LEAF Development Temporarily Canceled

Just making an official statement. I promised to keep you guys updated, but I haven't been doing that, so I will tell you all about the current situation.

Development on LEAF stopped a few months ago. Things aren't going well for me, so I can't focus on the game. My student loans are about to enter repayment, and I have to pay off my past due balance at my college. Then there are the utility bills and people complaining about money...yeah, a lot of money problems.

I'm halting development on LEAF so that I can get a job to pay for the bills. Once things stabilize I might try getting back to developing LEAF. This may be a few months from now or even later. However, when I do return to full-time development, I will let you guys know.

-ArmedWatcher

Twitter test 2

Ignore this.

Test Post - Connecting to Twitter

Just more testing, this time for Twitter.

Test Post - Connecting to Facebook

This is a test post. I am testing the connection from Blogger to Facebook.

I created a new Facebook page for the Facebookers. I want to make sure that what I post here gets forwarded to my Facebook page. for those in Facebook land.

project_LEAF Name Changed to "Exit Code LEAF"

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The official name for this game is now Exit Code LEAF. In future posts, I will use this new name to refer to the game.

I like the way it rolls off the tongue, and I think it conveys the vision of the game well. Exit Code conveys the technological aspect of the game, and LEAF, an acronym, also gives tech vibes. LEAF can also be interpreted as leaves in nature, so there is also an organic aspect as well. However, the main thing is that I think it sounds cool.

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ArmedWatcher Update

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It's been a couple days. I haven't done much on the game because I was busy bringing all of my social media up to date. I was also revamping this site so that it would be easier to navigate. Finally, I took some time off so that I could rethink the game's design.

I figured I should be more organized and consistent with my work flow, so here's what I will try to do with regards to this site:

• Check-ins once or twice per week. I'll post on Friday nights at the very least.
• Updated builds once per week. I want to give you the most recent builds, but it takes a lot of time to upload the builds, so I don't want to do it too often.
• More videos, screenshots only for specific details. This will reduce clutter on my posts. However, videos take longer to make and upload, which is another reason why I won't be updating as often.

I will do my utmost to provide the best experience for you, so hopefully these changes make your time here better.

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project_LEAF Status Update

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Here's stuff that I've been working on since my last post:

- HUD elements (so far only the boost bar is done)
- Heat/energy system to limit weapon spamming

While designing the HUD, I realized that I'm going to have to redesign it a couple times because it sucks, so for now I'm just going to create HUD elements as I need them. I need to incorporate the other systems first before I can visualize them in the HUD.

For now, here is a screenshot of the current build.

Here is the energy data displayed on the screen. Ignore the true/false text. They don't really mean anything that you need to know. Each weapon will have its own energy pool associated with it. The energy pool will probably take the place of ammo for guns.

Here is the boost bar. The green section is the current boost. The red bit at the end is an effect to interpolate between the previous boost amount and the new amount so that changes in the bar aren't too sudden. The blue bit at the left shows the minimum amount of boost needed to dash. In this game, if you don't have enough boost, you can't dash.

That's all for now in this update. Here are my goals for the next update:

- HUD elements for weapon energy

- Health (basic)

I really should be getting some sleep now. I've been up all night...yeah.

-ArmedWatcher signing out.