UnEarthed

Greetings friends,

Haven't written anything for a while here, hope everyone is well! I'll try to keep this short. I took a two week vacation. Traveled, so didn't have an opportunity to work on the game, but I did finish up some stuff before I took the vacation. Phase 1 of my game is actually completed now. I probably should note what each phase has to give you guys an idea of the progress:

Phase 1 - Systems Completed (item, inventory, crafting, combat, skills, save/load, etc)
Phase 2 - Add content (story, quests, skills, more items, etc)
Phase 3 - Polish and balance (particle effects, shader effects, final sprites, UI update, etc)

Phew... about 2.5 months of work on the core systems, 50k+ lines of code, and a few hundred hours I think? To be honest, I think adding the content is going to be a lot harder for me. I don't have it planned out in my head like I did with the systems... Systems are easier for me since I have to look at backend logic everyday at work.

Estimations for the remaining phases? Maybe 3 months each, probably more, so this game might be completed in about half a year minimum, assuming I stick with the momentum I have. I do have some problems and concerns though, top one being the fact that I am not as motivated to work on adding content. It isn't as fun as coding the systems.... Also, I need to procure better sprites. Tried contacting the guy who made these time fantasy sprites but never got a reply, so I might end up learning/trying it on my own, it's gonna look icky.

So yeah, that's it. Currently working on adding the rest of the content. Making a story board, writing out what quests I should have, etc. I don't have any experience with this. It's a lot of documentation work right now, looking to finish this in the next week or so (hopefully!) before I start coding again. Gotta make this fun, keep up the good mindset so I don't end up getting that burnout that seems to happen to a lot of other game devs!

And finally, a blog should have some visuals, so here you go!

Environmental:


Fast Travel:


Monster House:


Upgrade Items:



That's it for now folks. Hope you all have a good day.
-Phantasma

p.s. - Demo? When? Doesn't seem like there is enough interest/content yet though, might not be worth making a demo build atm. Might wait until there is a little more polish done first :D