March 2018 (Week 1)

+ Updated demo
+ Geyser now functional
+ You can now save just by exiting
+ Cheats
- Still not refactoring some stuff I should refactor
- Anxious about making new enemies

+ trying to get back to a regular work schedule

+ learned alot about game maker this week, to the point where we can actually start prototyping.
+ finalized concept for the design of the demo.
+ added two new members to the team.
+ finalizing designs for the tavern in the demo itself.
+ organized the studio to promote a more productive environment
- people being busy with work and previous commitments has slowed down production
- confusion about the control scheme is frustrating, multiple ideas will need to be tested.
- Combat and over all progression system still being brainstormed, a lot of ideas to sift through.

+ Lengthened 2nd armor's legs to make it match concept art more.
+ Got some useful feedback from the submitted DD19 demo
- Had to work on fixing bugs in my Asset Store plugin, which ate up time.
- Lethargic and can't do much work due to hot weather.

+ Continuing migration from fixed timesteps

+ "Finished" a level
+ Demo for DD19 released
+ Some new placeholder SFX
+ Demo gave me a precise idea of what's wrong
+ Misc concept art and minor refactoring
+ Got emission working with cel shading
- Quite honestly didn't do much this week
- Holy shit there's so much stuff to fix

+ Demo day build
+ Overhauled the title menu, looks and feels much better than the old one.
+ Bug fixes in general, got the game to be in somewhat playable state for dd

+ First recap, after a few weeks work
+ Implemented cards, decks, drawing, cycling discards, movement cards, attack cards, targeting tiles, targeting characters, targeting directions, enemy AI, pathfinding, turns, status effects, basic UI
- Character model still unfinished, using something from an old project

+ Two more models done
+ Only one major one left
- UI stuff to do
- Various other things to do

+ more promo art stuff
+ stage 5 about done
+ the contract is sealed
+ prototyping out stage 5 boss
- woah shit it's a complicated one
- in the promo art mines instead of asset mines

+ Made a festival/night version of a bunch of the maps
+ Cutscene for leaving the village
+ Submitted my game for DD19

+ Release new demo
+ Various smaller bugfixes (stage + gameplay)
- Week was litter than previous week, but still not as lit as desired

+ Released a demo for DD19!
+ Work once again begins on Tonfa. I hope to have her moveset done by next demoday.
- I have to go in for surgery this week, which may mean I won't make any progress while I recover.

+ Made a couple of animations for the other player character
- Still refactoring entities so not much of anything new to show still

+ submitted to demo day
+ finished revised boar sprite and added into game
- in reflection I haven't done much progress between demo day entries

+ First recap for this game!
+ base movement, character switching
+ basics of combat
+ basics of world interaction
+ basics of inventory system
+ basics of movement between areas
- still like a billion things to work on, but that's okay
- a lot of gameplay details are still unclear, need to figure them out
- fighting hard the scope creep
- no models yet, I'll start making them next week or the week after that
+ cubes are awesome!

+ Completed the skill upgrade tree for fulminating blast. The final of the core demo skills.
- POE bestiary league started :^]

+ Collisions
+ Added status and resistance variables
+ Trying to relearn to draw mango characters
- ADHD and other inane excuses

+ Health, Energy, and XP items made
+ Slime Monster
+ Finished Ellie's Sword
- Modeled a shit load of assets and never textured them

+ Finally have a decent spaceship scene goddamn
+ Settlement code is progressing smoothly
+ Optimized monster AI
+ Made first special enemy
- No market yet
- No dialog system yet
-- Still can't descend to planets through normal play
--- Still no fucking name

+ Optimized pathfinding by precomputing many collision checks for static/near-static geometry
+ Resumed work on the saving/loading system
- I hate working on saving/loading

+ Released demo for DD19
+ Got a lot of feedback to work on
+ Started planning revamped Fire Area
- lots of bugs to sort out

+ Broke some attacks here and there trying to rush to DD but ended up with some decent material for harder difficulties
+ Putting last touches on Blue's fight then I can move on
- Didn't make DD

+ started again
+ new player controller
- still no gameplay

+ Started deving again for the first time in months
+ Switched to Unity's new built-in tilemapper
- Spent a long time fiddling with Collision2D objects

+ Added sound effects
+ Updated some art
+ Game now takes place on an oblique grid!
- Sprite ordering still borked
- Need some movement animation
- Really want to get some new modes in!

+ New Action Icons
+ Reworked Furnitures interiors
+ New Furnitures settings inject
+ Some last minute polish for Demo Day
+ Some lore thoughts
- Did not have time to put Voice Acting for Demo
- Demo is hurting confidence I must manmode

+ Posted a bad demo to demo day
+ Started implementing a buff/debuff system
+ Implemented a 'Tags' and 'Attributes system for skills and tiles (basically, a fire skill can now set flammable ties on fire and that fire can spread to flammable neighbors)
- Need to implement some of the advice I got from DD
- Still need to play all of your wonderful demos :)

+ Working main menu
+ Working items and inventory
+ Figured out how draw_gui works
+ Improved camera a bit
- Meant to do saving and loading but didn't even start on that yet

+ First all hands on deck meeting of the year happened, got the entire team on the same page regarding working towards the vertical slice.
+ Vlad Volt pose sheets and rig refinement are finally complete after some revisions popped up that needed work
+ Linear arena collisions completed
+ Curved disc shots completed
+ Disc special curve shots in progress
+ Dexterity test in progress
+ Pixel/Kiera/Dr. Gel concepts being refined further
- Issue with Pixel's color scheme will mean it'll need to be revisited
- Character art is on hold for the time being due to freelance work (Not a big deal)

+ Level 1 drawn out
+ Improved AI
+ Greatly improved movement
- Made new bugs cos of movement change

+ Demo day build released!
+ Multi-lock launcher and "Macross" style guidance missile added
+ Added mobile anti air tank
+ Ground vehicles can now fire weapons and can be destroyed
+ Added particle effects and sound effects to almost everything
+ Air brake to slow down faster
+ Tons of little bug fixes
+ Padlock camera

+ World debugger done
+ Finishing battle debugger
+ Working on battle stats calculator for balancing

+ New engine is effectively at the same point as the old engine, super fast development
+ Got a little bit of art direction going
+ Proper design document made
- Couldn't churn out anything interesting for demoday :(

+ Uploaded Demo Day build!
+ Added speedometer to vehicles
+ Made the GameState handle all of the initial game/terrain setup
+ Added character ragdolling from being hit by a car
+ Characters can now get up from being ragdolled
+ Started working on item previews for the inventory and equipment panels
- Demo Day feedback unanimously agreed that the controls were super janky so I'll have to focus on fixing that

+ More work on city scene

+ He-111 interior
+ Bug fixes
+ MG15

+ new Characters created
+ battle System on
+ event system on
+ started on the item system

+ Learned about C# template programming (T4) so its easy to make big changes to boilerplate and not have to rewrite it
- People are starting to ask if the game is still being worked on or not
+ Bought an asset that I think was made by an aggydev
+ Waiting for GDC so Unity will probably reveal its ECS and Jobs system (which is the reason for throwing out progress and rewriting everything)

+ added 3 original bosses
+ added wave generation logic
+ added player respawning
+ added player lives count to HUD

+ Got demo out and fixed camera inversion
- Decided to completely re-work player controls and it's giving me a huge headache.