Luanti Game Jam: Day 20

Day 20

This was a big day. To be fair, Day 19 was also a big day, but today was big in a different way.

Day 19

I have finalised enough of the game that I've decided to tag an initial release:

Release 0.1

With it, the big changes are:

• Optional callbacks for when the target is activated, dialogue ends, etc.,
• Coloured dialogue, and
• A timed "boss fight".

This took quite a bit of work, but I got it done in the end.

There is also now main menu backgrounds, a header, and an icon! The backgrounds are just screenshots of levels, the header is just "Thinking With Arrows" in the main font for the game ([Press Start 2P by codeman38](http://zone38.net/font/#pressstart)), and the icon was made by me in Libresprite; you can tell :).

Other bug fixes/cleanup:

• The arrow HUD is now updated when an arrow block is successfully interacted with.

Level tweaks:

• Levels 13 and 14 have more random-looking reflector placements.
• The target is now more visible from the hallway in level 13.
• In the final level in the right section of the first floor, the "pipe" is more visible.
• Assorted dialogue updates (adding game hints, etc.)

Checklist from yesterday

[x] Work on endgame (boss fight)

• [x] Make the "boss fight" (level 21, section 2) timed
• [x] Add optional callbacks when the target is clicked and when dialogue ends (for boss fight)
• [x] Add the option for custom coloured dialogue (for AI[^1] text)

• [ ] (CHANGED MY MIND) Add a credits screen
• [ ] Add a GUI for going back to previous levels

[ ] Level tweaks:

• [x] Have a more "random" initial reflector placement in levels 13 and 14
• [ ] (CHANGED MY MIND) Extend level 18
• [ ] (CHANGED MY MIND) Add dialogue to level 8

• [x] Code cleanup
• [ ] Add a new player/hand texture

[ ] Work on stuff for submitting to ContentDB:

• [ ] Update README to further explain what the game/story is about
• [x] More/better screenshots

Overall plans

For this last week, the "Plans for tomorrow" and "Overall plans" checklist will be merged.

• [ ] Add a GUI for going back to previous levels
• [ ] Code cleanup
• [ ] Add a new player/hand texture

[ ] Work on stuff for submitting to ContentDB:

• [ ] Update README to further explain what the game/story is about

Might do (non-breaking)

• [ ] Combine the reflector nodes into one node
• [ ] Combine the buttons into one node
• [ ] Reuse the same reflector textures for both regular and mineable reflectors
• [ ] Optional mod to add music
• Boss: potentially Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 "Italian", movement IV. Saltarello presto, in some retro/chiptune form if possible
• [ ] Fix item adding/removing to focused slot (maybe; I have no idea how to fix this!!)
• [ ] An achievement system
• [ ] Figure out and implement emerging
• [ ] Combine levels 11 and 12
• [ ] Minify XBows
• [ ] Potentially one or two more screenshots

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More information about the jam can be found here:

Luanti Game Jam 2025

The code is on Codeberg:

Codeberg repository