SSH #59 — Neat 'n' Tidy Corporation

Happy Saturday!

Last week, we came back alive and resumed public communication about this fun game we're working on, MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80.

This week, we came together for a fantastic internal playtest featuring a chunk of the game's first level, the Florida IX Junkyard.

Florida IX, a Wondrous Place

Florida IX is the ninth planet in humankind's never-ending thirst for semi-tropical beachfront real estate. Though once beautiful, populous, and adored, Florida IX was overrun by the glacial advance of illegally dumped auto-expanding metamaterials.

The Florida IX we see in MS80 has been abandoned for several decades, and at this point, the entire surface of the planet is covered in a crust of refuse.

You, the player, are dumped onto the planet by an autonomous trash ship to join the rest of the garbage that's already here.

Eventually, you make your way to the high-rise headquarters of the Neat 'n' Tidy Corporation, which is the focus of our most recent round of work and the center of this week's playtest!

We've got some real geometry, some textures starting to show up, and a whole lot more greybox level geometry that we played with!

Looking Ahead

A major feature we worked on this week, not pictured, was a huge revamp of the game's electrical system and enemy AI. We'll have more updates (and videos) showcasing all that soon!

Also up next week, we'll continue shaping Florida IX with the goal to have a mostly-realized version of the level by the middle of the month.