Part 5
The core mechanics finally make an appearance!
My next steps were to tackle the passage of time. we have timers but a timer without the context of linear time is meaningless.
Step one was to create a 24 hour time clock that moves the day forward, allows me to time sunrise and sunset and most importantly, allows me a way to schedule deliveries.
this 24 hour clock also gets wired up to the
I converted the timer system I built ,into an order syststem. this way at the indicated time of day the order will pop up, and you will need to pick up the package at your home, then deliver it to the destination.
orders have a start time, time to deliver, delivery location, and know if they have been picked up.
here we can see the orders coming in and me using manual controls to make them show as picked up and then delivering them ( the timers get deleted).
Next all i had to do was hook that system up to the main game. this went well enough.
i did forget to recode the music controls into the new time set up but i figured it out later.
so the biggest part of this game is the assigning of orders, then the delivery of them to the destination.
I used basic ABBA collision and an array of destinations to create a series of drop of points.
with that sorted it was a matter of creating delivery conditions and such and we were in business.
now that's set up, we can see that we have orders come in, the timer goes off, you have to go to your mailbox to collect the packages, you get an icon to shows that you have picked up the order, then the order gets deleted when delivered. we can start to flesh out the people in this little town and really dig into the level design for above and below ground. I also need to start building the Cast of this world. oh god and build a text display system for dialogue interactions.
That's all for today. unfortunately the demand on my time and thus my down time i steal to make this game are limited due to a very busy work week. Hoping for a productive day off tomorrow . need to recharge my battery
Alice-<3