Devlog #16 ESCAPE TO THE MENU!!

What’s been done:

In this devlog, I made a menu so you can finally UNDERSTAND WHATS GOING ON AND HOW TO PLAY WOAHHHH . Other than that there is nothing else much really. The methods I used for it was ultiizng the awaitingcontrols variable I had for each character in the scene to freeze them when the menu was
pressed so the game would freeze. Also I made it so that its harder to hit the Ghost of Khan since the stun was too op, I might add it back though.

Github Commits:

• made ghost of khan harder (b1bcfd0)
• Revert “made ghost of khan harder” (a3e6451)
• made menu (72a587e)

MINOR CHANGE DEVLOG #1:

Whats been done:

As you can see the title seems different, you might be wondering what is this? This is a short devlog which will count for small things that doesnt really impact much. In this devlog, I removed the stunned temporarily to see how it will affect gameplay for others. Also fixed the you win scene not popping up.

Devlog #15: UP CLOSE 1v1 SITUATION!!

What has been done:

In this devlog, I have added another attack which is the melee attack for the Ghost of Khan, the core features is now implemented and it deals major damage if hit!! In the next update, I will make it so that the Ghost of Khan is more intelligent with when he slashes as because it is predictably always going to attack around the edge of the screen.

Devlog #14: GHOST OF KHAN ATTACKS!!!:

What has been done:

In this update, I have added another attack for the Ghost of Khan which is the Melee Attack. I also made it so that when the Ghost of Khan gets hit, he gets stunned for less, from 0.5 seconds to 0.2 seconds. Finally I made it so that the Ghost of Khan doesn’t flip again when next to the bouncer (boundaries for the boss) so that he doesn’t phase outside of boundary realms.

Github Commits:

• lowered the volume of boss fight music (e3c6047)

• Ghost of Khan Updates (c3ba7f8)

Devlog #13: BIGGER AND BETTER!

What’s been done:

In this devlog, I have made it so that the attack for the falling katana arrows from Ghost Of Khan now does less damage. Also, I have made Rai (the MC) bigger by 1.25x! So now he is more visually easier to see. And finally there is a splash screen with the company that made it which is called Everest Studios

Devlog #12: WEAVING THE OPPS!!

What has been done:

Right now, I am currently working on rehauling the code for the Ghost of Khan, I realized its buggy because it is not organized. This will be part one of changing the behavior of the Ghost of Khan, making it more difficult, and making it more understandable when and where to hit. I made it so when the G.O.K (Ghost of Khan) gets hit too much, it starts to weave a bunch of times before running so the player gets off balance. This is to ensure there is no stun locking like some of my friends and voters told. The weaving is kinda robotic so I will have to tweak the settings but it seems to be working fundementally.

What’s Next?:

Next, I will add more attacks and make it so that there is a progression in the boss fight. so that it goes from easy to hard.

Github Commits:

• more audio (ba5eb9a)
  (This is the commit from last few devlogs ago)

Devlog #11: MORE SOUND!!!

What has been done:

In this update, I have added the other sound effect and also created the sound effect for getting hit and succesful attacking another enemy. I also added sound effects to the corkscrew and dash although they are kinda bad as of now, I will probably remake the sound effects later but they will have to do for now. I noticed that in the boss fight, the dash sound effect plays after which is pretty werid, i think it has something to do with the physics process but that will be for next time!

Devlog #10: THE SOUND OF PUNCHING!!

What has been done:

In this devlog, I added sound effects for the punching animation (default punch) and coded in a basic sound file management system that will use the sfx_library variable to store all variations of audio files. I also made a function called soundEffects() that when called, plays the request audio file through an argument (variable) called action, which is a string with the action/attack you want to do. All of this is to achieve an effect for the player in which they can understand when the hit registers while making it more compelling to play as the sounds make the game more fun!

What’s next?:

After this devlog, I will finish making the rest of the sound effects and start to apply them to this system which I have created. The dodge sfx, hit sfx, kick sfx, etc.

Devlog #9: YOU CAN WALK!!

What has been fixed:

Regarding last devlog, **The walking animation is now working**! The reason why it wasn’t working was because in the code, it was factored so that the move_and_slide() function would only react to the move velocity.x towards zero. Which was why the character was moving but the system said it wasn’t. So I refactored it and implemented some variables and now he walks when you walk!

