Robot's Workshop: Locked In

Lads, lasses, and those in between, I don't think I ever locked in as hard as I did for any game jam/fight club because oh boy, I dedicated half of the month to getting the rough gameplay loop before expanding out further.

But before I jump into that, I'll start with the art first. The next bit is, well, let's just say if you're in the place I'm at, it's gonna be longer than expected.

This sketch of a storytelling scene was inspired by a series of drip some of my robot OCs are wearing. And gosh dang, it's attractive.

Riot looks extra cute in that neon punk jacket.

Riot's casual gear in full color, and to be honest, she rocks the look. You go, girl!

The hottest news in town, this power couple rocks some cool threads. I thought of how cool it would be if they had some cool outfits to stand out. I'm gonna be real here, would wear these in a heartbeat. I can't decide whether I'd want Wildfyre's jacket, or Frostbyte's winter coat. Heck, even that Neon Punk jacket Riot is wearing looks appealing.

Now that I've gotten all art out of the way, the long part is here. So... speedrunning.

Here's the gist so far:

Fool's Gold Rush is a small rogue-lite mining game where you mine minerals, and sell them to get money for upgrading pickaxes, or gear for mining. Simple idea, difficult to code. Even if it seems to take maybe six days, any additional features and that time is increased.

This is but a portion of the code for the mining system. And yes, as of right now, the stand-in player character is Jack Black's portrayal of one of Minecraft's secondary mascots, Steve.

"I.... am Steeeve."

My unironic love for A Minecraft Movie will never vanish.

Anyway, here's the message you get for when your pickaxe is too low.

Almost forgot to mention, I added XBOX controls, baby!

Here is a buttload of global variables at the time of writing. (there may be more.)

This may be the longest post ever, but here's my constant updating of variables to keep track of what the player has.

There is a selling point to this game... literally. Oh, and it's in there as well.

I also have a Shopping UI. Pretty easy-ish. Also, been having a bug where an audio file can be spammed, you can probably guess what the meme is.

Sorry, I can't give context. Come back when you've... seen the original meme.

Anyway, this is some more fun messages as well as how the economy works.

And you better bet it's XBOX time.

The brainrot in this game is real. Fear me.