Hey IndieDB!!
Just wanted to give you all a quick update about what we've been working on lately. The time off from work for the holidays gave me a good amount of time to start cranking through our final check list and I'm glad to say that we are done with all the major code changes. All that really remains is finding and adding in the remainder of our sound effects and writing up our list of achievements and adding those in. It's a really exciting time for us and we can't wait to get a build out to our friends and family who have been chomping at the bit to help us test.
The main reason I wanted to give you this update, however, is to show off a few of our newest mini-games we've finished up. Ryan did a great job with the art, and now that I've got them all coded in they add a fun (and challenging) way to round out our initial set of games. Since I don't have a lot of time I'm just going to showcase two of the five right now, and I'll do the rest either today or tomorrow.
Ski to the Goal:
So in this game you have to grab the little skier and get him to the goal. The tree sizes and locations are both random, and the goal and skier positions are also random. It is really simple with a lot of time, but it can get a little challenging when you try to react instantly and squeeze the little guy through a gap that just isn't quite big enough. We spent a good amount of time working on the hitboxes for this one and we think it works really well now.
Collect the wood:
Hmmmm.... now where have we seen this before?! Yep, this is our Minecraft inspired game, Collect the Wood! This is one of our tap tap games where you have to repeatedly tap on a certain point until a meter is filled, or in this case, a block of wood is broken. We had to change things up a little bit and add a hit highlighter because the subtle cracks that you get in the real game just weren't enough of a visual cue to let the player know what they're supposed to do. We also decrease the number of hits required from 6 to 2 as the speed increases because it's essentially impossible to break the block within the 1 second time limit on the highest difficulty.
All-in-all the game is coming along nicely and we can't wait to finish up the rest of our checklist and start getting some serious user feedback. Please let us know what you think either here or on our website at www.midnighttangent.com and for more frequent updates check us out on facebook or twitter: www.facebook.com/upsat and www.twitter.com/dontbeupsat
I'll post the last few games within the next 24hrs so be on the lookout!
