Modern Magic Progress Thread

Today:
Some brainstorming, but nothing really done. I had to spend most of today working out problems with college. Also, I can't stay up late because of plans tomorrow. Which is a shame, 'cause I get most of my work done really late in the day, it seems.

Other than that, I don't really have an excuse today.

Today:
Finalized the plot. After creating the Power Bombs and balancing the shot types, I'll have to draw or sprite how all these characters will look.

Today:
Created the shot balancing test environment. Some data has been collected, though balance changes will have to be tweaked throughout the level and boss creation process. I also fixed some bugs with the shot types. This will also help test and balance Power Bombs as I make them.

Thursday was pretty much a day off, because of family events and I had to wake up early the next day. I did a small amount of tweaking to the shot types, such as replacing some hardcoded coordinates with lengthdir_() functions.

Today:
Finished preliminary balancing and bugfixing. I'll move onto the next step now.

Grr... I completely forgot about it today! No excuse, just distraction after distraction. I'm a horrible developer, even when cash prizes are involved.

Today:
Completed half of the Power Bombs. Again, I love adding attacks.
I predict the rest of them will be more complicated, though.

Well, you can't spell Power Bombs without "ower bo"

Everyone likes the big shiny attacks, though.

Today:
Did some more Power Bombs, so now I have 75% of them ready. I was right about the complexity.

Today:
Finished the bombs. Later, they'll need better graphics and sounds.

So, all that's left is the most major stuff, which I can probably tackle in any order. They are:

Create sprites for the heroes and bosses
Create levels and danmaku patterns
Write dialogue (more complex than you think; I want to say different things depending on the Threat Level)

I predict that by the deadline, my demo will have only one character playable and UP TO 2 levels out of 6 planned, with probably one difficulty level. Even though the programming is there, I don't want any placeholder content in the "finished" product.

Today:
Added different bomb sounds
Created first draft for 1st hero, Paul:


MAN, it's been a long time since I've done spriting. I can tell it's wonky in some places.

Nah, it looks pretty nice.

Is it me, or does this game have a mild Touhou influence?

*cough* Mild?

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Mega Tact v1.1
Super Penguin Chef
Wizard Blocks

Why, that's impossible. My game has male characters and adults in it.

Today:
Did another sprite, but I really should have done more.

Good point. It was silly of me to compare.