{"id":3387,"date":"2020-04-26T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T09:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tinywarsgame.com\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:58:02","slug":"tinywars-april-2020-planning-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tinywarsgame.com\/tinywars-april-2020-planning-update\/","title":{"rendered":"TinyWars April 2020 Planning Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2020 Development Update Report:<\/strong> Progress made on the first world design, new music acquisitions, and planing for the first cutscene of the game.<\/p>\n

UX Flow for the First World<\/h2>\n

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As discussed previously, the overview of the first world needed to be drawn out, we were previously missing the housing area (right side).<\/p>\n

The first world is designed to be very interactive, fun, and involved. However, I can not stress enough that most of the exploration here is completely optional.<\/p>\n

My Goal<\/h2>\n

Since much of the world exploration is optional, there are a lot of details and lore that might be skipped over if the player chooses to pass.<\/p>\n

My goal is to make the world so interesting and rewarding to explore that the player will do so out of their own fruition instead of being forced to do this in order to progress through the game.<\/p>\n

What’s Left?<\/h1>\n

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In order for the first world to be completed, we still need to do the interiors of these houses. The plan is to generate this through the game in an efficient way which doesn’t look boring, but this also depends on how complex and detailed the interiors need to be.<\/p>\n

We are still trying to figure out the best way to make it detailed without having to hand draw every single house interior which will limit our time and creativity in the long run.<\/p>\n

The Actual Levels<\/h5>\n

Of course, perhaps many already forgot that this is a tower defense game, and the actual levels need to also be designed!<\/p>\n

So far, there is only 5 levels planned for the primary tower defense story.<\/p>\n

There are plans for various side missions and optional levels, but these have not yet come close to the radios of my focus right now.<\/p>\n

Gameplay Transformation<\/h1>\n

Back in 2015, when I had no idea what I was going to get myself into, this is what the game looked like:<\/p>\n

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As you can tell, even in the early days, I wanted to have a good outdoors presence by adding in light rays.<\/p>\n

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Lighting is everything! \ud83e\udd17 pic.twitter.com\/bqW3vWEzL6<\/a><\/p>\n

— TinyWars (@TinyWarsGame) July 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n