Development on "Keybricks" is moving forward!

I'm creating a small algorithm to randomly generate bricks, each representing a keycap. Successfully hitting the keycap helps form a word, which will be one of the game's objectives.

Unnecessary? Yes. Fun? Yes!

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It took some time to gain understanding of move_and_slide vs move_and_collide. While creating a bouncing ball, I researched the docs until I got it working. With this new knowledge, implementing a Breakout-like game with move_and_collide is doable!

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Correcting a mistake from Tricat, I thought of the theme for the next game: a keyboard. The paddle is a space-bar, the ball hits the bricks (key-caps), and hitting the correct key-cap will add to the spelling of a word within a time limit.

Small design below! 😅

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The next game is a Breakout clone. A classic game where you control a paddle left and right to bounce a ball and destroy bricks. The goal is to understand more about collisions, levels and inheritance for multi-layered bricks.

Looking forward to it!

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Tricat is finished, some highlights:
- Art & SFX creation wasn't as scary as it seemed.
- Gained understanding of scripting and scenes, how they work together.
- Problem solving is key!

Biggest hurdle:
Moving the brooms while detecting collisions & choosing the right node type.

Tricat is finished!

A Flappy Bird clone inspired by a beloved three-legged cat. Tricat must jump between brooms to gain score. Built with @godotengine.org, open-sourced. The art and SFX are handmade.

Play here: problem18dev.itch.io/tricat

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Flappy bird clone is coming along. Did as much of the work as possible relying only on @godotengine.org's documentation, and got the core gameplay logic down.

Collision detection and correct usage of signals were the biggest challenge so far!
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Finished @godotengine.org's 2D tutorial.

Some highlights:
- Discovered various types of 2D nodes like Area2D, Path2D, AnimatedSprite2D, ...
- Scripting topics like signals, input mapping, timers, ...
- Learned how to export to Windows and Linux.

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Starting with @godotengine.org 's guide, which impressively covers many crucial topics. I've gained more understanding into how the engine works, how nodes and scenes function, how to move and rotate objects w/ gdscript, finally what signals are and how they work.
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I defined requirements and expectations for my very first game, a Flappy bird clone. It's actually a more fragile process than I expected as the scope can grow large quickly without realising. Used @notion.com to define them and keep track!

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