Dev Blog Update: Weekly Format and Progress

Greetings, fellow game enthusiasts!

This week, I’ve revamped the map loading and wave generation systems. Now, both kick in immediately upon starting the game, creating a smoother experience. I’ve also decided to shift this blog to a weekly format—it’s much easier to update consistently and keeps things organized.

Here’s the to-do list I’m working through before finalizing the game for wider release:

Audio Enhancements

• Level-up sound effects.
• Menu interaction sounds.
• Sounds for losing and winning.
• Feedback sounds:
  • Coin collection.
  • Mana collection.
  • Menu button clicks.
  • "Play" button press with vibration and camera shake.

Visual Feedback and Feel

• Add camera shake and blink effects on level-up.
• Improve chest opening UI.
• Visual and sound effects for recruiting cats, explaining their roles.
• Enhance effects for unlocking characters and spells.
• Update spell descriptions with more detail.
• Add a few new spells and the fourth main character.

Gameplay Balancing

• Tweak:
  • Cats’ resource generation rates.
  • Spell costs.
  • Stat upgrade prices and impacts.
  • Stat caps.
• Scale enemies’ HP and damage with gameplay time.

New Content

• More Levels:
  • After level 10, introduce new levels with 10 minutes of gameplay.
• Resurrection mechanic using crystals.
• Resistance-based enemies for specific levels.
• Improved bosses:
  • Bosses drop chests.
  • Huge boss designs with HP bars.
  • Special boss effects.
• Buffs for cats:
  • Catnip.
  • Magic litterbox.
• Legendary cat.
• Cats that heal or deal damage to enemies.
• Web-GL demo:
  • One level with preselected spells and a fixed cat.

Systems and Polish

• Add pooling for enemies and particles.
• Fix static electro particles.
• Combined spells:
  • Fuse spells into new ones (either before the game or during specific combinations).
• Victory panel displaying the collected cats as a pile.
• Greater influence of cats:
  • Per-level stats for generated resources.

Deployment

• Release a Web-GL demo.
• Implement a data collection popup.
• Launch the game on Google Play.

Big Ideas on the Horizon:

• Combined Spells: Experimenting with combining spells into more powerful versions. This could add a new layer of strategy, perhaps as a pre-game crafting mechanic or automatic fusion during gameplay.
• Cats’ Influence: Increasing the role of cats in gameplay, adding resource generation counters and deeper stats for players to track.

There’s a lot on the horizon, and I’m beyond excited to keep building this world. Feedback is always welcome, and as always—thank you for being part of this journey! 🐾

Stay tuned for next week’s update!