Transcending goals and progress into the second week of the IGMC

Hey everyone!

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and I hope you're as excited as I am for the development of this game. Since the game is still being developed some of you might be thinking what is done? You want to play it as soon as possible, I understand, but I won't be releasing any version of the game until I feel it is polished enough. You don't want to play an unfinished/broken game right? So I'll keep you up to date so that you know exactly when the game is ready. So......

What is done?

Artwork

Currently about 85% of the artwork is done and I will be releasing sneak peaks every two days to keep your interest. Starting off small but the closer it gets to the finish date the more assets you'll see.

This for example is the face of our hero Zyion:

As more things get done, I might come back and edit Zyion some more but as it stands right now this is him. 

Programming

Today was day 1 of programming for me and I have basic movement done and have started on collision checking. As stated in my other post I am using Game Maker Studio to program this game and as a 3 year GML user I can honestly say I learned a lot of new things today. For instance: I figured out that when using the draw function, the screen may draw your desired sprite but as far as Game Maker is concerned the sprite name/number/ect is still the main sprite that you assigned to that object. This took me a while to figure out as my animation end was going based off the index number of my assigned sprite for obj_zyion, even though I was using different animations for running/attacking.

Story update for readers:

Zyion is a member of the Drix tribe. The Drix live in an area known as Melsa, which is about 5 kilometers south of the Kytera Mountains. As a right of passage, when a Drix reaches the age of 18 they are sent to the Kytera Mountains to achieve transcendence and return home to help guard the safety of their village. The success rate of a Drix obtaining transcendence is about 50/50. Those who don't return within two weeks are assumed to be dead and the village mourns their loss. Zyion's brother never returned from the Kytera mountains two years ago. While Zyion expresses it differently, he wonders if he will be able to complete the task that his brother could not.

That's all for today! Await for the next post Wednesday. Also don't be afraid to comment down below, I'll answer any questions you have and also I am looking for feedback as well. Anyway, till Wednesday!