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https://tweeres04.github.io/gather-it/

Vision

• Focused on gathering resources
• Game goal is to clear a level as quickly as possible
  • Clear a level by gathering all the resources
• Focus on simplicity
• No direct control of workers as a constraint

Currently working on

Possible next steps

• Make upgrades more satisfying
  • Show a little circular timer for gather time?
  • Show a little number for how many minerals are picked up?
  • Speed is already satisfying, but is there an improvement?
    • Motion blur?
    • Motion lines?
  • Show what level each upgrade is at?
• High scores?
• Improve AI
  • Allow for more than one worker on a mineral patch
• Levels
  • Larger and smaller?
• Obstacles?
  • Barriers that can be broken somehow?
  • Cliffs or gaps that need a bridge or some other upgrade?
• Graphics
  • Better colour palette?
  • Animal theme?
  • Other themes?
  • Small world graphics style?
• Different types of workers?
• "skills"?
  • Cast an area effect
    • Could upgrade all workers' speed in the area
    • Increase gather amounts
• Different types of resources?
  • How do you prioritize one over the other?
  • Different worker types collect different resources?
• Add more control to the workers?
  • Maybe not, no direct control is a fun constraint
• Collapse upgrades into one great upgrade?
  • Would be in line with the focus on simplicity

Done

• Level complete screen with time ✅
• Fix bug where you can't click build worker
• Show a mineral being held when delivering ✅
• Build bases ✅
• Worker upgrades ✅
  • Increased speed ✅
  • Carry more at a time ✅
  • Mine faster ✅
• Build more workers ✅
• Add more resources farther away ✅
• View controls ✅