Progress Update: ALL ANIMATIONS ACCOMPLISHED
Added 2019-08-09 16:59:20 +0000 UTCAlright! As of today:
Acts I, II, and III are DONE.
Act IV is ALMOST DONE. (art is done, just need to put spritesheets into the game)
Here's a compilation of animations – modified to avoid spoilers! – from Acts III and IV:
Also, here's a sneak listen at a musical track from Act III:
🎵 Adventures with Anxiety - The Wolf Who Cried Wolf (mp3) 🎵
And as always, the Progress Update Diagram:
Rough Estimate: AwA is 80% done, and will launch 6 weeks from now.
You know what's "funny"? For the last several Progress Updates, I've been making progress at exactly 10% per three weeks. However, I always hoped/rationalized that my progress would get faster as I picked up momentum.
Which was why I first estimated AwA would launch start-of-August... then end-of-August... and now, mid-September... which is what I should have estimated from the very beginning, if I took my "10% per 3 weeks" rate seriously.
Moral of the story: my Progress Updates are way more accurate than I am.
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What's Left To Do:
- Act IV: Spritesheet integration
- All acts: final sound effects
- Auto-save & Continue Game feature
- Credits (ok, there's more art & animation for this)
- A page with some mental health resources (focused on anxiety)
- A not-terrible process for fans to translate/localize the game
- FINAL ROUND OF PLAYTESTS
- Polish polish polish!
- Presskit (Videos, GIFs)
- RELEASE INTO THE WILD
- Mad rush to submit it to the 2020 Independent Games Festival
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Aside #1: During my downtime, I try to learn new stuff. In the last 3 weeks, I read Arbital's full guide to Bayes' Theorem, discovered McAdams' psychological model of Life Stories (pdf), and read a bunch of papers about Eudaimonia (vs Hedonia) and empirical studies on Meaning In Life. I may or may not make edu-things about these in the future, but they'll definitely influence how I make sense of the world, humanity, and myself.
Aside #2: I found a room to rent! Thank you all so much to everyone who offered to help re: my desperate request in the last Progress Update.
See y'all again soon! 💖
🐺,
~ Nicky Case
Comments
I can't wait to be done with this whole game!
Nicky Case
2019-08-10 15:39:09 +0000 UTCI can't wait to play the whole game!
BowieBarks
2019-08-10 02:29:01 +0000 UTCthank youuu, i really appreciate the encouragement & video suggestions ^_^ I'll keep you posted!
Shey
2019-08-09 22:14:08 +0000 UTCThat's a cool concept! I'm looking forward to seeing how the twist plays out :) Also ah of course you've already seen the video! Well, in that case you've probably already seen Game Makers Tool Kit, but if not, it is *the* series I reference over and over: https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337/videos?view=0&sort=p&shelf_id=7 (example: I specifically used his video on puzzle design as a guide for designing Wisdom/Madness of Crowds)
Nicky Case
2019-08-09 22:08:49 +0000 UTCthank you! I'm doing a prototype of a 2D platformer centering a wheelchair user {with a funny twist to make people think about ableism/inspiration porn} and i've been sitting on this for 2 years reading about scope creep & playing short games & calling it research lolol if you know any fellow wheelchair user game makers pls send them my way! Thank you for the video, I've seen it and like you said it's always good to revisit!
Shey
2019-08-09 20:43:09 +0000 UTCAw thank you Alicia! :) Glad my posts can be a kick in the butt. Also oh dang, congrats & good luck on starting work on your 1st game! What's it about? (P.S: Unsolicited video recommendation! Extra Credits had a great mini-series on Making Your First Game! I still revisit these episodes from time to time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z06QR-tz1_o )
Nicky Case
2019-08-09 18:46:27 +0000 UTCAlso super curious about Eudaimonia, will go read about it 0_o
Shey
2019-08-09 18:08:37 +0000 UTCLove your updates, it's really helping me get a sense of what I have to do & super motivating & it's kicking my butt to continue my own project - thank you for existing ^_^ (about to start working on my 1st game fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu - just posted a msg in one of the Mtl game groups to find someone to collab with aaaaaaaaaaaaaah) so glad you found a room! I live an hour from Mtl now but lived there for 8 years so if you need something/have Qs, i'd be happy to help!
Shey
2019-08-09 18:05:52 +0000 UTC
