Chuggin' Through

Design team is moving really quick. This week development for the design team has been pretty fast paced, with us generating content as quickly as possible. We are currently pushing through our 2nd ward, and are about to begin work on the 3rd ward's levels. Because our book development being more about designing mechanics and then giving them context, it has been easy to move them around, which is what we have been doing with the 3rd ward. While an idea may have spawned from a pirate element, because it is primarily a mechanic, it is easy for us to give it an alternative context to use in another part of the game. What was initially a rum book, can just as easily be put to use as a poisonous flower. The flexibility of the team has allowed us to be more effective, which is only helping us. I'm hopeful that we can be content set in a couple of Sprints so that we may entirely focus on polish.

Elsewhere, the team seems to be moving along well. The art team is knocking things out as they come up, with assets being built as fast as we can ask for them. Animations are coming along, with many of the character ones being, at least in my mind, complete. I particularly love the hat bob of the running animation, as it gives the little cute touches that our game thrives from. Our pirate assets are bright and fitting of a summer beach, which gives a surprising amount of life to our previously dark environments. I, personally, can't wait to see what they will cook up next.

As usual with the tech team, they are ever moving forward, knocking out bugs one-by-one. Features are being implemented and the next set of books will be the next thing tackled. It's beginning to be almost difficult to predict when things will be finished by, as it seems every week we move twice or three times as fast as last semester. Things that previously would have needed countless hours are being whipped out in no time at all. It's an encouraging place to be in, and I couldn't be more proud of the team. To top it all off, we received an incredible offer a couple of days ago that I will be exploring today. If we goes as we hope it will, it will be the cap to an incredibly productive week.