Hello! Our game is available for download to play for Windows and Mac!! Please write any comments whether you’re going to be nice or critical. 

Honestly, I (shunao) learned a lot from working on this, especially with a group of people who I have never worked with, and also working with a team where we weren’t able to see how each person was working. A few things to note:

• As the lead, I did rather poorly as I was unable to work on ¼ of the two months because I had to travel overseas and unable to work alongside my team due to little to no internet connection and social media.
• Since communication, generally, wasn’t very good. Even though we Skype’d mostly everyday and kept each other up to date on what we did, we weren’t able to do fixes and changes quickly or see how things looked in game until much later.
• Overstepped my boundaries on what I could do.
  
• Background art and tiles were rushed. Neither of those are of my strong points and I personally wished I did not put all the art assets into my hands.
• The thought was that the game was to be short and arcade-y, where there are check points, three lives (after health is depleted), and no save points. 
• The game was made within 2 months (not including the extension since we didn’t realize it).

backgrounds for the game!

Back on track and another log posted! Very minimal stuff this time, but the most important thing to read the the programmer’s section!!

Sprite Art:

Literally did nothing this week. I still need to complete King Victor’s sprites, but main thing I’m going to work on is tiles and backgrounds. I said that for like three weeks now lol;;;;

Bust Art:

Naso is completely finished. This section will be removed in future logs.

Programming:

Jake completed the second level’s enemy’s and Katrina’s AI working! The opening cutscene is still in the works (mainly with SFX still needed), but he got all the cutscenes for level 2 completed. 

I believe level 2 and level three should be completed (forgot to say thanks to Alan for working on them!), so the only thing left necessary is putting on nice backgrounds and tiles so it’s not just a blue background with white flooring, ahaha ;;;

Music:

Laryssa has yet to let me know her situation even after I messaged her, but I think things are going well (seeing as the google folder has been updated)! 

Our SFX guy, Jesse, has completed making clashing noises, but it’s been a bit slow. As long as the minimal assets are done, that’s all I’m hoping for!

I think when the team realized there was another month to go, work has slowed down drastically. We’re all busy, so I can’t blame anyone (seeing as I literally did nothing!!), but I hope something clean would be able to come out of this, but that’s mainly my issue cause I’m the sprite artist. No images because no artist did anything this week (Naso’s done, but I already showed all the characters).

Thanks for reading!

- Lyn // shunao

Character Profiles are now Added!

There is a “Characters” link on the right side of the window where you can now read the profiles of each character!

Will apologize ahead of time for my english and if there are any typos!!

Fourth week is over! The pace kind of slowed down for everyone due to a lot of things happening the end of September and beginning of October for everyone. Nonetheless, we still have to work so we are all getting through these the best we can!

Sprite Art:

I completed most of Katrina’s sprites for the second boss battle and most likely going to get her finished and then start on King Victor. I was going to make new sprite designs for the soldiers within the castle and in the throne room, but due to my schedule, I believe just color-coding the soldiers is the best way to go for me. 

Bust Art:

Naso finished working on everyone’s bust art and I’m very happy to be able to work with such a wonderful artist! I’m very proud with how Katrina came out in her style since she is very beautiful … and Naso draws very beautiful ladies. The busts above are of Katrina and King Victor, the bosses you run into in the castle and the throne room, respectfully. Bust art complete for sure! Naso so good. Please check out her works~!!

Programming:

Guess what, we finally got some level designs in! I have yet to do tiles … level one was completed in a day, and I think level two is now being worked on. Level designing isn’t too hard since the game isn’t heavy on the player to know how to platform. Will say that level one and level three are fairly easy, given how short the game is and not very complex the character movements are, but level two will be bigger and take a longer time because you are within the castle. I think right now Jake is working on putting Katrina’s boss fight. Very excited! I’m just painfully slow …

Music:

Laryssa was moving out this week so she didn’t work on anything, but we got lots of time so it’s nothing to stress out on. Thankfully, she found us an SFX person so we’re getting sound effects done!

