Posted October 24, 2020 by SquishyTurtleGames
Hey friends! I've decided to be much more transparent about the development and future of Mini Map. I'm going to be updating the community a lot more on our Discord so please join if you want more regular updates. So what is the roadmap for Mini Map? First I'll go over what has been finished then what is in progress and finally what is planned for the future. I have been developing the game with a sprint system so I will separate everything using that.
this is all that was created during the jam:
I was super happy with the jam version and it's why I decided to keep working on the game.
this sprint was focused solely on adding a second dungeon. here is what was added :
I'm very happy with this dungeon. It needs more play testing and definitely a few more levels but overall I think it is going in a good direction
This sprint added no new content as far as levels go, but it added a ton to the feel of the game. This update included:
This sprint improved the quality of the game a ton and I'm pretty happy with the results. There is definitely still more visual improvements to be done
This is the most recently finished sprint. The purpose was to make an enhanced version of dungeon 1 that featured all the quality of life stuff added in Sprint 2 plus some more. This was a simple update but I still added:
Overall I think this is a great first Demo
This was another almost purely content based sprint. Here is what was added:
I am not happy with the results of dungeon three whatsoever. It is going to need some major work in the future and I foresee that most of the levels will probably be removed and redone. It is also all but untested by anyone except me. This one definitely belongs in the "coming back to later" category. I do really like the focus marker, screen shake, and new scene transition.
This sprint has only just been begun. Here is all I plan on adding:
it may not sound like a lot but levels are harder to make than you would think 0_o
This one is pretty self explanatory. Here are rough plans:
This is by no means set in stone and more features will probably be added to this sprint as it is planned in detail
When planning the full version of Mini Map, 5 dungeons was my goal and still is. This sprint is pretty much just a placeholder at the moment with no specifics. I am certainly willing to consider more dungeons after number 5 but for now this is all I am planning for:
I plan on this sprint being all about adding final touches, adding more levels to old dungeons and anything else that need to be done. No solid details yet.
So there you go! a full guide to the development of Mini Map. I know most of you probably didn't read the whole thing and that's ok but for those who didn't here is a high level TLDR:
Completed:
In Progress:
Future plans: