Game Update
We primarily spent time cleaning up Trello and doing test plays of the game this week. It’s nice to look at a list of things that we’ve been working on for so long to see all the progress that we’re making. I made sure to have a build that I could play while I was away for some time this past week. It was a pretty tiring week overall.
I need to go back and fix a problem that has to do with enemy boss squads. Right now they aren’t moving even when defeated which is great, but the player squads aren’t being pushed back. This creates a situation where when the player wins a combat, the enemy does not move backwards and the player squad moves through the enemy. At least this means that the enemy base can’t easily be taken over, but it’s still an issue.
There are a couple of stages that need some more polish. Some look to plain, while others have way to many trees. I need to do some more sweeps for sure. There was also some missing sounds on the stages and we made a change to our skyboxes which is creating weird reflections in water.
Personal Update
I wasn’t able to do as much work as home as I would have liked this past week due to being out of town. Like I mentioned earlier I managed to get some work done by creating a build for the game and playing it on my laptop while I traveled.
A friend of mine connected me with Strongbox games and they asked for a more updated video of the game-play for the game. That made me realize that I had a reasonably good beta that I could send their way so I built that this morning and pushed it over to them. I also pushed the beta over to a small group of people that I trust. This allowed me to make some connections and catch up on how things were going in their lives. I enjoy sending organic messages for something like this.
Things are progressing well with my girlfriend. I’m happy to have her in my life and look forward to the next time that I can spend time with her. I texted her today and said that I’m continually impressed with the way she reacts and handles things. It’s pretty refreshing to meet someone that’s so understanding.
The world of Six Aspects
More stories from the world of Six Aspects. Again none of these are specifically cannon right now but they might become cannon sometime in the future.
Father and Son
My father was a great man once. I suppose that he still is. I grew up wanting to be just like him, and now I’m getting my chance to lead the rebel army myself. We have been training for a long time, and I’ve been on many campaigns with my old man.
Things are different this time though. I won’t have the safety net that I once had. If I fail then all the things we’ve worked for will be for nothing. He still believes in the cause of freedom, but he has grown to old to do much more. It’s our turn now to take up the mantle and fight for what we believe in.
The ruling government has continually pushed policies to control the population. The people have to produce food and work for the good over everyone. That’s what they say at least. We are the few, living on the outskirts of civilization. I believe the people want to be free, just like my father who came before me.
This cause of freedom means everything to us. I expect there will be a lot of bloodshed, and there will be situations in which the decisions I will have to make will not be good or bad, they will be bad decision or worse decision. My father will still be involved in training the troops, but I will be on the front lines. I have to be successful, for my family, and for my people.