Progress & Thoughs - 13 (Mostly savefiles & Stat selection) (Patreon)

Hey guys! It's being an interesting month for sure, lot's of coding, and it's driving me nuts. Having to revisit the Save&Load code to add multiple save files was sure a challenge, but I think with the implementation of the Stat selection scene at the start of the game, it's a cool thing to be able to have a few games saved at the same time.

I'm also implementing the Hardcore difficulty, that would make the game harder, and delete your savefile if you lose all your soul. I suppose this will be interesting for the more experienced players who want a real challenge.

I started making sure the Save file variable was working when selecting a file to play in, to avoid problems in a future when playing and somehow overwriting some other save.

Snails/WallClimbing enemies now turn slowly.
I think this small change gives enemies more life, (ignoring their entire existence is to walk in circles.)

Once the save file was working (the 1 ontop of player) I started doing play testing in the different files to see if everything was saving correcly, money, etc.

Adding more menus and sub menus to the different options, and, eventually, decides to merge New/Load Game menus into one.

A mockup I made at photoshop before coding it all, to have an idea of what I wanted.

Testing deleting files. (You have no idea how many times I had to start a new game to save, so I had a file to delete for testing.)

Finishing to implement all the sub menus, and working correctly. Having finished this, and duplicating the code for all the other files. I went with the next step. Stat Selection in a new game.

I had this scene working already, but had to finish setting the variable texts in the right place.

I took the liberty to add scenes that show when you try to finish with points to spend, and an "Are you finished" screen with "No/Yes" to confirm, you know, to avoid mistakes.
I did reduce the points you have to spend, and made all stats start at 11, with enough points to make it all 15, in case you want to balance all stats.

I know it's not much to show, but this REALLY took me so much work.
And remember, fight for your dreams! Step by step.

"If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.”
(Yeah I stole this from back to the future, it's a great quote.)