Well, we’re now halfway through February, and I’ve made a start on this month’s game.

This month’s OneGameAMonth theme is “Sound”. So I’ve decided to scrap my previous February plan, and concentrate on getting a big dramatic orchestral soundtrack done, and then quickly hack together a game to use the soundtrack. I’m also planning to release the soundtrack as a February Album-Writing Month album.

Progress so far: eleven tracks (31 mins) of music done out of the fourteen I need, so I’m ahead of schedule. I also have some spaceship models, a 6DOF controller, and some vague plans for a 6DOF space shooter strategy game.

The trouble I have now, is that I’ve hit a monochrome look that I like a lot. But if I make a strategy game, I need some way of telling the two sides apart, and I can’t use colour without changing the look. Decisions, decisions…

A post-new-year-jam update for Among The Storms.

Sound! Crashing into hillside makes thud noises, high wind speed makes wooshing noises, and there’s some ambient acoustic-guitar music in the background.

Clouds. These should give you some visual indicator of what the wind’s doing, and make the whole thing look much more picturesque. The title now makes a bit more sense. For these, I’m using CloudsToy by Jocyf (Julian Oliden). Thanks, Jocyf! You’re awesome.

Day/night cycle. No gameplay differences, just there to look good.

And various polishing and bugfixes.

Maybe I’ll release another update in the final days of this One Game A Month month. I’ll be away in London for the next few days, but once I get back there may be time to add ship upgrades and city expansion. Or maybe not, we’ll see.

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