5-Week Evaluation

This post marks the 5-week milestone of this project.

Deliverables:

• Initial Unity prototype
  • Algorithm for splatter effect
• Devblog
  • 7 total posts
    • Mini-essay on aesthetic in indie games
    • Concept art
    • Concept music
  • Completed PHP back-end
• Learned Game Maker

Not a deliverable but also a thing:

• Game design doc
  • I don’t have this written out in any formal spec, but I have a sketchbook somewhere.

Good things:

• I’ve written some pretty comprehensive documentation on my thought processes and learning experiences, even with little actual development on the game.
• My concept art and concept music have given me a direction in which to push the game’s mechanics and aesthetic.
• I’ve learned how ot use Game Maker.

Bad things:

• I should have evaluated my workload better from the start of the project.
• I should have given myself more time to learn Game Maker.
• Even though I can now use Game Maker, my progress on the actual final game is behind schedule.

Goals for next milestone (10 weeks):

• Completed devblog front-end
• Completed Game Maker demo
  • At least 1 playable level
• Completed art and music
  • At least 1 track
  • Fully programmed procedural aesthetic
  • Animated player character

Immediate Next Steps:

• Complete devblog front-end
• Reproduce initial splatter prototype in Game Maker
• Produce and mix test track