GBJAM7 Day 7

One week since the game jam started. Great work on keeping working and writing develop everyday!

New combat system

The game is now based on data and confidence. You gain data by doing experiment. You can attack the examiner in QE and final defense using raw data, but raw data has weak ATK (1 data for 1 ATK). You use raw data to publish paper. Papers has much higher ATK (20 for APL, 100 for Nature). Publishing paper is based on a random number generated. If you submit paper with more data, the higher the chance you are going to publish. In any case, publishing a paper is likely more beneficial (you can probably publish APL with 10 data or Nature with 40 data easily).

Confidence is like HP. Rick starts with 50 confidence. You gain confidence by taking graduate courses and going to conference. (Maybe by doing experiment as well and other ways might be added). In QE/defense, examiner will attack you and reduce your confidence. If your confidence drops to 0, you will fail the exam and send back to your bed for recovery.

New menu

I started to make a new menu system. Ideally the main menu should show all the essential stats of Rick: confidence, data, paper.

I plan to show one heart per 10 confidence. I managed to do it, but I run out of actor limit for the scene. I can't add more actor to show data and papers. I need to find a way to work around it. I can of course split confidence, data, papers in 3 separate scenes, but that's not desirable. Perhaps I can use different frames of sprites to do the trick. 

I am not sure how to do the title. I want Rick to start with "PhD student", then change to "PhD candidate" after QE, and eventually "Doctor" after final defense. Perhaps I can use sprite instead of text.

Plans for the weekend

I can see the end of the game. I should be able to finish the game by tomorrow afternoon. Then I need to make all the sprites, add details. I haven't touched the music yet. I will do that on the last moment. I guess the game is fine without any music.

Two more days to go! Keep up the spirit!