September 2017 (Week 3)

+ Added input buffering
+ setting up combos
+ cleaned out web-swinging
+ made modular building tiles
+ added robots for beating made by other anon <3
+ a few state cleanups and adding a bunch of functions for combat system to work

+ New sprite for the blade weapons
+ Redone parts of the hud
+ New design for fodder enemy
+ Implemented a new toggleable shot mode

+ battle system cleanup
+ add mising battle options
+ small bugfixes here and there
+ a bunch of little polishing features

+ Separated cloth rendering logic
+ Updated boss with new looks
+ Changed wall kick again
+ Started doing new map elements

+ Began progress on Tonfa, a late-game enemy I'd like to have at a solid stage before next demoday.
- Discovered a few ways of generic-ifying enemy AI code that unfortunately don't work as well as I was hoping. Oh well, I gave it a shot.

+ Unit combat
+ Units will break doors when they can't open them
+ Behavior trees
- Wrote slightly faster than "life" in last recap
- Implementing behavior trees took me way longer than excepted

+ Added a fleeing state for enemies so you can now play hide and seek
+ Fixed the lock-on aiming so that it can't shoot at impossible angles anymore
+ Added a buffer for the Lock-On so that it will always cycle between every enemy in range before going back to the first one locked
+ Might have for the first time an enemy design that isn't complete garbage
+ The quest for eternal cleanup continues
+ Projectiles will auto activate/deactivate their children components (e.g. particles)
+ Fixed missiles so that they properly collide now
- Didn't try modelling said design, it might actually suck
- No idea how I actually fixed the missiles. Then again, no idea why they weren't colliding in the first place.
- No tangible content

+ Most of level 3 arted
+ Most of level 3's pattern done
+ ゲームを日本語に翻訳
+ Reworked JP Font rendering, added prompt for language select for upon save initialization and menu option to change language
+ The boss warning now fades if the player or a powerup is behind it
+ Expanded statics tracking to keep track of individual runs instead of just lifetime
- Art design of boss 3 undecided
- JP demo release at the mercy of Doujin site

+ Reworked the global variable handler
+ Made so that I could place sound effects in the levels
+ Created a event with a cutscene and a couple of new animations
- Realized a couple of voices in the game is pretty shit, removed and redid them

+ Huge menu refactor, much more sensible now
+ Implemented a new attack (yet again), no sprites yet though
+ Fixed bugs in controller handling

+ Added a few different weapon types, mostly multi-shot stuff. Still working on things to add to it.
+ Various tweaks.
- I'm redoing all my spawning code for the 4th time. Might be a while before I post any significant progress again.

+ Created new secret areas on the overworld
+ Writing more NPCs
+ Started new tileset for the jungle
- Spent too much time on my day job, not enough on this

+ Logics for the Looting sequences
+ Alarm System and Breakable Doors draft
+ Some Art polish for Looting sequences
+ Lot of new Lore defining future gameplay
+ Leaning towards definitve Art Style
+ Starting work around a website

+ Finished the bloody menu
+ Basic movement is in
- zero experience in programming aka problems everywhere

+ Done with the chink demo,waiting friend to polish the engrish part.
- Feeling a bit burnt out

+ First post that's "playable"
+ Rooms can have their spaces designed
+ Props can be spawned, including AI, Traps, and Interests
+ AI have basic behavior manager machines that will pilot them to loot
- Still need proper pathfinding for the players mazes
- Still need to make editing cost currency

+ Few new art/cards
+ Made some temporary "basic" model for my Sanctuary Guardian (see pic). I kind of like it...
+ Some improvements to the card generation.
- Slow progress overall.
- Need to clean-up a bunch classes and assets.

+ local multiplayer mode
+ Add minigame playlist
+ fixed some old bugs
- might be at magfest?

+ Objects physics/collisions
+ Damage from thrown objects/enemies
+ More on objects grabbing/throwing
+ New concept enemy, to be continued

+ Unit can be dragged from UI to be deployed

+ Keyboard shortcuts
+ New difficulty level is partially implemented
- Playtesters are still saying the easiest levels are too hard

+ Game menu functionality is done
+ Can now upgrade stats, skills and manage inventory items
+ Most core game functionality is done
+ Started to polish graphics
+ Fixing bugs and testing for overall consistency issues

+ Placeholder for what will be the pause menu eventually, no visuals yet but you can now quit the game now, woah
+ A bunch of fixes and improvements to the animations system
- Spent way too much time on fixing a silly bug
- Still not working on fun stuff

+ Announced game
+ Getting ready to release demo
+ Full game maybe 75% done
+ Gee I hope it is fun
- Actually been working on it for a year

+ refactored police to use behavior trees
+ fixed car camera/physics (kinda)
+ started work on suspicion system
+ refactored the NPC Soul (stats, etc)
+ fixed a bunch of bugs
- still lots of bugs

+ added hitspark effect
+ started new npc sprites
- motivation low

+ Got a zoom feature in
+ Started working on giving depth to the island
- Working overtime everyday at other job, less time for the game lately.

+ The C++ rewrite continues
+ Death menu pops up properly again
+ Item system reimplemented
+ Tried making some of my own music, I think it's passable

+ Cleaning code and fixing bugs
+ I finally know how I want some of the new animations to look
+ Started designing more levels
- Nothing new to show this week
- Got invited to take part on a collab project, so I'll splitting my time with that

+ Wrote a dynamic dialogue engine so chatty NPCs can shitpost in space
- Tried to rewrite the entire renderer and just broke everything again

+ Used my massive cranium to figure out that recaps are always on monday
+ Windows version no longer needs Visual Studio runtimes
+ Web version got another fix
+ Implemented a third of the patterns
- Still two weeks behind schedule for a monthly game

+ Beetle attacks with its own projectile instead of grenades
+ Added a laser trip wire
+ Implemented a perk system because this is a roguelite
+ Made a tumblr
- posted nothing on tumblr

+ Started implementing Spear Impale attack.
+ Fixed bug where you get stuck in the charging animation if you dashed while charging.
+ Charging is now forcibly aborted if character was hurt with flinch while charging. In that situation, releasing the attack button would do nothing.
+ Controls are changed for mouse: Simultaneous left + right mouse button is no longer assigned to 3rd weapon by default. Instead, it's now assigned to middle mouse button. Targeting using mouse is now assigned to mouse button 4 by default.
- Internet connection briefly got disconnected yesterday because of late payment

+ Project started
+ Implemented play field grid
+ Implemented character select and movement
+ Created shitty placeholder titlecard
- Buggy as all hell
- I have no idea what I'm doing

+ Added pole climbing
+ Added red coins
+ Mocked up some enemies

+ New animation system
+ Sinkable cubes and fillable water
+ Particles
+ Working fullscreen toggle

+ New turn tracker
- no much progress this week