Automation is king. Also art

Hi all,

October was a reasonably productive month. I smashed out a Jenkins server and can now automatically

• Build the game in as many export profiles as I want
• Upload the game to itch
• Build the game server
• Deploy the game server to a local box I have set up.

This was a lot of frustration but the satisfaction of achieving this and running the jobs is so huge. 

Code wise I did a lot of small bits and pieces that made the overall feel a lot nicer. I also completely reworked how the AI works so I can easily construct new ai behaviors. I also think there might be a framework here to build something more universal for other games. This was also pretty long.

Art-wise I tried to draw my own. And although I knew I COULD achieve SOMETHING, it was never going to be of great quality and would really take me too long. So while trying to draw I kept looking for asset packs. I finally found some that are nearly perfect and have implemented most of the game with them. There are some assets missing but the packs I bought had guides on how to draw in that style as well as color choices etc which is pretty cool. The packs are from https://stevencolling.itch.io/

What's next:

By the end of this month I intend to:

• Have my first playtest session with a friend of mine
  
• Have a steam page up
• Publish the game's itch page
• Create/Update facebook page
• Update youtube channel

These goals have some tasks attached to them which is a considerable amount of work

• Quality of life (QOL) coding for a good playtest experience
• Multiplayer QOL coding
• Steam capsule art
• Trailer
• All the business admin (structure, accounts, legal advice etc)