We finished and uploaded the game with 4 hours to go! We could not figure out how to package it though... If anyone knows how to, can you please comment below? I would love to be able to package my code in the future. Thank You You all and Good Luck!

Well that was a roller coaster.. i really couldn't find the rhythm this pyweek, was struggling to write the branching story.. its' actually a game type i never tried before, i should have spent some time finding a tool for the conversation stuff, instead i stuck to writing the json file and it was hard to read it after a while to make sense of where i was going. Hopefully this is something i can figure soon.

One good thing from my perspective is that iv'e gotten a framework for loading cocos creators' output into my game using cocos python. It's not perfect but its a good start :D Hopefully ill' be able to work on it further.. ill upload the code for that project separately, hoping there will be takers.

Cant' wait to try out all the other entries.

Unbelievable!

I finished game 8 hours before deadline. There was some troubles with pyinstaller but I googled workaround.

Time to relax. And to draw better levels :)

I spent a lot of time in the past two days playing the game over and over again. But I am proud to say with 10 hours left to go, the game is complete. There is a way to win and a way to lose. And if you really want to win, score all the points. It's worth it!

Testing takes a lot of time. It is a necessary feedback loop. I can also see why it would be necessary to have a full time tester for something like game production.

So now, I cross my fingers and see what other people think. I think the actual game is pretty decent. Very simple and straightforward. I wanted people to be able to win this time and play the game all the way through (with some possibility of losing).

Today, we had our first face to face real deal meeting and are about done. Depending on our schedules tomorrow, we may make some final small adjustments but are fine without them.

So yesterday I was working, and I got this error, so I tested it out on a whole bunch of other computers to see if it was just my computer or what. While I was figuring it out, I discovered something interesting.

When I tested the game on a different platform, it ran fast, a little too fast. Like my Core-2 Duo PC ran it faster than my Quad-Core Xeon Mac Pro. That kind of disturbed me a bit.

So, I came up with a solution, and now I have a game settings screen, which changes how much graphic effects there are, how fast those effects are and whatnot. And it works, so I'm good.

I also put in 2 more levels, which my Dad helped me design over the past couple of days, and they're really hard. I now have a total of 7 levels, and I'm hoping to have 10 done (quality over quantity) by the time I turn it in. I also added a really cool thing where the color of the walls change with each level, so level 1 is red, level 2 is blue, and so on and so forth...

I'm not done yet, though it's "Day 7", considering it's still Friday, April 20th in my timezone, and I don't have to have it in until tomorrow by 5 in my timezone. So in a sense, I still have the same amount of time, I'm just awake for much more of it.

I got a long day ahead of me tomorrow, so I'm going to get some sleep.

Today was intense, first I added several obstacles such as falling platforms and jump pads, and then added three levels, need to add 6 more levels.



And now, heres me being immature.

Well, the weather has been delightful! But I didn't get as much done today. Thankfully, there's not much left to do!

Biggest chore of the day was generating mazes for such tiny rooms. In the end I gave up on all my ideas and borrowed from Mazify, which I found on GitHub. Besides that, I can now remove a room, replacing it with just a passage, so there's not always 9 rooms. Adds a bit of variety to the game play. I also found the levels were taking too long to play, which has many knock-on effects in terms of xp, monsters, and fun! So I've shrunk my maps down.

I've improved some of the interactions in the game, such as hunger messages now displaying in a pop-up. If I have time I'll do the same from traps as they're also easy to miss. Weapon enchantment now works better, and you can keep up with the weapon stats if you identify your weapon. Last thing I added was a shrinking FOV as you go down the dungeon, to make it a little more scary!

Not a big one today, I'm hoping to get some more time on it tomorrow. The deadline is looming!

Today I got quite a few things done. More and more things are dropping out purely on the Python side. This is because the Javascript doesn't really have  game logic, just input and graphics. Even this inventory screen is a generic "dialog" that the Python code can show to the user:

Such a screen could be shown in response to other game events or NPC conversations.

Here is a screenshot showing larger objects and NPCs:

There are now challenges to solve (but they're extremely easy). I have the whole of tomorrow to turn this into a game, and the engine is mostly there. I have some ideas for content, but not enough. Need to get a good night's rest for the final day!

The game is pretty much complete. It is alright. You can play it all the way through, and kind of enjoy it. It isn't incredibly challenging, but that may be because I have played it about 20 times so far. I would guess that most people should be able to successfully complete it in 5-10 tries. For some, it may be doable on the first try.

The real question now is about features. Should I add more features? Does the game need more features? I think the game could use a feature or two more, so I may try to add something. Lets see, 27 hours... maybe 2 more for some small features and we can call it complete.

Let's see what other people think.