What’s Next?:

Regarding suggestions from past ships, I will now start working on implementing more attacks from the Ghost of Khan and work on sound effects and mechanics as that’s what everybody mutually agreed on during the votes.

Devlog # 8

What I have Done So far:

In this devlog, I have ** implemented the walking animation** into the game so now it doesnt look like Rai is just floating everywhere with no proplusion whats so ever. It works which is good, but it only works after the dash . Looking at this, I will have to overhaul the input system and edo everything. That will be the next devlog.

Devlog # 7 OH YEAHHHHH

What I have Done So far:

This devlog, I realized that people praise you when you have a really good looking devlog so I will puruse to make more better looking devlogs. Disregarding that, in this devlog, I added **World Boundaries** so the player can’t just walk off the map, and also added **Sound Effects** to the Ghost Of Khan’s horse so it sounds like an actual hourse actually running!!

Github Commits Thus Far

• added a git lfs so i can push (a11fbd3)
• added background and start screen and audio (ad3f576)

I AM WORKING ON THE START SCREEN MENU AND GAMEPLAY MENU BUT ITS NOT IN THIS DEVLOG OR THIS SHIPMENT
In this devlog, I have worked on the start screen to have more information as to why you fighting a person named Ghost of Khan. I have uploaded the more simplified start screen on the page. The background for the fight was uhauled and I added boss fight music which is slowed down Mongolian throat signing music. I made it so that you can combo and do a corkscrew in the air which is done by doing left right left right with the a and d key in the air. In the next devlog, I will plan on finalizing the start screen and making it look more neater and more true to ancient style of art and also make the mechanics of the game more better.

WOAH, ANOTHER DEVLOG!!
This devlog, I’ve pretty much done some asthethic things that people seemed to dislike or not understand. I’ve updated the animation so it makes a little bit more sense as to why the MC (Rai) is fighting some random Ghost of Khan. And also gives into insight of his past before his recokning and new beggings; his prolouge before the main story. I’ve also deleted the animators written notes as I realized that I competely forgot to take them out so people thought they were supposed to read it for the storyline. WHICH YOU DONT LMAO. Looking at the animation so far, I think I will have to make it more slower as it seems to be rushed. And also animate more stuff in.

Rai can finally RUN!!! And Ghost Of Khan’s animation is now in progress!
This devlog, I finished the animation for the walk and run animation (although might make run more powerful in terms of arm swings and leg swings) and also started on creating more attack animations for the Ghost Of Khan boss fight as right now, he can only shoot katana projectilles from the sky to deal damage which doesn’t require technique to dodge, rather movement by going left and right. The timelapse of the animation and finished results is attached to the bottom

Devlog #3:
After shipping version #1, I’ve gained lots of good feedback from the people that have voted and for that I am very thankful. Right now, I am working on perfecting the animation and making the run animation so the movement feels more snappier. It is currently in rough animation right now. I will continute to work on making animations for each action and then after, start making movement snappier.

Devlog #2:
This marks my second devlog!! So far what I have done is created a skip timer so it doesnt skip the start scene right away. APPRICATE DA ANIMATION!!! Also, the boss fight now can attack you through arrows which can kill you within 3 hits if not careful. Also, the player can lose and win now. The game is almost done for playtesting and I hope that the people testing will enjoy!

Artwork: https://lapse.hackclub.com/user/@hkshrestha621 the lapses on my account shows everything I have done up untill this point. I used Procreate, and Rough Animator to code all of my work. All artwork will be drawn by hand. The insparation came from Cuphead and Hollow Knight but I am trying to the style of artwork so that it depicts ancient artwork styles, although right now it doesnt reflect that as much. The level backgrounds themselves are images from the internet that can be used for free. However I plan to acutally make backgrounds for the game soon.

Scenes and Boss Fights: I have coded the basic functions of the boss fight, the starting level, and the tutorial level. So far, the boss fight is almost fleshed out with the only thing I need to add being the attacks drawn out in lapse. The starting level has the enemy added already but the core functions are still being coded as of now. The start screen has been coded in but I still need to finalize the animations and the skip scene buttons.

Game Mechanisms: The dash feature has been added, and the basic movement has been coded in. Im currently coding in a combo mechanism that will be added into the next devlog. I have to animate the actual movement animations now but for now its a temporary sprite depecting each action.