Wednesday, 31 August 2016

D.va Dash Version 1.1! Project Conclusion.

Play here!
http://tinyurl.com/DvaDash
Note: You can save the webpage to your homescreen via the Chrome browser by opening the options menu and choosing 'Add to Home screen' unfortunately you still need a internet connection to access it.




Patch Notes:
Added:
-Tire explosion animation and sound when destroyed.
-Sound on coin pickup.
-Updated pause menu.
-End game screen on death.
-Additional sound effects.
-Tweaked platform spawn. The player should now always have a reachable platform to jump on.
-Added doors in the background.

Known Issues:
-Main Menu music does not play on mobile devices.
-Can still 'fire' when game is in a paused state.
-Sound lag (Mobile only)
-Sound Effect of 'Are you even trying?' plays only after restarting the game, and not when the end game screen appears like it should. (Mobile only)

Project Summary and Conclusion.
D.Va Dash started off as a small project I started playing around in with in the Construct 2 Engine. Its my first game in this engine and also the first time I have done any 2D art or animation. So I feel just for a little game to waste a few minutes on it came out really well!

I feel the gameplay is simple yet engaging enough for a good few replays in one play session due to the random placement of the platforms, coins and tires, especially after tweaking how the platforms spawn. With the tweak, I also feel the slowness of the gameplay has been fixed as there is much more going on now.

I have lots of ideas on how this game could be extended further. More art, more gameplay elements, different events that happen when the player reaches a certain score, etc etc but as this was only meant to be a mini project its taken up more time than I expected for a 2 week game. I am eager to return to developing Anti Grav Racing. I also would love for it to be a standalone app rather than a HTML5 webpage, but as I have no experience in HTML or Android programming I think I will struggle creating this. HTML5 to Android APK converters I have used haven't been very successful (No music, black screen) but I will keep an eye out incase I do find a away to make it standalone, as I would love to.

I really enjoyed working on this mini project! It was fun to make a fan game of an actual game I love to play, and I might share it with the Overwatch Reddit page to see if people like it!

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