Posted August 16, 2020 by cj
"I feel like I was too ambitious and ended up doing less because of it (including adding a lot more text). I'm hoping to continue on the game after voting."
Now that voting for Inkjam 2020 is complete, progress on this game can continue! For the gamejam, I had 3 days to complete a game, now that it is over I have near limitless time! To start, I want to go over a few things:
1. What I managed to finish.
If anyone is reading this and has not already, please play the original gamejam edition. More on that later.
For everyone else, here is a brief summary of the game. You wake up in a forest, after wondering around for a while, you come across a clipboard for tracking items and later sheers to cut down bushes. After escaping the forest, you come across a beach with a large duck (Bill). Then the game ends.
The game ended up coming in third to last, it's not very fun, it hardly fits the theme and it barely makes sense in InkJam. Whoever I would still consider it a success! My original goal was to have fun and finish something. I had a lot of fun and despite the lack of content, it was finished.
I would absolutely recommend everyone finish a gamejam! Although incredibly difficult, it is a great learning opportunity and challenge.
2. What I had originally planned.
This game has 2 areas, 1 character. My original plan was to have 4 characters spread across 4 areas, each with their own branching dialog. Here is a couple of those unfinished features:
In terms of areas, there would have been: The forest, the beach, underwater cliffs and a castle entrance.
3. The plan going forward.
First, I am going to rename the dreamboy.zip file to dreamboy-inkjam-2020.zip (this version will always be available). Then I will start work on a new version of the game. I will keep some elements, whoever several elements will be scrapped.
To keep:
To scrap:
Borderline another-game-entirely.
4. A few new ideas (bonus).
And for those who kept reading till the end, thank you! As a bonus, I'd like to give you a sneak peak at some of my ideas for this new version! Fair warning, everything I am about to discuss could change.