LD27 Log

Right, so I wrote this to keep my thought organised as I worked, you can read it if you want. It's very rambly.







GAME DESIGN DOCUMENT:

TIme is Life (Tentative TItle)

You are an oval. In your world time is a valuable transferable naturally ocurring resource. You can kill others to take their time but you lose yours if you are damaged as well. Time also slowly drains naturally at a rate of one second per second under normal cicurmstances. It has been discovered that armor crafted from certain minerals can reduce one's loss of time or slow one's clock.

So you fight things and try to steal their time while they conversely do the same. You can spend your time in the shop to get armor.





LOG:

So I'm thinking along the lines of time being a currency like in the movie "In Time" (good movie btw, I'd recommend it) So I'm thinking you start with 10 seconds (there's the theme for you) and you have to collect more time and you are able to use your time as money to buy weapons and such so we'll see where that leads.

Here I go!

I always make rectangular rooms for testing out platforming in. Just a weird habit. I dunno.

Live stream on, brb.

Okay, livestream over. That was fun.

So we have platforming. We have time. We have death. What next?

I'm thinking you'll use time in a shop but I don't know how exactly I'll implement that\

Uggh.. what do?

SO I think I've done all the denominations I'm gonna do, 10s 30s and 1m but who knows, I might do more.

SO I need to just brainstorm.

Okay shooting. Shooting what? Shooting time? Or maybe limited bullets you have to buy? Hmm...

So what kind of enemies do you fight? Maybe they can drain your time? Maybe they have they're own time that you can steal from them? That sounds REALLY cool actually. Maybe you'll only be able to get time as a drop from enemies. Maybe time can be like experience and let you level up. This is sounding awesome! SO not denominations but just all the time they're carrying. Maybe when you shoot them they lose some time, it just kinda flies off of em. I gotta just try coding this, wow really effective brainstorm! :D

Why doesn't it work? :(

I need tea.

I feel better.

Little enemy, Y U b teleportin's tru da walz?

Alright, we have enemies that yield their time. I need to add the shop.

So the shop is in the game. How I will implement it exactly though is something I'm not sure about. Hmm...

Woops, forgot to record for a bit. No big deal, I just fixed a bug and changed a sprite's color is all.

XD

I just started typing in the middle of the doc

Lol, edited the wrong variables XD

*pleased sigh*
I love it when things work! :D

THis makes me wanna watch In Time again, I wonder if it's on Netflix. I'mma go check.
Nope. :(

SO, we have time collection, time REcollection.  I think now I need to make it so the enemies can take YOUR time like you can take theirs. I'm thinking

Wow, just realized how long the screen was black. Fail, oh well, it'll probably be like a second or two in the video. I dunno if you can even read this.

Not the point.

How do you lose time? Do you slide back? Hmmm...

Or maybe should the enemies shoot you too? I'm thinking no on that one. Hmm, this is a pickle. Maybe I should just start screwing with it.


I'm thinking you need to get knocked back.

Hmmm

Cool! Now I just gotta make you drop clocks

Huh, this is harder than I thought

Okay! The clock works much better now! What I need to do next is make it so the enemies can die from lack of time.

I mean make them be able to lose their time by living.

I think it's balanced

Okay, had a nice break. Back to work.

Now what would you buy in the shop...
Not more health, time is health. Not a better weapon because all creatures have a max drop of 120 seconds. Ammo maybe?
Special items, maybe they decrease the amount of time you lose? Maybe one slows your clock for awhile?

Cool hats maybe? I don't think so.

Okay, music pumped! Tea refilled, time to go! AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!

I haven't really been talking about what I've been doing but I just finished (I think) implementing armor so in a way there are cool hats. I gotta think of more cool things for them to do. So far they can slow your clock and reduce the amount of time you drop, which is cool, but if I'm gonna have any that decrease those (which is necessary for balance) I need other positive things that can happen. Hmmmm.

I'm debating whether to let the enemies where armor or not. hmm...

I'm doing it. Allons-y!

I think they're kinda cute.

Okay, had a good long break. TIme for to go. Now I gotta think, I don't really know how to random generation yet and don't have time to learn. How will I make this fun? I need design doc.

Maybe I should implement minigames. That would really add to the 10 seconds theme. An arcade where you spend most of your time your time literally. Hmm...
It could be like the one in Super Paper Mario how if you do well enough you can earn some more money or in this case time. The initial cost would have to be pretty high and the payout pretty low but not too far in either direction. I'm liking this more and more. :D I'll have to code more minigames. That is how I best thrive is on coding but that could end up being a lot considering I only have 18 hours left unless I enter the Jam which I don't really want to do. Hmm... I think I could code some 10 second minigames. THey'd have to be really fast paced. You start with 10 seconds and can collect more ingame. Really fast games would mean you'd have to collect the time really quickly and not screw up to have a chance. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....?!?!

So it costs a minute let's say to play a game. So you put a minute in and your IGT is 10 seconds. You have to play well enough to go over that to have a chance, meanwhile your out of game time will be ticking. Hmmmm. THis sounds really awesome and uses the them well for once! :D I think I can code now, thanks brain! :D :D :D :D :D

By the way I'm gonna release this document once LD is over so if you can't read what I'm saying worry not! :)

GOnna do the menu real fast, wanna get that outta the way. It's boring.

Dem's some schmancy lookin' buttons yo!

Well, I'm making the title. GOnna be hard to change it later. Do I really want to call it Time is Life? Not really.

Time is Life
LifeTime
10 Seconds
Out of Time
Tick Tock
Running out
Time is running out
T.I.M.E - Ten Instants Migrate Elsewhere

THere we go.

Why aren't I making this in Paint.NET?

Eh, not working much better

Pretty boss looking menu I think. Pretty good for the time spent on it. Oooh, I think it needs a ticking clock

Ahh, the title screen is finished. And it only took 2 hours. -_-

I gotta code those minigames or figure something else out. Oi.

On the plus side that menu is super awesome! :D

VIEW! Y U NO FILL SCREEN?!?!

I don't have time to mess with views like this, 16x32 rectangles it is.

It is currently Page Not FOund O'Clock

I gotta complete at least one minigame, come on self!

If I can make 2 more and make a nice arcade I'll have a game read to submit! :D THen I can start editing the timelapse.

2 minigames done. Now I just gotta implement 'em into the main game so you can get time off 'em. Sweet. I'll do it after I get some sleep though. G'night.

Good morning

you didn't miss much

I need to implement the arcade, but besides the games how will you get more time? I think I need a 3rd non arcade game. Maybe fishing. Hmmm

There the game is done mostly. I need music and SFX.

Obligatory potato thing :P

XD That is hilarious

Cool, now I need music. How I do dat?

I'mma try to record my piano, bbl

Music made by me that doesn't sound terrible? WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!?!

Game Complete, make Icon.
:D

Creaqting the Executable

That's a wrap! :D