** SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME YET ***
Game design isn't a destination, it's a journey and this was one of the stops along the way.
There are some fun puzzles in here but they all were cut for a reason, mostly pacing but sometimes because it wasn't as interesting as we thought. Part 3 got cut in half at some point because it felt too long in the wrong place.
From Aug 21, 2020...
First official day is Monday but I've started setting up Slack and other web services.
Ordered Linux machine. Talked to Dave about maybe controlling Elaine for a section of the game.
Starting to worry about finding great people. It's going to be hard because we have to keep the project a secret.
Played MI1 again. Taking a lot of notes about what made MI MI. After TWP and fast walk and other almost invisible improvements, it's painful to play a 35 year-old adventure game.
I was surprised at how many objects didn't have custom default responses. A large number of objects just said "That doesn't seem to work."
Played MI again.
Working with the lawyer to get contractor contracts done that conform to Disney's requirements. Taking longer than I thought.
Hope to get Dave's contract done by tomorrow.
First "real" design meeting with dave. Laying down the backbone puzzles for Act 1.
Started the Puzzle Dependency Chart for Act 1.
Jenn started
Making good progress on design. I know we'll slow down when we have to do all the details. Looking forward to getting a concept artist. Things come alive for me when concepts start to come in.
Starting up diary again... maybe I'll be able to keep it going this time.
Thinking about the ui. I hate the current status-quo.
Meeting with Disney.
Yep, this dev diary didn't last long.