make sense in a fully random game but if you're all playing the same generated game.... you can actually compete to see who performs the best!
- Custom Game: Randomness and all is cool but again, it would be great if you could say "I don't like power-downs" or "I want to play as the Bird" and be more specific about you're playing next. Have more control over what's going to come out. Combined with the "sharing" feature, this could be really interesting!
I think I've covered the main points... I just wanted to let you know that, "this isn't even my final form" 🤣🤣🤣
You're looking at the future right? Don't worry, you won't be disappointed. 👏