#eduke32

7dfps jam entry's dev diary 0x0, braindump for a non-violent retro toy

Raw brainstorming about making my very own first person game jam entry. (Two-to-four itch games were 2D cool pieces to learn and will continue some with Mosi before actually making more diverse entries engine-wise)

DAY 0x1:

Keywords

Moodboard

Mindmaps

Study some games and make a research document (Table of credits, specifications and all things documentation)

Imagination cardboard tests and writing prompts on paper "thesis"

Tools, game engine & other technological choices and narrow it down to MVP vague specifications

DAY 0x2:

Choose and gather free public domain assets (especially audio & misc multimedia boilerplates)

Engage with 7dfps dev community

Start thinking about how go with the competition, the "requests" and accessibility in mind

Prototype gameplay loops

Playtest by myself and fix issues as they arise

DAY 0x2

Sketch map layouts

Sketch game assets

Summarize engine-related systems

Implement at broader scales

DAY 0x3:

Tinker around with initial game assets

Craft the feature core of my tiny-packed systemic design

Learn the relevant documentation for the project's engine

Take advantage of engine features

Get started with alpha playtesting it to other people and gather the feedback

DAY 0x4:

Beta players' responding and tweaking from feedback

May expand with swappable assets, additional gameplay systems and level scriptables

Open up the infrastructure for modifications (FLOSS repository, website page entry, seek peer-review for technical documentation and all things making it more community-friendly)

DAY 0x5+0x6

Fixing last bugs

Quality of life

Polish

Creative frontend assets

Writing down-to-heart descriptions and tags

Publish

Curate

Promote

Pitch it to my family

Gather reviews data

Respond to comments & reviews

NOTE

Also yes, I thank each one of you so much for sticking by with my 30k+32 posts (99% are reblogs apparently, welp), 310 following comrades and a handful of awesome conversations since I registered back around July 2015. It really make me blush and it motivates my humble brain as to keep going.

It would be very possible, yes.

In fact, someone’s already worked at recreating Yume Nikki in EDuke32, and has even added a custom campaign.

Link: https://forums.duke4.net/topic/10241-rednukem-redneck-rampage-port/

Name: The Essential Duke Author: Trooper Dan Game: Duke Nukem 3D Source port: EDuke32 Type: Gameplay Mod Link: https://forums.duke4.net/topic/9315-introducing-the-essential-duke-release/

A collection of bug fixes, visual effects and gameplay tweaks for vanilla-ish Duke play, adding some additional graphical flourishes without going completely overboard and improving inventory items that weren’t enormously useful in single player (like the Holoduke).