Yes! A full game! Okay… It will only be a playable prototype. But hey, you nearly cannot have a sensational headline without bending the truth today. Nonetheless I intend to do a lot of things in short time without knowing my tools well. But I have got a plan:<\/p>\n
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Week 1<\/em><\/td>\n| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n | Day 1<\/td>\n | - Set up the camera | - Import a space craft from the asset store - Make the player vehicle controllable<\/td>\n - Cameras for 3 levels set | - Free space craft imported - Player can control vehicle view dependent with keys - Mouse\/touch input is not finished<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 2<\/td>\n | - Import enemies | - Create hostile movements by using mathematical functions - Project floating-point movement to level resolution grid<\/td>\n - Mouse input finished | - Two free space vehicle imported as enemies - Enemy spawning functionality implemented - Hostile movements created using predefined way points, but not finished - Resolution grid missing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 3<\/td>\n | -\u00a0Render entities to textures and display results | -\u00a0Apply shaders to the sprites for \"quality downgrade\" to match retro style<\/td>\n - Scene is being drawn to a render texture | - Vehicles are placed on a grid - \"Retro\" shader is absent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Week 2<\/td>\n | <\/em>– Research for modding options<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n | Day 4<\/td>\n | - Implement shooting and destruction system<\/td>\n | - Post-process shader program added | - Grid and render texture functions have been improved - No projectile\/destruction system introduced<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 5<\/td>\n | - Add environment (from asset store?)<\/td>\n | - Post-processing has been refined | - Weapon\/Projectile system and simple destructions are included now - Environmental visualization has not been addressed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 6<\/td>\n | - Write \"AI\" scripts for enemy behaviour | - Integrate scoring system<\/td>\n - An environment was added | - Simple scoring system has been implemented - Projection to 2D grid was refined - First attempt to integrate spline movement - Research for asset loading capabilities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 7<\/td>\n | - Include sounds and music | - Refine shading system<\/td>\n - Spline movement between way points fully integrated | - Background music inserted - Shoot and hit sound effects added<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 8<\/td>\n | - Build framework including menus<\/td>\n | - Movement of the environment added on | - Level abstraction and loading functionality assembled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Week 3<\/td>\n | <\/em>– Investigate releasing options | - Test, fix and improve<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n | Day 9<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | - Level loading refined | - Colors mapped to Commodore 64 palette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 10<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | - Environmental shader for harder edges added | - Started to replace color palette constants by grading texture map<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 11<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | - Finished to replace color palette constants by grading texture map | - Trying various combinations of environmental and post-process shader properties<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 12<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | - Environment rendering for stage two simplified | - Directional alignment adapted to grid - Indirect movement by mouse positioning introduced<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n Day 13<\/td>\n | - Publish prototype<\/td>\n | - Vital energy for objects introduced | - Sounds can be played using an identifier - Player is destructible and will respawn after some time - NO DEMO HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n I will amend and adjust items, when the right time has come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yes! A full game! Okay… It will only be a playable prototype. But hey, you nearly cannot have a sensational headline without bending the truth today. Nonetheless I intend to do a lot of things in short time without knowing my tools well. But I have got a plan: |