Asylum – Ascent from Madness
Asylum Dev Diary 78
May 31, 2019Following on from yesterdays update I’ve added in a lot of environmental additions today. The generator now makes a nice hum when it’s on and I’ve added a start up and shutdown sound as well. There’s also now an electrical sparking noise. And I’ve finally added in a second walk sound for when the player… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 77
May 30, 2019The last 2 days I’ve been continuing the work on the main basement quest line. This is now complete. As previously mentioned it involved quite a few different stages that the player needs to complete in order to potentially restore lighting to the building. One of the ‘issues’ with GMS2 is that instance numbers can… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 76
May 27, 2019It’s been a while, I know. The part of the game I’m currently working on involves a lot of very complicated sequences. The player has to do about 5 different things in a relatively set order and for each of those elements I have to save the state in case the player fails, quits or… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 75
May 6, 2019For the last couple of weeks I’ve been putting in to place the start of what is quite a complex series of events. There is a section of the game where the environment is flooding. This is triggered invisibly by the player (to ensure the character is in the right place at the right time).… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 74
April 22, 2019The Easter weekend has allowed me to spend a little extra time developing Asylum, and I’ve made some big progress. The Game Over screen is now in and set up for the 2 possible deaths at the moment. I needed to set this up because I had reached a point in the basement development that… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 73
April 7, 2019I’ve been hard at work putting together a host of new sprite elements for Asylum over the last few weeks. As I previously mentioned I would avoid posting whilst adding nothing but sprites but I still want to check in every now and then with an update. Progress is still being made 🙂 So, over… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 72
March 24, 2019The first confrontation with the police is supposed to result in the player escaping into the basement. Because of this the police need to be persuaded to stop their pursuit. So, I revised the sequence so that once the player is down in the basement other things take place to remove the heat from Jack… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 71 – Mechanical Pipes III
March 10, 2019This week I completed the work on the mechanical pipes. I’ve vastly improved the shadows and they are looking great – really selling the idea that they are above the player. As I previously mentioned the pipes are critically important in the basement; they are used to guide the player in the complex maze like… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 70 – Mechanical Pipes II
March 3, 2019Sometimes it’s the simplest of things that cause so much trouble. In a top down game everything is pretty much flat in the focal depth department. All objects and walls are in focus. The trouble is when you want to have something that is clearly overhead – if that too is in sharp focus it… [Read More]
Asylum Dev Diary 69 – Mechanical Pipes
February 24, 2019After a few false starts this year I’ve managed to get a decent amount of progress this week on the basement area. The one important aspect of the basement is the mechanical pipes that criss-cross around the level. These aren’t just for show, they are important indicators for the player to follow and deal with.… [Read More]