A Day of Maintenance (Jam Version)

Devlog

• Site Update Teaser - The Sunken Dish
  June 07, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  Hey folks - another teaser for now, this time a sneak peek at the new modelling for one of the sites from the jam game. It now has (a single) texture, with a new entryway into the dish that's (a bit)... Continue reading

  
• Validating Unity Builds the easier way
  May 15, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  So there's one thing you do in every single game project, no matter what, at least once: you make a build (...unless you're just releasing the project source, or using a smaller engine like Pico) I fi... Continue reading

  
• Working on the game's Introduction
  April 20, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  Hey folks, another <insert time period> later, and another devlog for Day of Maintenance. In this one I'm gonna talk about the tutorial/introduction for MDay following the first playtest build. The Bu... Continue reading

  
• Character Teaser
  March 30, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  Hey folks, so the game is now in the midst of it's first playtest (which is, as usual, scary). After a manic rush to get things sorted, a better tutorial & introduction in place, it's feeling much mor... Continue reading

  
• Improving the Vehicle Camera
  March 20, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  Hey folks, So production is still trucking along fine - in fact we're gearing up for a playtest soon! If you're interested to play the game & give some feedback, please fill in this google form. Anywa... Continue reading

  
• Adding world props
  February 21, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  Hey everyone, just posting another few screenshots as the project continues: this time I'm beginning the process of adding some greybox props & other geometry to the scene, starting to figure out scal... Continue reading

  
• A helpful Ink-Knot PropertyDrawer
  February 07, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  TL;DR: I've made a struct & propertyDrawer to dynamically create a dropdown menu to pick any knot from your assets folder. ~~~ Hey folks, so got another useful bit of editor code to share, this one is... Continue reading

  
• Things you should know before making a Vehicle in Unity
  January 30, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  So coming into 7DFPS (way back in the distant past of 2020 ), I'd been wrangling with a craving for an open-world driving game. Now at first, I figured it'd be fairly straightforward: a rigidbody, 4 w... Continue reading
• Useful scripts for Quick 'n good UGUI
  January 13, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  Hey folks - development of Maintenance Day "Full" is going along fine, got plenty of secrets to tease over the coming months I reckon. Whilst I crack on, I wanted to share some useful scripts I'd made... Continue reading

  
• A sneak peek at what's coming
  January 01, 2021 by BigHandInSky

  Hey! So been pretty hush-hush so far, but I'm in the early days of turning Maintenance Day into a fuller project. I was already hoping to get some story elements into the jam version, but that was too... Continue reading