I kind of wish I was able to watch the programmers do their job so it’d be easier for everyone to tell each other what is going on and what to do, but I think we’re doing quite well, especially since we all are new at working with each other. Although our pace is kind of rickety at this point, we’re still hoping to get it cleaned up by the end of October.

Thanks for reading!

- Lyn // shunao

Whoa, hey! It’s our title!!

Third week complete! I was busy with a convention over the weekend, so my side of the work has been minimal, but I gotta say my teammates put in a lot of work!! Many thanks to them while I was gone.

This log will be a lot about Phineas, the first boss you run into the game!

Sprite Art:

This weekend I had a convention so I was unable to complete a lot of work on the second half of the week. I completed idle and attack animations for Katrina. I think that’s about all I did for sprites, at least.

Bust Art:

Since I completed Phineas’s and Katrina’s sprite sheet the day before I left for con, I wasn’t thinking too much on how much Naso would complete, but, well, she completed Phineas and already drafted Katrina and King Victor! Although she says she’s just working at her own pace and I am being a bit lenient, I think she’s doing a very reliable job~ Glad she’s part of the team! The above image is the derpy reference sheet I sent to her, and she puts out something great like this!! 

Programming:

Jake got AI working well and also added in the first boss, Phineas! Since I completed his sprites last week, our programmer got him implemented this time. I also worked on dialogue before I left, so I asked Jake to work on that while I was gone. Seems like everything is going smoothly, but we’re a bit behind on the programming because tiles and level designing has yet to happen. Also that I’m a bit behind on sprites now due to my half-week of working on the game jam.

Music:

Laryssa is now finalizing most of the songs, while the last level and boss fight themes are still in v2-v3. I gave her the option to make a main theme song for the game since it’d be nice to have a track that would show the progress of the game. While I was off and just thinking she’d continue mixing the music we had, she made a song that is now available to listen to! If you haven’t heard it yet, please check it out!!

Thanks for reading!

- Lyn // shunao

The main theme of our game is complete!

A little word from our musician, Laryssa, on making this:

I tried to incorporate several elements from the various themes throughout, pulling little motivic/melodic ideas here and there. Overall, I wanted a very ‘heroic journey’ kind of feeling, with big moments of impact, some [build-up] to feel like you’re progressing through levels or time, with a sweeter, more emotional section to show Ellyn’s motivations.

This will be played on the title screen! Hope you enjoy!!

Hey there! Second week of game jamming is over and another log is written. This week felt a little slower, but nonetheless I believe we’re still right on track … for art at least. Will say now that there is literally no levels designed yet because I haven’t gotten to that at all.

Sprite Art:

I felt like I was working pretty slowly on the sprites, but I completed two sets yesterday during a drawstream. The first enemies Ellyn runs into have been completed! Phineas, the first boss, was also completed, albeit easily, since his sprites are more or less the same as the first enemy (except you can see his face, whoowhee!). I started working on King Victor’s 

Bust Art:

Naso has been working at a good pace to bring out waist-up images of the characters! They finished Ellyn, redrew Clover, and started drafting Rowen. I got King Victor’s reference sheet for her this week as well and hoping next week I’ll get Katrina and Phineas’s done. The bust up top are created by naso!!

Programming:

Jake has been having trouble with AI, but it’s one of the harder things to program into a game. Hoping maybe by next week it’ll be worked out and levels will be added in. I realize I need to start working on dialogue and cutscenes as well … maybe should have done that earlier, whoops! Guess my next week with Jake is going to be super packed.

Music:

Laryssa has gotten v.1 WIPs of all the songs at the moment. A lot still needs fine-tuning, but she realized some mistakes she made. Since we’re now going towards the right direction of how I wanted the music, everything should be smooth sail from here with music! If you haven’t listened to the WIP of one of the battle themes she made, check it out here!!

Thanks for reading!

- Lyn // shunao

Hey there! 

Here’s a work-in-progress of one of the music in the game!! This song plays when you begin your battle against Katrina, the head captain, confedant, and someone Ellyn looks up to as a mother-figure. 

Give it a listen! Enjoy!!