Progress

I am making progress. I decided to do this game from scratch for this jam. It is going to be a 2d vertical scrolling starship shooter. I am trying out some features I'm not entirely familiar with, such as canvas groups and particle systems. I am using the latter for the space background. I had fun playing around with it. There is plenty of documentation online for Unity's particle system. I will definitely include more in future projects.

From my previous research, canvas groups are a good way to manage the screen UI, fade, and transitions. I am going to explore this in this game and hopefully explore it more in the future with the 2d game development framework I am developing for private use. Exploring different approaches in making games is one of the benefits in these game jams. I don't always have time to implement features that Unity has to offer because I am already tied deep into a pattern for earlier design decisions I had made. 

I still hope to explore animation in this game. I am planning on using it moving my enemy ships in the scene. But I have to implement my shooter and bounding box for the scene. update over.