Jam Devlog

Hour 24:

• Convert the PK01 texturepack into a tileset with way too many unplanned alterations.

• Design the map in Tiled with too high guard visual range, too few computers, and space for doors which I had no time to implement.

Hour 25:

• First line of code, first commit.

Hour 27:

• Finish the Title screen.

Hour 28:

• Add the Info screen.
• Add a placeholder Menu screen.

Hour 30:

• Load the map.
• Add the playable player character with a non-final sprite.

Hour 40:

• Adapt the top-down-sci-fi-shooter-characters and accidentally use a different enemy sprite than originally planned.
• Illuminate the sprites in Sprite Illuminator.

Hour 43:

• Add footstep sound effects to hint when the player hits the wall while being invisible.
• Mix the 4 sounds into a single sequence and constanly loop it but only unmute it when the player is not hitting the wall.

Hour 44:

• Add fail condition and auto saves.

Hour 48:

• Add money and exit with barebones UI and sprites, without win condition and victory screen.

Hour 49:

• Throw in the alpha tester, realize that only I know the map, and the player can't even see the bottom side of a corridor from the top side of it, also the guards see the player before the player sees them.

Hour 49 Minute 30:

• Add free camera movement.

Hour 49 Minute 36:

• Add win screen.

Hour 49 Minute 50:

• Publish the game.
• Retest.

Hour 49 Minute 51:

• Review the extra challenges and realize that the Flawless Victory would be easy to implement.

Hour 49 Minute 53:

• Add the Flawless Performance achievement to the Win Screen.

Hour 49 Minute 54:

• Speed run the game in 95 seconds and publish it again, pray that it won't broke the whole game.

Hour 49 Minute 56:

• Speed run the published game to validate it's not broken.

Hour 50 Minute 1:

• Finish the published game with Flawless Performance.
• Realize that returning to the menu from the Win Screen is broken.

Hour 50 Minute 2:

• Celebrate!