Weekly Update - 31st July 2023

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Hello there!


This is the first of hopefully many weekly updates on the development of the games I’m working on, as well as general stuff!


So far… the only game I’m working on right now is The Idle Undead, So let’s talk about that!


These weekly updates will release every Monday, Detailing what I worked on for the past week!

After that, I’ll give my plans for the current week!


Settings Menu Redesign


The new Settings menu shows a new UI that I plan to bring to the rest of the game, At the moment the game’s UI is all over the place and looks different from one menu to the next.


Over the next few weeks, I will be redesigning the UI of most (if not all) of The Idle Undead to match a similar theme and style to the Settings menu. 


This settings redesign also includes a rewrite of the old crappy code that was used to manage the game’s settings and replaces it with new slightly less but still crappy code.

You can open the settings in the game now, An amazing never before seen innovation. 


Also don’t worry, I’m not done with the Settings redesign, I still need to do the following for it!

  • Add more Settings, Including Keybinds etc

  • Add the ability to Import / Export Settings

    • It’s not usually a good idea to store the game’s settings in the cloud, As settings such as Graphics settings are usually very specific to one device, and you don’t really want them matching across every device most of the time.

This feature will allow exporting your settings, Then when importing them manually later, You will be able to select what settings to import, and what to exclude.



Game City Redesign

Here’s a screenshot from the game!


You may notice, I hope, 2 things:

  • There are no zombies, where are they?

  • The background looks low quality and kinda bad


Now I'm not showing anything I'm working on for the background redesign, I want to redesign the Steam page and unveil the new background, Along with the (probably placeholder) zombies, UI etc at the same time, With a new better (hopefully) trailer!


Although I may post teasers a few weeks before, or show random props or stuff here!


But this week I’ve started the redesign for the background, and made a horrible-looking zombie placeholder, Which will be the placeholder to the placeholder, for now!


Plans For The Week

For this current week, I want to continue work on the background redesign, finish the Settings, and start the redesign of the Save Management screen!


The current save system allows you to have multiple saves at once, But that’s about it.


For the redesign, I want to make it easier to delete save slots, set nicknames for saves, and see stats about the save before loading into it (other than your level), As well as have the UI designed to match the Settings!


I hope to see you next Monday when I would have hopefully done this work, and then wrote another post about it!


Thanks for Reading!


  • Oliver Macdonald


Also, follow my Threads and Instagram at @olivermac_games

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