Items Completed
Wrapping up Milestone 1
Milestone 1 was to get a collection of basic functionality together in the form of a game. It also was to prove out the functionality of my Moonpie framework.
Currently enabled in the game:
- A way to win and lose
- Options to change the screen size resolution
- Loading/Saving the game
- Creating a character
- Random map generation
- Graphics for all the entities in the game
- Some sound effects
- Music
While the game mechanics are light at this point, the framework for implementing is in a good place. There is a robust ability to create new actions into the game and have those dispatch cascading actions. This allows for a way to define a flexible ruleset that can be used to create the game.
The organization of the code feels particularly strong, at least at the root levels:
assets
├─ fonts
├─ graphics
├─ music
├─ sounds
├─ ..
data
├─ names
├─ items
├─ ..
game
├─ rules
├─ character
├─ actions
├─ selectors
├─ combat
├─ game_state
├─ ..
├─ settings
├─ ui
With this structure it’s clear where certain bits of code needs to live. Need to add a different rule set, make a folder and name it appropriately. Each of these rules can manage a slice of state. However, there is some refactoring that is necessary. But that is where Milestone 2 makes an entrance.
Milestone 2
With the basics of a game in operation, it’s time to make it interesting and focus on the main loop. Some key observations:
- UI Improvements
- Hot slots for items that are equipped
- Better hotkeys that can be reconfigured
- Message display should be more intuitive
- Animating UI elements
- Graphics
- Animations for moving, fighting etc…
- Start getting more specific on palette for colors
- Visual additions, blood trails on ground etc…
- Shader effects, lighting or other kinds of things
- Tighten up how resolution will work, and how the map should display that
- Sounds
- Sounds kind of clip on replay, better management of them
- Better control of sound volume
- Sounds for pick up items, defeated enemy, etc…
- Music
- Some soundtrack during game
- Victory music/sounds for rewards
- Gameplay
- Game needs to start taking on the elements that make it more fun
- Items should have more interesting interactions
- All ability scores should serve a purpose
- Additional NPC’s that are not enemies
- Add more items
- Maps
- Specific room types
- Engineering, bridge, storage, medbay, quarters, etc…
- Specific rooms should have different items
- Rooms should be able to have predesigned layouts
- Ladders that lead to new levels
- Doors!
- Specific room types
- Other stuff
- Refactor some of the state management
- Position of items, characters, etc… should be centralized
- Graphics for animations might need a more central state
- How to allow walking animations so there is kind of a play between the turns?
- Line of Sight
- Add a prototype for crafting mechanics? Because you know, everything needs a crafting mechanic these days.
- Refactor some of the state management
This is a very large list right now, and some of these will be deferred to a later milestone I’m sure. But there is no question that Milestone 2 will be much more significant as by the end of it, while it doesn’t have to be a polished game, it should feel like a game that can be played and feedback could be received.
Final Stats
- 92 Files Update
- 394 Additions
- 189 Deletions
- 86% Code Coverage
