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matchristiandev · 2017-01-08T14:40:07Z

Hey all, I'm starting this post to keep a running 'dev log' of my jam game Project Night (terrible name that I'll change later). Here are some general notes on my thoughts and how my Day 1 went. What is Project Night? Project Night is going to be a top down 2D horror adventure game built in Unity. Ever since I started game dev I wanted to build a game that told a story yet I always seem to build 'arcade' style projects. That fact along with my forever obsession with horror video games (the good ones mind you) and my more recent interest in pixel art makes this the perfect setup for me. The game will hopefully feature a story told more with the surrounding objects and atmosphere, giving the players a general sense of the plot but allowing them to 'fill in the blanks'. If time permits I may consider adding puzzles as well. What is the Goal? Well obviously finish the game in time! But more specifically, my idea is that the player will investigate an area and as they continue forward the game becomes more hellish and terrifying in atmosphere (ala Silent Hill). Even more specifically, the general direction the player will travel is 'downwards', kind of playing on the notion that the player is heading into 'hell', although that's more playing on player psyche and not specific to the game plot. Day 1 Progress Day 1 was unique in that I had started this project only just before finding the jam with the intent of building this game in a month, so I didn't start thinking about it until the afternoon and only giving me a few hours to conceptualize the project and jump right in. I started by installing 'Home' by Benjamin Rivers since I knew that had an aesthetic similar to what I envisioned (thought Lone Survivor and several other games would work). I looked at the pixel counts for the player (about 32x32) and analyzed how the flashlight works (3-4 pixelated circles that animated getting larger and smaller) and how the screen noise works (again just 3-4 pixelated images animating over time). Armed with that info I mimicked those effects and created a character with a basic down animation (started a base for the up walk): Then I worked on setting up everything in Unity which included animations, player input, lighting, game state controllers, etc. Additionally, I added a bed sprite and the code for the 'interact' mechanic which allows the player to walk up to objects, press a button, and get some text printed to the screen. It supports multiple text fragments so it's a relatively dynamic component and the first time I ever coded a prompt like that: I conceptualized some other features so implementation of that will be my plans Day 2 :D Onward!

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A topic by matchristiandev created Jan 08, 2017 Views: 2,841 Replies: 25

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matchristiandevSubmitted7 years ago

Yesterday's vlog is now live. Going over a bunch of final audio additions, cutscenes, and remaining polish:

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matchristiandevSubmitted7 years ago

Release day!! Download Night Light here: https://submattermatt.itch.io/night-light

Let me know what you think if you get a chance to play it!

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matchristiandevSubmitted7 years ago

Yesterday's vlog talks about finishing the game and post-jam thoughts:

Additionally, a YouTuber named SoulBarrier covered the game in a video and watching his reactions were priceless to me!! Holy crap, someone played my game!!

SoulBarrier noticed a major issue in the code related to the text descriptions though. Basically the function typing the description was ending early and not typing out it's final iteration. I'll discuss it more in today's vlog but I fixed the issue and pushed out a new build. Even though it's a jam game doesn't mean it isn't a candidate for post-launch patches ;)

I'll continue posting here until the vlogs aren't about the game anymore, probably a few more times, so... Onward!

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matchristiandevSubmitted7 years ago

One more vlog, this one reacting to Soulbarrier's video and discussing the bug in detail before fixing it!

Onward

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