Jam Day 1

So today is day 1 of the ScoreSpace x 8 Bits to Infinity ~ Arcade Controls Jam I'm building this for. Already starting to panic on scope. Surprise surprise.

I'd been keen to actually get into this for the past week or so. I had the idea about a week ago, and it was a struggle to wait until the jam began. I'd done as much as I felt was fair within the rules, doing prototype main menu and player controllers, and I was excited to get into this. I woke up earlyish to begin work as soon as humanly possible. Still wasn't going to wake up at jam start @ 3am, but early enough.

So what was achieved:

• Game renamed. I felt the new name suits it better
• More work on the player controller
• Firing guns & bullet physics
• Explosions
• Level 1 half complete
• Pickups
• Obstacles
• Prototype hud
• Game Over Screen
• More work on the Main menu
• Player preferences saving & loading

Tomorrow, the plan is:

• Enemies. Including modeling, AI & pathing. Way behind schedule on these
• More levels
• Level transitions
• Top score saving

Honestly, day 2 is ambitious.

The final day is for audio & polish. I'm going to need as much time for audio as possible.