Honest Dan's Last Stand

Devlog

• Quick Update
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#update, #gamejam, #krassjam

  A fellow streamer in the Twitch Game Dev community decided to host a gamejam this weekend. So I’ve taken a few days off to work on this, feel free to pop by to my channel and see how I’m getting... Continue reading
• How to play - Showcase of the prototype
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#prototype, #tower defence, #puzzle, #how to play, #guide

  If you were planning on trying out the prototype, it may be wise to check out this video first - as there are no tutorials or hints on how to play!... Continue reading
• Day 10 - Prototype Done!
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#prototype, #puzzle, #hybrid, #towerdefence

  Ahhh it’s been quite a lot of effort, and a lot of hours, but the game prototype is done! Not sure how I thought I’d be able to get it all done yesterday, I barely even finished today. The final a... Continue reading

  
• Day 9 - Special Abilities
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#turret, #puzzle, #defence, #hybrid, #prototype

  I had hoped to finish the prototype today, after setting out an ambitious to-do list that looked like this: Implement all the special abilities on the Base Defence game Allow turret to target tiles an... Continue reading

  
• Day 8 - An Orc Massacre
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#vector math, #simple ai, #defence, #tower, #puzzle

  Today was an important day in history. No, it wasn’t due to the hours lost in bugs or vector maths. It was the addition of a self defence system to the base! The turret mechanics has begun, and it w... Continue reading

  
• Day 7 - Designing the Base Defence & Implementing an Enemy Manager
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#tower defence, #turret, #lane, #puzzle, #prototype

  So, lets start with the fun bit! Enemies spawn, attack, and can be killed! Unforuntatley I haven’t got round to getting the turret implemented, so for now I will just enjoy squishing on them with th... Continue reading

  
• Day 6 - Enter the Orcs
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#tower defence, #prototype, #match3, #puzzle

  So I am still behind schedule, but progress is good! Had a long day working on things today, streamed for an unhealthy 15 hours so.. yeah! The main changes then: The special abilities in matched chain... Continue reading

  
• Day 5: Over-schedule! But added prettiness, bug fixes and scoring!
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#puzzle, #tweening, #bugs, #prototype

  The days go fast!! It’s a little disappointing I’m already a day over my scheduled time-table - but I am enjoying and everything I’ve done has been worthwhile. I just have concerns about the len... Continue reading

  
• Day 4 - Visual Feedback
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#puzzle, #prototype, #rules of game, #design

  Today was a day of adding visual feedback to the game. This process took a little restructuring of the main update loop. The end result is great, it is now possible for the player to track what happen... Continue reading

  
• Day 3 - Drop the... tiles
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#prototype, #puzzle, #match3

  Today I wasn’t able to spend as long as hoped working on the development of Honest Dan’s Last Stand! However, some great progress was made and I’m looking forward to making more progress tomorro... Continue reading

  
• Day 2 - Prototyping
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#puzzle, #2d array, #match3, #prototype

  So I didn’t quite finish the game design document it turned out. The ideas and concepts had been decided on, though I had not designed any algorithms or class structures in order to structure and im... Continue reading

  
• Day 1 - Dreaming it up
  November 21, 2017 by HonestDan#GDD, #game design document, #planning

  I had to wait 2 hours for my car to get some work done on it. I decided to think up a new project to work on to expand on my current understanding of Unity and C#. Something small. A puzzle game. A ga... Continue reading