Project Revamp Part 9 (Patreon)

Video shows the summary. Text shows the technical!

This week:

• Pre-release alpha
• Tutorial
• Quality of Life
• Logo

Pre-Release Alpha

The very first pre-release alpha is being worked on for next Saturday at the latest. This will be available to Supporters and above.

Tutorial

As I said, I'm going to shoot to release the very first alpha of the game this coming week instead of doing the YouTube public announcement. The announcement will follow the week after that but this is so I have something to give to viewers who are willing to try out an early test of my game.

So because of this I've been fleshing out the story in a way that teaches the player the purpose of having a robot. Yes the focus of the game is to build and program your own robot but there needs to be a WHY you are doing that.

The mysterious man is instrumental in teaching the player how to order parts online, build robots, and providing context as to why the player is doing it in the first place. There is still a big mystery as to why that will be kept secret for now.

I want the player to feel very familiar with his own robot creation so the first thing I set out to do is slowly give him robot parts. The head provides bare bones basic functionality like scanning for ores. As the player adds limbs and pieces, the robot becomes more autonomous, able to do things by itself.

Quality of Life

I wasn't satisfied with the laser pointer method of making the robot move to places. So instead I opted for a simplified point and click system where you right click the screen and give menu actions to the robot.

This makes it easier to give commands and allows you to give specific location commands by right clicking specific parts of the map or screen. It's an improvement overall I think.

Logo

The logo and the name are still a work in progress but I really like the simplistic name in "My Robot". The first time I pitched that name some friends said it resembled the game "My Summer Robot", I was flattered. I've never played that game before but after looking into it, it is very similar to the type of game I am going for. I am definitely shooting for a similar game where you have the ability to intricately customize your own creation, in this case a robot. Speaking of, cat ears will be implemented soon.