Posted April 06, 2022 by Kaimatten
Finally continuing with this project. In my want to expand all of the scope to the limits of what could be, I fixed up some odds and ends of the fishing minigame as well as made the third stage of the game a SCHMUP. This was, unfortunately, probably a mistake. The amount of limitations now from having the game be a schmup is not ideal, making it so most scenes have to be rather small or only have a single enemy before the whole thing crashes. Overall: A bad choice on my part.
I was planning on a future level or two being SCHMUP related, but I'll probably keep it minimal to a smaller gimmick within a stage instead of a whole part of it due to it being sort of not-fun to play. Rest assured, from Stage 4 on, the game will be mostly all platformer.
I don't regret making the type of game - it was nice to reach out and try some random new elements and rules. Still, I'm excited to move forward, see what bugs come up, and hopefully still finish this whole game before the end of the month!