Spooky first person adventure for Game Dev Field Guide Monthly Jam 21

programming - nuzcraft 3d models - Kenney Sounds - Kenney Music - Juhani Junkala

Initital prototyping has gone swimmingly. I have an environment, using 3d models from Kenney that's starting to take shape. I took some tips from Miziziziziz on making the ps1-ish style, and it's turning out pretty well.

I've not had the motivation to work on this the last few days. I don't know what the 'game' actually is, just these bits that I've cobbled together. I'm going to try to make a TODO list to see if that will help my motivation and spur some inspiration to put some finishing touches on it.

• hide cursor unless hovering over interactable object
• ability to screenshake
  • fix up messages when picking up keys related to hiding the cursor
• add first batch of sounds
  • door creak
  • background 'music'
  • pick up key sound
  • unlock door sound
  • door slam
  • occassional creak
• bathroom decor
  • tub
  • shower
  • toilet
  • sinks
  • lights
• hide front key in bathroom
• vignette

Yesterday was a mega success, both because of the TODO list and because I gave myself time to focus on the project. Not sure I'll get the time today, but I will put together the TODO list

• bedroom decor
  • bed
  • end tables
  • wall lights
  • dresser
  • chair?
  • lamp
  • ceiling fan
  • bookshelf
• adjust room sizes
• hide bedroom key in bedroom
• hallway decor
  • washer/dryer?
  • bookshelf?
  • wall light?
• windows in bedroom

Sweet, let's try this again with the kitchen :)

• fridge
• stove
• sink
• countertops
• top cabinets
• undercabinet lighting
• kitchen lights
• dining table
• chairs
• light fixture
• pizza
• drinks

Let's move onto the living room, and use this to finish v1.0

• tv stand

• tv

• end table w/ soda on it

• pizza and soda on coffee table

• windows on walls

• floor lamp

• place bathroom door key

• place player in starting position

• name for game

• title screen

• controls

• ability to quit/restart

• win screen

v1.0 and v1.1 have been released. People are playing this game for some reason 😆 Now it's time to add some more spooky stuff.

• lift and spin miscellaneous objects (pizza, soda cans) - put these on a random timer
• shift bedroom - move furniture to a different wall
  • add scraping sound
  • add trigger
• shift living room - move furniture to a new location
  • add scraping sound
  • add trigger

• create function to make lights flicker on and off quickly
• somewhat randomly flicker some lights

• something steals the a key to a locked door
  • screenshake
  • oof sound
  • animate vignette to red then back to black
  • key is placed somewhere else in house
  • message to say which key was lost
• set up spawn points for keys
• set up replacement key scenes
• set up code to 'randomly' interrupt the player
• model to jump scare the player?

• vignette turns blue
• 'brr it's cold' pops up
• happens randomly?