Tony's Next Game - Design Doc

Game Jam #2 Plan

Basic Premise

• take RPG framework from previous game jam, and add action elements
• specifically, a magic system where spell symbols are queued as they are cast, with different symbol combinations resulting in different spells
• scrapping the turn-based battles of my last game, have enemies onscreen with basic AI
• going back to my original source of inspiration, have it be a rogue-like with 9 levels to advance through
• spells are cast via mouse click on screen, with hopefully animations

I think this next game is feasible, especially since I have much of the RPG foundation already laid out. The focus this game jam will be on combat, which I kind of pushed aside during the last game jam.

Development Plan

• Complete idea for magic system/develop the spell selection queue - 1 day (hopefully today)
• Spellcasting via mouse click (sans animation) - 1 day plus outside work
• enemy movement/animation/AI - 2 days*
• Enemy/character interaction with spells/collisions - 2 days*
• Spell animation - 1 day

I'm most worried about the enemy movement and AI, because that will by far the most complex thing I'll be implementing (along with the possibility of implmenting A*). Managing enemy/character interaction on screen will also be a challenge, as well as animations.  For all of these tasks, I'll need to find a way to make them good enough for the game to be fun without having them be too much of a time sink.