Moo's suggestion of having a 60 minute workout option has now been added, along with a new exercise: Single Side Steps. The settings have been moved to a separate screen to declutter the UI - this gives scope for more settings to be added in time, making the game more configurable.
Many animation sprites are now saved in an included file bundled within the game - this frees up tons of memory for adding more and more content.
This game is currently being completely rebuilt from the ground up using a 3D game engine (Unreal Engine) to enable player requests, such as adding transitions, multiple avatars, avatar speed control, improved animations etc, which is not currently possible using the 2D game engine (Gamemaker) used to create this game, as using 3.5D PNG images for the animations limits improvements to the game.
Hope you had a good Christmas and New Year, despite lockdowns etc. Wishing everyone the best of success in 2021.
Cheers,
Kevin
Day by Day Activity Since Build 1.6
18/11/20 - Build 1.6 released.
19/11/20 - 7 more exercises set to load from included files.
23/11/20 - 6 more exercises set to load from included files.
24/11/20 - Testing game after Gamemaker Engine version update + 3 more exercises set to load from included files.
25/11/20 - 9 more exercises set to load from included files + found that Standing Heel Taps have a Lying Heel Taps tutorial, so will correct this.
26/11/20 - Building 60 min beginner level algorithms.
27/11/20 - 8 more exercises set to load from included files.
30/11/20 - Standing Heel Taps tutorial and Single Side Steps tutorial made and added to game + new exercise: Single Side Steps added to game.
1/12/20 - Splitting GUI into 2 parts: main screen and settings. (Will add 'extras' screen also in time with additional features, bonuses etc Plus a 'Tutorials' screen pretty soon).
2/12/20 - Added 60 min workout button + added subtle fade in screen transitions for the Settings and Tutorials screens.
3/12/20 - Building 60 min normal level algorithms.
7/12/20 - Building 60 min advanced level algorithms.
8/12/20 - Implementing 60 min beginner level algorithms into game.
9/12/20 - [Day plagued by power cuts]
10/12/20 - Implementing 60 min normal level algorithms into game.
[11th - 15th Holiday]
16/12/20 - Implementing 60 min advanced level algorithms into game.
17/12/20 - Visual check of all code before game testing all the new 60 min workout algorithms.
21/12/20 - Game testing of 1 hour beginner workout algorithm without any configurations enabled.
22/12/20 - Game testing of 1 hour beginner workout algorithm with configurations enabled.
23/12/20 - Game testing of 1 hour normal level workout algorithm without any configurations enabled.
28/12/20 - Found and corrected timing bug in 1 hour normal level workout algorithm with configurations enabled . . . will re-gameplay test.
29/12/20 - 2nd round of game testing of 1 hour normal level workout algorithm with configurations enabled.
1/1/21 - Game testing of 1 hour advanced level workout algorithm without any configurations enabled.
2/1/21 - Game testing of 1 hour advanced level workout algorithm with configurations enabled.
4/1/21 - Bug found when pressing tutorial button for Step Extensions exercise in-game, so corrected the bug + found small graphics glitch for lobby level upward, so fixed this too.
6/1/21 - Build 1.7 released.
Previous development logs, since the game was released, have all been archived in previous update release announcements.