November 2017 (Week 3)

+ Experimenting with new player sprite
+ Started new enemy animation and logic
+ Tweaks to current boss to make it less aggressive
+ Added cloth as serializable and interactable object
+ Fixed rare bug in collision handling
+ Visor light now rotates the same way as head, flashes when directly straight
+ Changed crosshair look and smoothing
+ Tighter boomerang trajectory
+ Fixed problem where platform movement would get stuck

+ Did a few new animations
+ Added a dodge roll
+ Applied slope physics to rolling state
+ Optimised old hook shot targeting code

+ Most of the UI for the content creator is done and working
- Need to do saving and loading stuff

+ Stage 4 miniboss mostly done
+ Prototyping the 2nd half of stage 4
+ Bosses now have alternate hitsounds when low on health
+ Fixed some performance issues related to bullets not deleting themselves
- somewhat slow week

+ Finished making code that prevents hitting characters on the other side walls/barriers
+ Cleaned up some code and moved common settings among characters into an asset file so they all share those values

+ Broke AI down into smaller pieces to add more behavior options.
+ AI optimized
+ Grenade Added
+ UI Script cleanup
+ Armor/Cover bonus started
+ Skill/Ability set revised

+ Data driven projectiles
+ Waves loaded from file
+ Levels added
+ First refactor done
+ Towers now correctly identify closest target
+ T1 towers can now only have one target at a time
+ Art update (Eyes, Orcs, Tiles)
- Need level selection
- Need tower upgrading

- Having hard time drawing grass tile

+ Dropping candy lures lolis towards it
+ Added in dumpsters you can throw bodies into
+ Added inprovements to loliscript (switch/case, choice/option constructs, more concise message syntax)
+ General towngen stuff (ie paths to sidewalk, mostly fixed parking lots, etc)
+ added in socks/bras/alternate underwear colours
+ drastically reduced sf::RenderTexture usage to reduce vram/other overhead for text-related stuff

+ Remaking the entire first map for a new design
+ Spent a whole weekend on level editing code for Blender
+ New decent Input System
+ Time control system
+ New weapon

+ Resumable message delivery works again
+ Stack root initializers work again
+ Process spawning works again
+ The new interpreter is 20 times easier to maintain and add features to
- Serializing/deserializing opcodes is gonna be a pain in the ass
- I still have to retarget the compiler...

+ Working on levels, some actual content for once

+ Panic status effect
+ Fireplace and fire sprites
+ Random fire particles effect for lit fireplaces
+ AI avoids fire, may need improvement
+ Visible outline effect for extra feedback about loss of balance when hit
+ Started on fire interactions

+ Made defense options Shield and Graze
+ Made new tanky ship that can punch.
+ Ported the palette code from the RPG, allowing you to recolor your ship.

+ Some new cards' art.
+ Planning some changes (game flow).
+ Main progress is still on the GameOff jam game.

+ Game is out
+ Patching in the last songs my musician did as well as fixing some
+ My promotional campaign did ok-ish. Tons of wishlists, not sure how many will convert to sales.
- Still need to make the Mac/Linux versions of the game as well as some other stuff, but I'm dying to move onto the next project
- I learned that the worst words I could hear are "Maybe you could make it an option..."

+ Made a inventory
+ Pause menu with video settings done
+ New Design of MC
+ Made so that my dialogue trees can do item and condition check and take or give items to the player.

+ Halfway done with the map.
+ Idle animations for the main char.
+ Walking animation for the main char.
+ Demo content discussed and noted.
+ Game design doc updated, more technical detail is added.
- Still not done with the map.

+ Added 2 new enemy types
+ Added a new section to the city level because it was too short before
+ Made "level select" the main game mode and added checkpoints to it
+ Drew some props, backgrounds and a new icon for lives
- Progress on the new level is slow

+/- Tab now cycles between obtained mechs, as opposed to bringing up a menu
+/- Can only switch on the ground now
+ no more weird character resolution glitch when swapping from bomber
+ no more stuck/zip glitches when swapping (I hope)
- I'm slow as fuck and unsure if I'll add much content before mecha jam, due to more bugs that need fixing; They are top priority above content.

+ Conversation system in
+ Main girl char has dialog avatar now.
+ Witch has dialog avatar now.

- Another uneventful week. Seasonal depression a shit.

+ Implemented basic enemy AI
+ Implemented level transition stuff
+ Implemented first few levels
+ Added sound effects and sound
- Non-built-in UE4 assets? Why would anyone want that?

+ Started
- Nothing worth showing

+ Implementing Procedural System to furnish houses
- Huge audio composition backlog I'm on

+ Made a few more components to use in the skill system
+ Reworked Npc and skill databases to make it easier to work with
- Wasted a lot of time messing with a different game idea

+ Kinda functional network play
+ Items reimplemented betterer
+ Equipment implemented
+ Particle system revamped to allow sprites
+ Panel container object implemented for GUI
+ Campaign menu for party and inventory working
- Been a very long time
- Weird camera issue

+ Tinkering with materials
+ Making particle effect simulations
+ Started redoing the characters mesh
- too slow

+ reworked code
- traveled this week

+ Indiegogo was a mistake
+ Itchio has rewards for tiered purchases?
+ Batch files/scripting, can put {0} and {1} etc and they'll be populated with whatever you pass in
- went down a rabbit hole of tweaking the in-game OS architecture

+ Send away keys and press release.
+ Improved AI collision handling.
+ Added 2 new co-op levels.
+ Added new map with exploding barrels.
- Bought Unity Plus to remove splash screen and now have to live on noodels for rest of year.
- Lobotomized AI so it no longer builds Swastikas.

+ Refined save game system so player can save anywhere they want
+ Implementing a failsafe so the player doesn't save right before bumping into an random encounter
+ New enemy
+ New maps
+ Polishing maps and map sprites
+ Art is suffering, but highly rewarding

+ Worked on getting dungeon gimmick to function
+ worked on dungeon layout
+ made sprite for boss monster
- need to do more