(Early update on) Day 6
I was working a bit on the minigame art, which looks pretty janky now, but if I end up having some time left, I'll redo it, here is a screenshot of the minigame scene:
Note - I placed the dirt marks by hand, I have yet to program them being placed randomly as the minigame starts (as well as choosing a random piece of clothing). Looking at it right now, the background of the minigame (which is supposed to be the inside of the washing machine) looks low quality, but I just wanted to make it blurry so that it doesn't take much attention from the actual minigame, so I might go back and fix that later! As you can see, the plan for the minigame is for the player to select the bubble option and click on all the dirt marks so that they turn into little bubble spots, like the one in bottom right. After that, they select the water option and wash off the bubble spots and that's it for the minigame! Since the minigame in it of itself isn't difficult, when the other minigame(s) and a time constraint (which will get faster as the game goes on) get added, it will become more challenging!
Last thing I did today is not directly game related - but it will help me with its development and that is...... A schedule! Yeah! I haven't had one until now and I ended up just doing whatever I felt like doing, a.k.a I pretty much just did the art lol! Only thing I'd like to share from my schedule is this:
This is a reminder that I really needed. Even though I barely made anything so far, this jam started feeling like a chore which is the last thing I wanted to happen. With two days lost due to being sick I felt way behind everyone. I had to really sit down and think why I applied to this jam and remember all the goals I had set for myself - or, just one goal, and that is to make a complete game. So even though I'll have less time than everyone (because I'm going on a trip on the 4th woohoo) and even though I'm already behind, I'm ready to submit a somewhat functional game.
I will take it slow and easy as I always have, but also try my best and lastly - have fun while doing it! :)
Any recommendations on how I could improve the game or suggestions on how to make the art better are welcome :)