Completed:
- Game Design Document (Rough Draft)
- Adjusted Some Status Condition Definitions Based On Pokemon's
- Changed Myth Class To Magic
- Basic Story Flow
- Organized Sequel Ideas
- Saved Crazier Ideas For Spin-offs
Lessons Learned:
- Sick Days Can Be Nature's Way Of Forcing A Short Vacation.
- There's No Feeling Like Working On A Project You Truly Believe In.
- The Kinda Funny Crew Quitting IGN To Be Indie Content Creators Put The Appeal Of Freedom In Perspective For Me. Having What I Thought Was A Dream Job Pales In Comparison To The Allure Of Doing What You Love Under Your Rules To Earn As Much Money As People Are Willing To Give You For Using Your Talent.
With most of the game vision clear in my mind it's time to get specific. I'll be designing ponies and planning out moves this week. I'm excited to get something tangible working by the third week of school. I can tell I'm going to blitz through development on this one.
My plans for mobile class are to get to a playable state as soon as possible. I want 4 ponies playable and polished to perfection so I can show that my idea works. If I can set up the battle and menu infrastructure I can add things like ponies and levels one at a time and watch the game grow. That kind of development would keep my spirits really high the whole way through.
I started drawing a bunch of pony parts yesterday before deciding to do this differently. It didn't feel right and I knew I'd redo it all in MS Paint anyway so I'm starting to remake all of these in pixel form. Once I have a library of pony parts I can start experimenting based on designs I like, ones in the document for balance or variety, and ponies from the show the game is inspired by. Seeing sprites always gets me pumped to bring them to life. My pixels look way better than my doodles.
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A year from now there will be a Pokemon game on mobile and Steam that focuses on the metagame. It will feature all ponies and be created by me. Imagining how much fun I'll have playing this thing in a year has been fueling me through the design process. I've wanted to play a game like this for so long and I get to be the one who makes it happen.
I still remember a moment when I was watching Game Grumps years back and they started talking about how fun the Pokemon meta is, but how tedious the grind was to get there. The video is here and the specific moment I'm thinking of starts 8 minutes in. I basically want to provide that deep gameplay strategic system but without the hours of time investment that could be spent trying new strategies.
I still remember a moment when I was watching Game Grumps years back and they started talking about how fun the Pokemon meta is, but how tedious the grind was to get there. The video is here and the specific moment I'm thinking of starts 8 minutes in. I basically want to provide that deep gameplay strategic system but without the hours of time investment that could be spent trying new strategies.
It must be fun to develop good fun dream game. :3
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