I’ve got a good idea now of how the game will play when it’s finished. I’ll keep the gimmick a surprise since it’s really only got one (hint: it involves walls and doom).
The first level (of a planned three) is done sans an exit, and there’s a strange bug that causes the invisible portion of sprites to obscure background sprites–but only sometimes. But I suspect it’s a weirdness belonging to Construct’s 3D boxes so trying to fix it might have to be my very last priority.
Everything else is coming along so well that I’m gonna take a break to wind down before bed. End of day one for me.

Woo, the toys store downstairs is having a relocation sale.

Earlier on I was thinking how fun it might be to ‘digitise’ myself for the weapons in my game. I’m no longer planning on adding guns, but I still felt like macing Mao.

The basics are in, plus squishy purple plants, but I think I’ll add a space suit to protect the player from the total lack of atmosphere.

I’ve got some students over watching The Fifth Element now. I think I’ll take a break and sit down with them for a bit. I’m hoping to get the engine and graphics finished tonight so the only thing I’ll need to worry about tomorrow is adding the couple of small levels I have planned.

First snacks. Some kind of savoury pancake thingies and some french fries. The fast food store’s name apparently translates roughly to “The Chicken of Low Morals”.

I have some boxes. Note that their positioning does not correlate in any way to the layout of the minimap. That is because maths is hard.

Today started off pretty well. I got a phone call to say that my students are all having exams next week, meaning I have the next nine days off. Great: I can be more flexible with my sleep.

Then something horrible happened. I got paid. I bought ten Wii games last weekend, and I’m not sure I’d have the willpower to avoid getting distracted if I can play them, so as I mentioned in #tigirc I am totally not going to buy a new TV until Monday.

This will be my first LD. I’m planning on using Construct, since I’ve been screwing with it for a few weeks and haven’t finished a game yet. Audio’s my voice (advance apologies for disgusting saliva sounds) with Goldwave, and graphics will be my ancient copy of Paint Shop Pro 7.

Good luck, all.

I do.

I think about you day and night.

It’s only right.

To think about the girl you love.

And hold her tight.

So happy togeeetheeeeeeeeeer.