Pizza Jam finally over, for me at least...


After finally releasing the very first prototype for this game it is time to move forward. The idea is to make several games for jams and this one is not different. 

However, having spent so much time on this project, I can't help but think about what can be added to the game. Some random thoughts:

  1. DIfferent behaviors for the Avocados: right now they are very simple. They choose a few stations between the ones available an just to to each one in order. When they arrive at a station they damage the station for a few seconds and leave.
  2. Player progression: More levels to beat and also abilities for Merlin to unlock and improve. For instance, the time he can see the Avocado FoV can be increased (or the number of Avocados he can see the FoV at a time, right now is only 1).
  3. A tutorial: Some basic instructions since the game is not that intuitive right now. Specially since I decided to make it mobile-friendly (using Comandos as an input reference), it might be confusing to play the web version for the first time.
  4. Animations: I've been playing with Mixamo and was able to get a few animations to work with the Avocados. That could be used to improve each state. Right now, Avocados have the idle, walking, sabotaging and alert state. These are indicated by icons on the top of the Avocado head but could be improved with specific animations.

Some quality of life impovements are always welcome, such as:

  1. When the player clicks on a station to repair, Merlin should go to the nearest side of the station but he goes to the side the player clicks/touched
  2. A better indication of when the FoV of the Avocados will fade
  3. Maybe after clicking on a station to repair, the repair mode should be deactivated by default (untoggle the hammer button).

There is also several bugs to fix

  • Path preview should disappear once Merlin is at the target position
  • Sometimes the bomb icon for the sabotage state does not appear on the avocado

Files

v1.zip Play in browser
32 days ago

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