Dead Alert

Devlog

• #16 | 14-09-24 | Postmortem Addendum
  September 15, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello. It's been a few days since I decided to end the project and wrote my postmortem. This addendum will cover a few more thoughts I've had since then. During the development of "Dead Alert" and " H... Continue reading
• #15 | 11-09-24 | Postmortem
  September 11, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello. I am ending this project for a variety of reasons. This log will cover what went right, what went wrong, and what I've learned. Like all my previous projects, this one has served it's purpose i... Continue reading
• #14 | 06-09-24 | PSA
  September 06, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello. My summer vacation has ended and I'm back in school full time. Because of this, I won't be able to work on this project much, if at all. My weekends are taken up by part-time work as well to fu... Continue reading
• #13 | 26-8-24 | Code Modularity
  August 27, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Progress on this project has stagnated. I intend to change that while I'm still on summer vacation, only one more week. Now, onto today's subject. I got stuck on the idea I should make my spawn... Continue reading

  
• #12 | 24-08-24 | Larger Map
  August 24, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Over the last few days, I haven't made much progress. I attempted to make the wave spawning mechanic modular with scriptable objects, but that didn't work. An option I've been considering is cr... Continue reading

  
• #11 | 20-08-24 | Beta Plan
  August 20, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! This log will cover the plan for the beta version of the game. I've decided to include unique damage models / variables in the beta version. It only makes sense that if I'm going to create diff... Continue reading

  
• #10 | 19-08-24 | Alpha Build
  August 20, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! I have finished the alpha build of the game and it's ready for testing. Linked here is the feedback form and attached to this devlog will be the zip containing the game. I've also updated the G... Continue reading

  
• #9 | 18-08-24 | Wave System
  August 19, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! The main task of the last two days has been creating the wave spawning system. I've been beating my head against this challenge relentlessly. In order to create the wave spawning mechanic, I ha... Continue reading

  
• #8 | 16-08-24 | Shop System
  August 16, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! After the last devlog, I decided to build the shop and health/ammo counters right away rather than build them after receiving feedback and spreading the work over a few days. This log will go o... Continue reading

  
• #7 | 15-08-24 | MVP Build & Planning
  August 15, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Today marks the launch of the MVP build of Dead Alert. Attached to this log will be a zip file containing this version. I would greatly appreciate if those would test and leave feed back, linke... Continue reading

  
• #6 | 14-08-24 | Health & UI
  August 14, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Today's task was organizing and creating more UI elements. I also decided to add a health counter and have updated the GDD to reflect these changes. All these extra features I've included in th... Continue reading

  
• #5 | 13-08-24 | Counters
  August 14, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Today's task is creating the time counter. At the suggestion of my coworker, I've decided to include a kill counter (which Breaking Dead has). I've updated the GDD to reflect this change. Build... Continue reading

  
• #4 | 13-08-24 | Enemy AI
  August 14, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Today's task was creating the enemy spawning and movement/pathfinding AI. I also made some changes to the game design document. I want the MVP to be passable as a game itself with the alpha and... Continue reading

  
• #3 | 13-08-24 | Collision & Graphics
  August 13, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Today's task was setting up collision and basic graphics. I used tile maps to create a placeholder map. The graphics are very barebones. Flat colors will suffice until I create better ones or p... Continue reading

  
• #2 | 13-08-24 | Player Controller
  August 13, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! Today's task was creating the player controller. I reused the shooting code from "Hit That Target!" as a base. I'll modify it as needed. For the movement system, I created it with help of a tut... Continue reading

  
• #1 | 12-08-24 | Game Plan
  August 13, 2024 by Ice Diamond Studio

  Hello! This devlog marks the beginning of a new project, Dead Alert. Inspired by Operation Breaking Dead in the game Enlisted , this game will try to replicate parts of that in 2D form. This will be a... Continue reading