Archives for March 2013

March 18th is going to be the next Debug Day and I have been trying to prepare my AI for it.  The AI is probably by far the most challenging part of programming my game.  I had a feedback session on Tuesday from teachers in my school and they were all very impressed with what I have done so far.  The game time currently is at ten minutes, but once I get AI working it should start taking players alot longer to get through the levels.  Below are a list of the features I have added for the test day next Monday and if I can get the AI working then I will be pushing an Alpha Version 1.02 Update and have them play this version instead.

Alpha Version 1.01

Added Features:

• Level 1-1 Maze Doubled in Size
• Opening Cutscene
• Narrator Voice in Tutorial Level
• Level 1-2 Beginning will load Preview of AI Characters

Bug Fixes:

• Mouse now Appears on Pause Menu
• Wall now blocks area of maze that previously glitched players back to the beginning

Planned Upcoming Features:

• Enemy AI
  • Few Enemies in Maze
  • Boss?
• Level 1-2 Complete
• High Scores Working and Saving
• Story Reorganized
• Credits Playing if Game is Beaten
• Sound in Options Menu

March 25th was the Alpha 1.0 test day and it was a success.  I got good feedback from several people on the levels.  The tester tested Alpha version 1.o of the game and this will be the standard version of the game.  I plan on adding a version change log on here, listing the changes I have made between each version of the game.

Alpha Version 1.0

Added Features:

• Tutorial Level
• Level 1-1 Maze

Bug Fixes:

• N/A

I was planning on adding some enemies into this build, however I have been having issues with the programming, so they have been placed on hold for the moment.  For Alpha 1.01, I am planning to add an opening cutscene, voices to the tutorial, and making the maze in level 1-1 more complex.  Upcoming features I need to add include like I said the AI, items in the maze the player can collect, and more hazards for the maze.