Part 1

“Climb in Geepee*! I managed to start it up. It’s steam powered, so it’s still working!”
…
“I’m in the cockpit. Over…”
“Well then? Get moving! Over…”
“Give me a sec… What the hell is this?! Levers? Valves? And this… Is that a bloody flusher?!”
“Calm down Geepee. We need to make it work. Over…”
“And how am I supposed to do that? There are at least seven control elements in here. How am I supposed to work it? It looks like this thing was made for a goddamn steampunk centipede… *sigh* … over …”
“RTFM noob. Over…”
“No FM to R here. You got any on you? Over…”
“Not really… Okay, whatever! Just pull something and see what happens. I’m in the machine room of this thing. Looks like some gears are stuck. I’ll try to make everything work again, figure out the controls in the meantime. Over…”
“Great…”
“What? Over…”
“I’ve got a visual. E.T. Over…”
“Really? What does it look like? Over…”
“Like it was drawn by someone who didn’t have time to do it properly. It really needs redoing. Over..”
“No time for that now. Maybe tommorrow. Now… get to work!”
“You forgot to say over Gees**.”

*Stands for GP as in Generic Protagonist. But in this universe, it’s a real name. I promise!
*Stands for GS as in Generic Sidekick. But in this universe, this also is a real name. I swear!

So… seven hours in. I managed to do some “art” and anims, but no code yet. This is actually the thing I was warned about, to do placeholder art only, avoid killing lot of time with complicated art. But nevermind. I’m starting right now!

I don’t know how to export a vid properly, so this is the best I could do in a hurry.

I decided the focus of the gameplay will be trying to create an impresson of controlling an ancient high tech steam powered battle device, with confusing controls and no manual. I’ve yet to see if I can manage something playable in time.

The second problem is, that while it seems like a good, fun idea in my head, it might come out as an annoying BS mechanics that’ll make most people stop playing before they make the bot make its first step. But I guess we won’t know that until it’s finished and playable.

Let’s get back to work. Good luck everybody .)