The Final Stretch

Apr 4 2020

I’m super excited to say that with tonight’s update, Sara and I both got something huge finished! We’re on the last stretch of this project before we can call it “done!”

Sara finished the living room - a massive effort on her part - and it’s been imported into the engine. It looks awesome. That’s also the last room done, and the remaining graphics required for this are very small.

An interesting fact here is that in addition to the entirety of the background, Sara also did her first normal maps (for the fire in the fireplace). They look really good, and the dynamic fire and shadows really bring the room to life!

Less immediately noticiable is what I did - I’ve finished mobile support! Check the game out on itch on your phone - it works pretty much completely!

Mobile support was a pain, mostly because the feedback loop had a lot of steps - export the game to a folder I’m serving on my LAN, load that page on my phone, wait for the game to load, see what worked. Testing it on the PC wasn’t really cutting it, as it didn’t represent the reality of a phone screen (and there was no touch support). Some of the functions I was depending on were pretty poorly documented, too - nowhere in the docs does is say that warp_mouse can’t move the mouse in HTML5 games, for instance (although I understand why it can’t).

So, what’s left?

Well.. not a lot, to be honest. We’ve got to proof all the dialog in the game, we’ve got to discuss and add cutscenes for the beginning and the ending, and most importantly (and most difficultly) we’ve got to name it. There are a few odds and ends besides, but nothing major.

I feel really good about this project. I can’t wait for it to be complete.