Even though it's Christmas Eve, I was huddled...

December 25, 2007 by Adam in NWN2

Even though it's Christmas Eve, I was huddled at my computer this morning while everyone slept, freezing away in my in-laws' breezeway. Despite my camaraderie with Tiny Tim, I managed to whip up a fairly cool GUI for the little mini-game that goes along with the bizarre area I created yesterday.

Even though there's not an actual game behind it yet, I really like the way it's turning out. The GUI lets you pick a defense (the assorted brain icons) and click on a map of the area to place it. The are 400 invisible buttons above the map, in a 20x20 grid, which translate into x and y coordinates. The appropriate defense is summoned, ready to fight off enemies. You can see one of them on the left, hovering above the meteor-pocked landscape.

I've started making some of the enemies, which I'm trying hard to make look suitably bizarre. Currently I have a fleshy-looking thing with giant eyeballs floating above it. Needless to say, I want more of those things.