Level Selection ++

So it's been a little while since my last update and wanted to share some new things that I have going on right now. It's funny, I've watch so many tutorials and developer vlogs from so many talented people... I know that they would've finished my game in like 2 weeks, meanwhile I'm struggling to keep the player from walking through walls! It frustrating not knowing what I'm doing, but also fun and rewarding when I figure out such a simple thing. Anyway, on to the reason I'm here... to post new goodies!

I've been trying to think of a way to make the "Scores" screen more interesting. At the same time, I found a better way to code my level selection room that made it easier for me to add more levels with less work. Then I had an idea to combine the two things together, level selection and the score for that level shown all at once! Yeah, I know this is not a new concept, but I was proud of myself for incorporating the two as I did. So here it is, the new score and level selection screen! (Oh, and please forgive my bad placeholder art!)

Next thing to share is..... DEATH! Muahaha! Ok, sorry for being lame... But yes, I've added death to the game. Along with death, I added a fun little screen shake to make things look a little more... alive? Which is ironic since were talking about player death? Anyway... here's death!

So? what do you think? Neat huh? I have two more tricks up my sleeve before I get to bed tonight. This one I like to call, checkpoints! So I figured that at some point, I'm going to design some complicated levels and a checkpoint system wouldn't be a bad idea to have. But there's a catch... if you use one, you get a penalty to your timer! So do you utilize the checkpoint, or skip it for a faster time?

I'm not done with the checkpoints just yet. I want to add an indicator that lets the player know that time has been added to the timer. But trust me, just getting it to work right was a challenge for my tiny little mind!

Last but not least was something I added just tonight. It was only added because I found a different way to do my collision code thanks to a tutorial by Zack Bell. If it wasn't for his code, I'd still be struggling trying to figure out sub-pixel collisions, let alone this new goodie.... Slopes! Now my little rectangle can actually move up and down a slope without being confounded by the complexity that is... slopes!

So there's my current updates and progress for now. Maybe one day someone will look back at this and see how I went from knowing absolutely nothing about coding and game design, to maybe one day having a semi-successful game that sells like... 10 copies! That would be awesome! Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you in the next update!

New Level Selection Room!

So I'm pretty excited about this one.

I was struggling to think of a way to make a level selection room. I know it should be a pretty simple and easy thing to do. You make a room with some pretty pictures for people to click on, then load up that level for people to play! Easy right?

Well I apparently had a hard time coming up with both what it should look like as well as how to make it function. I'm seriously jealous when I see people sit down and just write code out like they can see the Matrix! Unfortunately, I can't see the code... I have to type things out a thousand times until they do something remotely close to doing what I think they should be doing!

Anyway, as I was describing what my level selection room should be doing, it hit me.... why not just make it work like a level in the game?!? You can walk, jump, and wall slide through the room and pick your level. So that's what I did!

Here's another gif showing the verticality of the room...

So there we have it... a functioning and "fun" level selection room! Thanks for stopping by! I'm hoping to start to add some obstacles to the game now. Something to add some danger into the mix! Take care!

Main menu

So today I'm going to try and work on making some sort of level selection screen.  As it stands right now, when you start the game it just defaulty loads the first level and you play from there.

I have an idea of how I may implement level selection, but we'll have to see if it works the way I imagine it to. ;)

In the mean time, here's a short gif showcasing the main menu as it stands right now. (spoiler alert: it's super basic!)

Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Hello world!

Hello everyone!

I'm starting this blog to share the progress on the indie game project that I'm currently working on called 17.

In this blog I'll be posting updates to the development of my game and share screenshots and insights and all the wonderful things that go along with being a first-time indie game developer.

As this is my first game and I'm pretty much learning and doing everything for the first time, I predict that this is going to be a slow going process. So if you decide to come along with me, please be patient with me and my complete newbness at this!

So welcome to my project and I'm looking forward to sharing more about my game in the future!

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned!