Change of plans

I have decided to postpone my original January game to April for now. Mainly because it turned out I had less time left to spend on the game then I hoped and the random nature of the game made it hard to create a smaller version. So instead of delivering a half working prototype I moved that game to April which gives me more time to finish it to my satisfaction.

Space shooter

To not immediately fail the 1GAM challenge I started working on a smaller game for January. The January game is now a sort of space shooter where waves of enemies try to attack your mother ship and you have to defend it. For now I have the basic controls working and a very simple AI. This weekend I will hope to finish  the basics of the game which means adding the following.

Essential:

1. Add mother ship
2. Let some enemies (bombers) go after the mothership and ignore the player
3. Win and gameover conditions
4. Waves of enemies

Nice to have:

1. Smarter enemy Ai
2. Allied ships
3. Improved graphics
4. Mothership, Ally and player ship upgrades
5. Switch to allies ship on player death
6. Point system
7. Different levels