We are officially on the final stretch. 10 hours to go, loads to do. For breakfast today I made kolaches by rolling up cheesy breakfast sausages in croissant dough with some provolone. It sounds iffy, but it is in fact AMAZING and I suggest you try it. I had 8 to start with, but the camera didn’t save the picture or something and I had already eaten a few when I re-took this one. That is one of two big-rig amps on the right, and a clementine I stole from my roommate decorating the center.

Also, the jug. I thought I would get through more water, but whatev. I guess there are still 10 hours of nervous drinking to go, but I’ll probably be hammering caffeinated soda and/or gatorade instead.

Ahhhh! After playing with weapon-less AI for so long it is as drastic change to have them actually shooting back now! I didn’t initially intend for this to be a hardcore shooting experience, but I’m liking it so far so that might be the final product…

I ironed out a LOT of bugs over the last few hours, and I’m making headway into the deeper gameplay I didn’t know if I would have time for. Exciting! I’ll probably leave sound and music out and blame it on my desire to keep it one single file. This will give me lots more time to work on the game. I’ll likely work on some music and sound after the compo (and without the 48 hour creation restriction) and roll them into the game later on.

Well, the game is officially playable. You can shoot things, kill things, pick up loot, and level up. Still all in one file, no outside graphics or anything. I’m starting to worry I won’t make the deadline (wasted WAY too much time today), but at least I have something playable with almost 22 hours to go.

I took a really long break, which I’m now regretting, to watch battlestar galactica and make fajitas for dinner. I also broke out the coca cola for the first time, finishing almost half of a 2 liter of the wonderful, caffeinated beverage. I’m now back at the helm, ready to make a solid push before a quick nap and the final stretch.

You can now shoot badguys. They correctly take damage, level down, and get destroyed, but no loot is dropped yet. I’m thinking everything is too small right now — it’s really hard to hit things. I’ll probably scale it all up soon.