Currently made a HUD and revamped many of the designs!

COMPLETED TASKS:

Made a functioning HUD that appears on start
Added animations for jumping, idling, and running

There was another task that I attempted to do, but eventually scratched (more on 3.)

1. Making the functional HUD

This was actually one of the easier parts of the entire game, and I was able to finish the basics in around 30 minutes, but then spent around another 30 minutes making it look slightly nice. I only need to add something for the options button (maybe add a credits button as well for outside music and possibly art) and a background and the HUD will be fully complete.

2. Making animations (the hard part)

I am not an artist by any means, so it took a long time attempting to make something that I thought would look good. Worst part about that is that I wasn’t working directly in the program to work on those so I lost around 90 minutes that went unlogged. i did make some designs that I do like, so I think animations are overall done!

3. Background attempt

I really wanted to make a scrolling background or something similar, with a city scape that moved when the player moved. I was, unfortunately, unable to do this after around 30 minutes of trial and error, so I scratched the idea and will probably make a static background instead. I wanted to just get this devlog out there and focus on creating other tasks instead since it has been 3 hours unlogged, and I wanted to just get something done so I can list out future tasks that I will follow.

TASKS FOR THE FUTURE:

Revamp level 1/make it into a tutorial
- Also need to finish making the other levels
  - Most likely the final step
Add a working background
Add options
Add music and credits
Design other final sprite

I did believe that this wouldn’t take too long after finishing the last devlog, but it turns out that it may take longer than I wanted it to. The music, sprite design, and options will be the easiest as they don’t require code, so the part that I’m most worried about is the background. Again. Hopefully the next devlog will be the last one.