Game is now at the point where a menu and save/load system is needed to record and keep track of progress. Hardest part is fighting with JSON which is a computer-friendly format for reading and writing to but a pain to work with yourself. Make sure you count all these curly braces and indentations correctly or you’ll have a one-way ticket to JSON hell. So far it’s about halfway there, saving is done and working but loading will still need a bit more work.
Art for the second map is also being worked on, a few more tweaks and I should have two decent-looking levels to play on.
Some of the highlights:
- Added main menu
- Adding save/load system
- Reworked tilesets to fit the game world more
Game of the Week
Running with Rifles is a top-down military shooter where the gameplay consists of running forwarding, shooting a guy, dying, and respawning until the round ends 20 minutes later. That doesn’t mean it isn’t fun though, as there’s a whole in-game economy and leveling system which I don’t really see a point in getting involved in. It’s like if Red Orchestra didn’t take itself too seriously. Overall it’s pretty fun.
