BSDDoD! Reborn in 2014

The time to do this game has come.  So it’s gonna be done right.  No more Torque2D, Slick, or other homegrown from the ground, unproven frameworks.  Time to do it in something that’s got support, community, a track record and a workflow.  Aka Unity.  And while we’re at it, let’s make it 3D, physics enabled and extensible by the user to add new rooms to the pool of maze chambers.

And let’s do it as part of this year’s OneGameAMonth Challenge to keep focused.

Oh and a list… let’s do a milestone list:

• Milestone 1 – Single Room – boxes
  • Generate Room From Map File
  • Player Spawns
  • Move Player
  • Player Shoots
  • Monsters spawn in increasing waves
  • Monsters Move toward player
  • Monsters Kill player
  • Shots Kill Monsters
  • Monsters Drop Items (coins for now)
• Milestone 2 – Maze Generation, Enemy Waves, alt fire
  • Basic level editor
  • Single path maze generated
  • Rooms have a level and determine waves spawned.
• Milestone 3 – Powerups and Loot
  • Player attributes, health (shields?), Speed, Damage, Rate of Fire, second power manna
• Milestone 4 – A wizard
• Milestone 5 – Creatures – ? Alpha ?
• Milestone 6 – Menu and Starting area
• Milestone 7 – Decor and Juicify
• Milestone 8 – More Monsters
• Milestone 9 – Music and Sound
• Milestone 10 – Weapons and Karma unlockables framework
• Milestone 11 – Title Screen, High Score – Names of the dead?
• Milestone 12 – Beautification of textures and new textures/models for deeper levels?