Flow Update #3 - Thinking about goals.

Hey Everyone~

So today I decided to just go ahead and make it a taxi game!

Just to iterate. My plan is just going with what's in my head. Not making giant trello boards or writing a bunch of check lists! I've done the former, but just trying to work a bit differently lately.

On to the game idea stuff.

I've been having a soft spot for narrative driven games lately.

Thinking it can have a similar vibe to Collateral (the one with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx). Or another taxi movie I can't recall. At least the chill part of going around a city picking up strangers and bringing them to their destinations. Whilst talking.

Maybe you've encountered something similar, but when I take a taxi every once in a while -- we usually chat quite a bunch and it's usually quite interesting what the driver has to say, or their opinions on things. Alot of them are really nice. And I come out the car with a fresh experience in a way.

I am thinking maybe I can somehow apply that experience into this project. Every customer is kind of an open and closed story. Maybe you drive them to bars, to hospitals, to friends places. Through scary parts of town. Maybe you'll see them again, but most likely you won't.

I personally felt if I really liked to drive and could talk for hours. I'd probably be a taxi driver. Or a profession where I get to meet people and help them out or talk to them. Maybe this game could help me explore on what that could feel like.

Well anyways. I did development today on  making a "customer". Basically you drive up to them, interact, then they will tell you to go to some place. The code isn't in there yet to detect if you go to the right place, and probably need to give player directions but here's what I got thus far.

I think it's coming together and while working on it today I could imagine the city being less baron and having it's own history.

Thanks for reading!~

Matt