At the moment I am spending some time on improving my skills and I am doing so by making my own game from scratch. On this page, I will update my progress on the development of the game.
General concept and story (Subject to change)
I started with concepting and making a base for the game. after ideating, I decided on the main concept. The game is best described as a mix between ‘Enter The Gungeon’ and ‘Stardew Valley. The story(which is subject to change) is:
‘You play as the royal gardener in a small castle that is renowned for its beautiful garden when a strange magician comes to the king with a magical potion that will make the garden even more beautiful and turn the flowers into gold. The king greedily orders you to use the potion on the garden but when you do, the flowers begin the grow explosively and you are knocked out. When you wake up, you see the castle is in ruins and plants and flowers have taken over. Even half your body is taken over by plants, however with this also comes the power to fight back. By using your skills as a renowned gardener and your newly found plant powers you grow yourself a way to fight back and save the castle!’
As stated in the story, The main gameplay loop exists out of growing and fighting plants. The combat section of the game is comparable to ‘Enter The Gungeon’, It is a 2d top-down bullet hell shooter. The interesting thing about this concept is that you have to grow the weapons you use in the combat section yourself. During combat, you get seeds that you can plant to grow weapons. Alternatively, you can also turn the weapons back into plants and sell them to buy better seeds or upgrades to your garden. The combat section is sorted into sections, for example, the castle’s main yard or the first floor of the inside of the castle. These sections are split into smaller rooms, these rooms are connected to each other procedurally and include different types, for example, an enemy room, a boss room, or a treasure room. A section always ends with a boss and when you have defeated this boss, the section is cleared. The goal of the game is to clear every section and reach and save the king.