The road to a full game

The game was born during the GameDev.tv game jam. In some way, one could say a complete game. But the same way complete as a baby. It has still a lot of growing to do. But the essence is there. A game, with a start menu, a couple of levels, a loose and a win situations. 

I enjoyed making it very much. And I like to play tower defense game. So, I decided to work this game out to a full fetched tower defence.  This will be a project for months to come.  But started, I did. 

The first things I introduced where health bars. So, the player, you, can see if the shots connect and how much damage they deal. Well, it turned out a lot of shots did not connect. So I looked into it and made the shots connect much more often.  

Then I introduced a rapid fire turret, one that shoots fast, but less damage per projectile. And a base block that ads poison to the bullets. This makes it interesting to mix and match the blocks to get a optimal solution for the levels.

And then I got enjoyed to play the first level over and over again to see how the second level is working out. This while I only have two levels. To tackle this problem, there was the introduction of a level select menu.  While simple, it is effective as a minimal viable product. It lets one select levels. Later on, this will be worked out to a more interesting and aesthetic menu. 

Meanwhile, when my brain needed a bit of  relaxing, I made some extra decoration objects. Added walls, to give a more inside a room feeling. And played with the lights. Creating a bit darker atmosphere. 
 

Some other minor adjustments are:

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• Enemies disappear without latency when killed
• A sound when the enemy hits the base
• A health bar for the base
• overlapping placement of blocks no longer possible
• less monotonous shooting sounds
• right click deselects block

Well, enjoy trying out this first step to a full game! 

Oh, and please help me out with leaving a comment or two about your thoughts, what to keep and what to change or add. It will help me out much, thanks!