Posted December 26, 2023 by StolidSnow0
The initial idea for this game came to me one day too soon to Christmas. I sat down and continued working on the Realm Ship I had been making in Blender. The initial idea was going to be that you would go to different Realms and fix these shield generators while under attack from the various monsters within that Realm.
Unfortunately, making an entire game like this before Christmas as a present is not within my limits. So I stuck with something quick and easy. I recreated the very first episode's area. Not perfect, but good enough. I then placed a cube in that area. That would be our shield generator.
I then made all the mechanics. Teleporting, the quiz, pausing.
Teleporting was pretty simple, you tell the game to move the player somewhere else, put a screen on top of that and bam you have a teleport.
The quiz was a lot more difficult, I had to figure out how exactly to implement such an idea in a way that would work seamlessly. I ended up going with the messy method of changing the text on the buttons, and having the game read the selected button and if it matched the preset answer, it would move on to the next question and the cube would flash green. If not, the cube would flash red.
Pausing was simple but I didn't just want a pause menu, it needed music. And I already used some music from the original Realms series, so it was time I made my own. I loaded up FL Studio and got to work. I just kinda found a specific sound I liked and placed the notes in somewhat of a rhythm, then I copied those same notes but moved them to 2 notes lower. And voila, this would be the pause menu music, dubbed 'Alone without a home'.
This project was fun to make although its short and with more time more effort could've been added, but for a short experience what more do you need? This was Project Realms, a Christmas present for my friend, and memory of the series that blew our minds. Thanks for reading.