First time coding in Unity! Not gonna lie, it was pretty brutal in the beginning. I don’t have a background in coding so it was a lot of reviewing class notes, tears, hair-pulling, and crossing my fingers while hoping for the best.

I forgot to write my devlog for the launch, but I’ll make a note of changes from that version to this update.

Things I was able to do:

• Made a scene with a background, some basic text, and sounds.
• Made a little race game. I had to make it easy because even I couldn’t pass it.
• Made the start button and title disappear to signal the start of the game.
• Created multiple scenes and managed to have them load at proper times.
• Added revised Web, Mac and Windows build to the website.
• Built my itch.io page.
• Added some screenshots to my itch.io page.

Problems fixed:

• Basically the entire Level 3. I just couldn’t get the choices to work properly. The ordering menu was strange in that pressing the space bar would take you through all the choices and results. I added “&& answer and choice” to keep it from doing that.*
• Added transition scene after fixing the thruster, because I wanted the player to have a landing scene.*
• Changed the GetKeyDown from “space” to “P” because after the race game the screen would too far into the next scene.*
• Added transition scene after talking to the boss, because it was disorienting to go straight to the control panel.*
• Added graphics for the transition scenes as well as the final scene. Made it on Photoshop, and it looks okay.*

Problems that still need fixing:

• When I have background music on and need a sound to come in, they sound warped or the sound is ignored altogher
• In the menu scene, sometimes I have to fix the spacebar more than once to advance. Not sure what’s happening there.
• Not sure if my fade is working. Will have to review that.
• Need to review the syntax for coding because I’m still kind of confused, but that’s expected.

Stretch goals:

• Would like to do text effects on the menu. Maybe change the font or have it glowing.
• Would like the ability to have the player enter their name so the boss could greet them.
• Would like to do a credit system so player can make more than one purchase.

(* Changes in the 05/03/21 version.)