One of the largest projects I will be embarking on during this half year is the development of a ‘video game’. A couple of friends showed an interest in developing a video game as a side project. Them not having a lot of experience with game development as a whole, we decided on starting small with an accessible platform for creating assets and gameplay: Minecraft! Regardless of experience, everyone can built in Minecraft, and everyone can play it.

The decision was made to make a roguelite. Which possesses some qualities of a roguelike. These type of games usually signify some sort of role playing game with (procedurally) generated dungeon-esque type levels.

The video you see above is one of the mobs you will be having to fight in this dungeon. This mob spawns at the place of a characters death. Offering them the ability to get their stuff back by killing it. But that might not be as easy as it seems. 

A grand division of work and tasks was made, since we have a team of 5 people working on it. Here I take the lead of the code that has to be written, so custom generation, interactions and level control. I also lead the inclusion of external models to be made, so custom weapons and items. I furthermore take part in level building. Other roles in the team are lore and background story, level design, and ofcourse more building. 

To manage all what needs to be built, a huge Miro board and a dedicated discord server are used. With plotline lineouts, inspiration, lists of items and buildings, etc.