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Build an auto battler (Part 4)
Ry GameDev DK30 Quarantine 2020 0 1
Description
I’ve been working on an auto battler card game for the past few months. Last dk30 I started to move the project more in the direction of a deck building/cycling game similar to games like Dominion and Slay the Spire. I also worked on building a branching path location/map system to enable the player to progressively move through various locations towards a boss at the end of each map. So far the project seems to be going well. At the moment the player can add cards to their deck but cannot remove them, so the focus of this dk30 will be giving the player the ability to remove cards from their deck through the use of spell cards and a shop.
Recent Updates
Managed to get at least one thing done on game most days. Gonna take a break from this project for a while and hopefully come back a bit more refreshed.
I struggled significantly with motivation this time round. I ended up pushing the start date back by a week a total of 3 times. Managed to finally get some work done this week just gone but definitely found it difficult. I think there are a number of reasons for this. The weather has been quite hot/humid, various other tasks have come up, I’ve started back at work and I picked a task to do in week 1 that was fairly uninteresting. I have managed to get a whole bunch of other tasks done. I’ve also started and managed to continue doing a 10 - 30 minute intense workout 6 days a week for the last few weeks. So that’s all been good. I think for future dk30’s I’m going to try and and pick something that is fun to do in week 1 to ease myself into it (assuming I remember). This week just gone I managed to get some optimization done, added in some extra resources and started working on a deck viewer. Since I’m struggling with this project I’ve decided to ditch my week 2, 3 and 4 goals and instead focus on getting at least one thing done on my game per day (even if it’s just a little bit) and try to log the results on a day to day basis. Hopefully this will make it easier for me to at least get something done in the next few weeks.
Estimated Timeframe
Jul 20th - Aug 19th
Week 1 Goal
Work on optimization, tidying up and organization of project. Start working on deck viewer.
Week 2 Goal
Do at least one thing per day on game.
Week 3 Goal
Do at least one thing per day on game.
Week 4 Goal
Do at least one thing per day on game.
