i've been doing some thinking about the upgrade system in the game.

right now when investing in the locations, there's no connection made with the owners or townspeople. you just pay money and it's all very sterile "here's $50 now hire a bartender".

what i want to do, and it will take a lot more work, is have hidden quests and interactions that engage you with the community and environment to improve the locations.

one simple example where i can employ this - right now the taxi crashes into your house and you can pay the driver to get it fixed so you can get rides. what would be better is having the player find a tire and roll it across town to the driver. maybe while doing so you meet someone at the tire pile and get something cool or learn their story

there are tons of opportunities for this and it would make the game so much better. it's gotta be done


basically, fuck upgrades

yeah these get buried pretty fast and i forget to mention on twitter this exists

i started redoing the intro of the game. at the end of it, there was a picture of a taxi crashing. i took that out and actually scripted that event. it's way way better.

this gif shows just a fraction of that scene, but it serves to familiarize the player with the town as it drives through


i made a trailer which i'll be able to share pretty soon. here's the track for it in the meantime https://soundcloud.com/tdlk/s3cr37

ty for all the love. i should have some info related to the game's future/release soon, so hold tight

recently i added a system that translates the verbal clues you receive from monsters to a note card you carry. you can toggle it on and off at will



so, if i ask for a clue about the possessed monster and i get "yeah i saw who got possessed. they couldn't fly", it will mark "no" on my note card. this is huge because it saves you from having to remember the clues you've gotten, and you don't have to sort through an ugly list of strings to find the information you want. it's all automatically prioritized and marked on the card for you

the pink security guard silhouette in the bottom right is how many more innocent people you can slap before getting kicked out of that area for the day

i also added a very minimal vignette overlay to the screen to liven up the visuals

dude i love it!

really happy with how the title screen came out. everything moves and breathes and spins

ty ty ty


music music music
https://soundcloud.com/tdlk/break-chest

milo hewed the arcade cabinets from ancient stone

i made a hand written font and it fits so much better than the old one



here's a download link. use it for whatever you want i don't care

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74132074/24_Killers.ttf

ty guys!

@Sarge & DrDerekDoctors - to explain a bit more, those are the monsters that can be possessed, slapped around, questioned, loved, fed, etc..

if you're seeing this devlog for the first time and are wondering what's up, it's a who-dunnit that encourages playful exploration in a town plagued by four miscreant spirits

yesterday i did some reconstructive surgery to make the monsters' features more balanced.

finished the first game in the arcade. it's called BREAK CHEST


you were born from the chest




and the chest will spit out phantoms to make sure you return to it




when you break the chest it destroys all enemies on screen and a random weapon, a pair of legs(speed), or a heart(hp) pops out. you're forced to take whatever the chest gives you

there's no limit to the hearts you can collect, but the chest will make sure you're never too comfortable

started working on the arcade games

ty all

@terri i appreciate the criticism, and i think you're right. others have suggested this too. i've considered it in the past, but thought i could find an existing font that was good enough. i should get around to making one soon

today i've been working on balancing and writing for the security guards at the locations



club - the security guard is pretty chill and will let you slap 3 innocent guests before they kick you out for the day

coffee shop - security guard here is strictly business. they give you a fair two strikes before kicking you out

arcade - security guard is a complete ass and wishes he owned the arcade. if you slap one innocent person, you're kicked out for the day

street - security guard naps way too hard


this is where you want to end up! after finding all the minor spirits, the big bro challenges you and possess someone on the street. there are 24 monsters on the street, and you get three innocent slaps. it's essentially the arcade's difficulty scaled with more mons

slapping the street spirit is how you find out why they're in this weird, restless, non-stop party loop

at each location there are 'investments' you can make that aid you in finding the spirits

the bird plays music, there is coffee shop chatter, and the Java Pro makes noise when making coffee

just finished one of the songs for the club https://soundcloud.com/tdlk/24-killers-moons-landing

hah ty muzz

wrote a song for the coffee shop https://soundcloud.com/tdlk/24-killers-bird-song

the bird plays this for you on request

completely gutted the old coffee shop tiles. here are the new insides of that upside down coffee cup. going to add some large stone cups to hold the flames eventually



the light in the center is where the bird from my game winnose will make a cameo

it is 4am and i'm going to have a lie down

ty guys

i fixed up some of the tiles in your house and migrated the in-game menu to this computer.



the town database program is what it sounds like. you can look at all the regular* monsters in town and see their attributes. *regular as opposed to special npcs that won't ever be possessed e.g. the club owner or taxi driver

the E-DRESSER program replaced the old physical dresser where all your costumes were stored.


it's so much cleaner this way and actually freed up an entire button so i can use it elsewhere for cool stuff

i started my day by picking up a trashcan dog




then i walked down to the beach where i was greeted by a garden hose sea-goddess. she graciously offered to fill my trashcan with water



water is useful for a few things. if you study the end of that gif you'll see one of them

ty zaphos

omg evil crate, what is inside!?

i don't know but it started doing this today



kind of worried. leg monster doesn't seem concerned though