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[jackeddieself97]

Week 10 (23rd - 30th Mar) - Books & Puzzles!

This week I turned my attention towards UI and puzzles! I spent numerous amount of hours attempting to create in-game books and a player journal. Overall I am happy with the outcome, although at the moment, they remain bare bones. 

I started to develop the first puzzle, that involves a riddle and plenty of jump scares for you guys! Prepare for a cluster of barrels coming your way soon. In addition, I’ve nearly finished building Level 4 (which contains The Warden) and I also spent time polishing the code and hierarchy. 

I don’t want to show off to much of the puzzle, as I don’t want to spoil the game, however I have made a Week 10 Development Vlog showcasing the highlights from that week! 

Going into next week, I’ll be delving back into AI and hopefully polishing up Levels 1 and 2. With this done, I can start to roll out the game, ready for play testing! (here’s to hoping 🙌)  Below are more juicy screenshots to quench your thirst and thanks again for taking such an interest in The Forsaken Ruins! (Including the Level 4 Build)

As always, there will be a new blog post next Monday and I hope its a big one! I’m sure getting tired of the first level... 😂

Until then, take it easy, stay clean and Cheers! 😎

[jackeddieself97]

Week 9 (16th - 23rd Mar) - Delays & Working from Home

Apologies for the late post! As you well know this is a crazy time and you don’t need me telling you how you should live your life! So for the foreseeable future I will refrain myself from talking about current affairs and hopefully these blogs will act as some sort of escape. I hope all is well to whoever reads this 👏 Due to these events, deadlines have been pushed back and so the alpha has been delayed. However! This gives me more time to polish and hopefully deliver a better game!  Week 9 had a slow start, although I did make some breakthroughs! Highlights of the week had to be the Players Lantern, that you can now toggle on/off and ticket doors. Below you’ll find more screenshots of the game in its current state and I hope to provide some game-play soon! 

The player first needs to acquire items before they can be put to use. For instance, the lantern and journal. The journal will help solve puzzles by providing hints and it will also keep the player on track of their current goal! 

Hopefully next week I’ll have more to show! Until then, take it easy and stay blessed! Cheers! 😎