January 2018 (Week 1)

- Re-evaluating what I'm working on.

+ some bugfixes for stuff reported for the demo
- not much else I have the flu :(

+ Experimented with saving code into assemblies that
+ Submitted something to demoday

+ Drew some Furnitures
+ Tweaked database to suit my needs
- Where is recap guy

+ Combat
+ LUA scripting
+ Various tweaks

+ Started work on my older game again
+ Got a lot done
- I'm working on this again because my artist for my other project soft bailed (He's done this twice)

+ Third demo is out
+ Replaced the fuel bar with a timer
+ Added warnings for the snake, possibly going to re-use them
+ Did a lot of difficulty balancing yet again
- Can't quite get the difficulty curve I want
- Decided that the level 2 boss sucks, going to remake it almost from scratch
- Bored by the level 1 music, have to make new stuff
- Using social media feels like a chore desu

+ Added a new cutscene
+ New battle song
+ Added two new items
+ Testing XInput gamepads

+ Refactored title screen menu so now it's more organized
+ Boss section of title screen now has increased functionality; Can examine skills to see what they do and take a look at boss statistics
- Still more GUI work to go so still nothing fancy, but almost done with the title screen at this point

+ Stage 5 part 1 mostly blocked out
+ Stage 5 miniboss around half way done
- Art is a fuck
- Buisnessdev was the worst idea
+ Buisnessdev was the best idea

+ Got my new demo ready for DD18
+ Finished up a quest involving getting a cat for a old lady
+ New event and quest is begging to take form
+ Started up a trello, before I've only used sticky notes on the walls of my room.

+ Completed redesign of gauge filling mechanic
+ Combined and balanced burst shot types to lessen confusion during moth select
+ Cut as much 'dead' code out as possible
+ Have a clear, set schedule for completing milestones and tentative release window
- So much art to do
- Still a multitude of defunct code and variables littering the project
- The last half year has essentially been prototyping, testing, second guessing and redesigning trying to have fun with my project
+ I have finally made it feel fun to me and this is the final design going forward

+ Water shader
+ Co-op
+ Pausing
+ So many little things

+ Fixed a bunch of bugs that were found during Demo Day
+ Implemented vehicles; made them enterable and accepting of inputs from the driver

+ Started making tiles for the next dungeon
+ Added 8 way movement script
+ Started writing story event for Spirit Woods dungeon
+ Hired a musician (soundcloud.com/toeby_hook)
- going on a trip in a few days, won't be able to work

+ A boss
+ A map
- Many flaws but I'm working on it
- Core mechanics need tweaking

+ New map UI
+ Player unit controls
+ Squad order system
+ New Zuhra art
+ Combat records/result

+ Tune up some last details for the demo
+ Submitted first demo of the game for demo day 18
- Demo is very unpolished
- The demo is very buggy
- The demo is very cryptic with the actions because I didn't have time to make a proper tutorial level

+ Knockbacks on enemies to allow aggressive counters
+ Refactor for player display state
+ Updated reverb
+ Changed dodge mechanics and visuals

+ Left hand controls added so you can fap with your right hand
+ Added animation system
+ Added animation speed controller
+ Added Placeholder assets as lewd assets for testing scripts
- Still needs to make the lewd assets
- Scene needs remodeling
- Need practice in art
- I nodeved for like 2 weeks.