Reflections on Game Dev from October
Friends, it has been a heck of a month. I feel like I've been saying this for months and it feels like I got nothing done in October... but actually I did. So let's fight this distortion of my beliefs by making a list of things I've accomplished -- and later, a list of things I still want to do:
THE MOVE. We did it. We moved. And also, we will continue to not-have a permanent residence for a bit longer here.
3 Videos in October: The Conlang Relay, my Devlog 0, and a surprise 3rd video in the Halloween Special :O
I implemented a scene (that I'm gonna end up throwing out lol) and the first two rooms worth of gameplay -- plus a handful of puzzles in other rooms
Figured out how to do collisions in script
Made a whole mini-game with basic AI
Made a mini-game for casting spells, didn't like it, and re-developed a whole new one
Made a bunch of little QoL improvements to the systems after I implemented them -- like sfx, bigger hit boxes, and figuring out how to tell the player where to go for the next part of the story
Refactoring all my documentation for the RPG elements in the system
And this isn't nothing! I guess perhaps the dopamine has worn off so that it often feels like I'm not accomplishing very much if I am not weeks ahead of things.
I was going to try to do a whole gameplay pass but I'm not gonna lie -- I have been having HUGE brain fog and focus issues. I suspect this may be tied to my lack of space to work out, tiredness from travel, being on my period, and the lack of sunlight. You know, just everything. I hate to just blame my brain fog but IT'S SO REAL. I AM EXISTING ON HARD MODE. When I was younger, my brain just WORKED when I wanted it to. Now it's like the conditions have to be perfect for it to feel like it used to. "Feel" is so subjective but it's just this like... constant dull headache and my stomach not quite working and ughhhhhhhhh aksjdjksdj
So. What are we going to do in November if this continues? Art.
Art is THE LEAST brain effort. So I think we transition to doing my "All Characters Art Pass" now and then, on my good days, we'll flip back to doing gameplay. We gotta work WITH my body, no matter how flimsy and dysfunctional it is, and not against it. Let's crack open the giant art list to see what stuff we can think we can do in November:
Arlasaire 2.0 -- Elegant Pose, Breaking Down, Calcified
Diacaius -- Speech Arms Wide, Arms Folded
Gevyna -- Finger on her chin, Objection, Hold It, Desk Slam
Riavh -- Rust Toggles, Thuillean Clothes, Injured Toggles
Kigaali Empire Representation CG
With that last one being something that I don't want to be "realistic" so to speak and with Riavh's drawings being all toggles (not poses, which is what is the hardest for me), I think I can reasonably do that in 4 weeks. Even with Thanksgiving!
It's been a rough few months here. Let's make this a BANGER November! :D
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