The Home Stretch

So here we are in our final week of school. This semester has gone by so quickly and it's hard to believe it's almost done. At the same time I am excited to move forward and get one step closer to graduation. Hard to believe I'm less that 2 years away from that but I'm excited all the same. However with this end of the semester push comes a mountain of work to be done over the next week. I still have to do at least one engines question to write my exam and I have a few other outstanding assignments that are all due tomorrow. Hopefully I can get this done it might be a very long night

Though it is busy there is some good news, our game is near completion! We have added audio, our prototype tutorial is done, and we are putting the final touches on our protoype gameplay. This has been a very fun semester in the way of game dev because we have actually managed to create something we're proud of. And that is the best reward of them all. 

This next week will be me loading sounds into the game, and finding some basic menu sounds and other sounds like, walking, jumping, shooting, parrying etc. I really like working on the audio for games so this is very fun for me. There's nothing better than seeing something you made go into the game and having it work. It is truly a great feeling.  

It is truly amazing that we have gone from this:

To this:

In just 4 months. It is a great feeling to have something that we all like and are proud of. 

Next step after the game is complete is to study like mad for my final exams. I only have 2 this semester and I believe I am prepared for both. I am done on the 10th so I have nearly a month off! I have to think about this to help me get through these next 2 weeks and then I can finally relax and take a break. 

Who am I kidding I will probably be working on a side project during my time off.