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Well progress on Aliens over Hawaii hasn’t been as much as I’d hoped for right now. Been busy with other stuff and haven’t found a significant amount of time to code it.  However most of the basic framework is done but I still need to fill that framework with backgrounds, enemies, bosses, music, sound effects and other things.

However, if I dont finish the game before the deadline of January 31st, I’ll probably finish up Blackjack Square just to get something in. I doubt it would win anything, but it’s something and then I’d spend the next quarter finishing up Aliens Over Hawaii. That’s more than enough time.

Honestly, I’d rather finish up Aliens over Hawaii before the deadline so that I can focus on a whole slew of other stuff I have working on.  But let’s see what happens.

Well now that I’ve passed my exam, I can focus more of my free time on making Whirled stuff! I’m very excited about the new Whirled Game Contest. The game I have in mind for it is going to be called “Aliens Over Hawaii”. Here are some of my inspiration pics:

I actually wrote notes for the game way before I actually went to Hawaii but the pictures I took during the trip will definitely help in creating some of the artwork and color palettes.

However, it’s going to take a heck of a lot of work to put it together - music, AI, artwork, etc. So I’ll push Blackjack Square down the list while I work on the game. I hope to have Aliens Over Hawaii completely finished and to my satisfaction by the contest deadline of January 31st.

Well I’ve been spending some time with Blackjack Square and I’m finding out that the game as I originally intended is a bit boring. There’s a screenshot below. (The artwork is mostly temporary)  In this version, the player turns over cards and tries to get as close to 21 as possible without busting.  When I played a few dozen rounds, I started to realize that there was waaaaaaay too much luck involved. In fact, randomly selecting 10 cards gave me practically the same range of scores as if I carefully thought about which card to overturn.

I’m planning to make more than a few changes to this version and it’ll probably end up more like Poker Square. Anyways, there might be a slight delay as I realize I’m a bit underprepared for this rather annoying exam at the end of next week. Looks like I might memorzing and cramming next weekend.