So today’s running to an end. I could go burning the midnight oil again, but I think I should rest up to finish tomorrow off strong. There’s one major bit of functionality left to go, and a few minor things to make the game actually a… well, game.

Things done:

• Basic play controls
• Some art assets (environment stuff, characters, and miscellaneous junk)
• Dragging things (objects and dead bodies)
• Dropping things
• Disposing things (drop next to specific game objects)
• Killing NPCs
• NPCs that wander between waypoints
• Dialog windows for inanimate objects to talk to you
• A very simple quest objective system
• Some basic UI
• A VERY rough start on a couple music tracks
• A win condition (complete all quest objectives for the level)

Things I HAVE to do:

• Basic cop AI (see player dragging dead person using a vision cone, shooting player dead)
• Player death, level restart
• Level management
• Multiple levels
• Some sort of game intro, and payoff for winning all levels
• Screen effects to make up for the lack of animation (screen going red during a kill, fading to black during disposal, etc..)
• Some sound effects (will also help make up for lack of animations)

Things I might do:

• More general art (characters, environment, objects)
• Clean up the music tracks to not suck as much
• Minimap improvements (make it render different assets)

I’m probably forgetting stuff… It always happens. Next time I do one of these, I’m definitely going to aim for a lower scope of game. I’m probably not going to have something solid by the end, but I hope it’s something I can expand on after the competition.

A couple progress shots: