Making OotW Table of Contents

Making One of those Weeks

This book is an overview of the creation of my surprisingly popular (though probably due to third party links) One of those Weeks game. The game is an adventure game broken into a large number of small episodes. Different episodes have different problems and puzzles to solve, so in reality this book covers much more than the creation of an adventure game.

Introduction - an overview of this book

Part 1 - The First Day

Chapter 1: Making a Dream - The first episode revisited.
Chapter 2: An Early Start - A typical morning adventure game style.
Chapter 3: The Landlord - A nice morning chat.
Chapter 4: The Bus - Handling money .
Chapter 5: The Elevator - Dealing with multiple conversations.
Chapter 6: Making the Meeting - Painting flash.
Chapter 7: The Meeting - Lots of conversations
Chapter 8: The Bank - A real time puzzle
Chapter 9: The Chase - Stealth puzzle
Chapter 10: The Cruise - locked in an inventory system

Part 2: Day 2

Chapter 11: Wavy Dream - Going with the flow
Chapter 12: The Beach - Building a fire
Chapter 13: The Hermit - Talking with the Hermit
Chapter 14: The Forest - Outdoor 3D navigation
Chapter 15: Mr. Puck's Former Guardian - A nutty puzzle
Chapter 16:Orange Crash - Building a battery

Part 3: Day 3

Chapter 17: Dream Builder - Dreaming of puzzles
Chapter 18:Completing the Quest - Building an automatic mapping system
Chapter 19:Charles Chink - Talking with inventory items
Chapter 20: Dark Cave - Faking lighting effects
Chapter 21: The Raft - Building a raft
Chapter 22: Back to the Mainland - Another flow puzzle

Part 4: Day 4

Chapter 23: Dream Fall - The falling orb two-part puzzle.
Chapter 24: The Interrogation - A new conversation system is prototyped.
Chapter 25: Swinging Escape - How dreams help you escape.
Chapter 26: Deadly Doors - Childhood tricks as they apply to survival.
Chapter 27: The Woods -A simple puzzle involving bees.
Chapter 28: Secrets Underground - Darkness and Slot Machines.

Part 5: Day 5

Chapter 29: Gorbon Dreams - Moving to ActionScript 3
Chapter 30: The Storage Room - Sliding Crates.
Chapter 31: Deadly Ducts - Ray Casting.
Chapter 32: Chasing Charles - A simple chase.
Chapter 33: Mr. Puck's Field - Siz puzzles in one
Chapter 34: The Decision - The new conversation system

Part 6: Day 6

Chapter 35: BSoDs in Space - An arcade twist
Chapter 36: Touring the System - Exploring our solar system
Chapter 37: Fixing Drives - Fun with alien technology.
Chapter 38: The Landing Bay - Landing in a low-gravity environment.
Chapter 39: Snakes and Lawyers - Meeting with your legal representative.
Chapter 40: Judgement Day - On trial for your life.

Part 7: Day 7

Chapter 41: Love that Lava - Finding a path in an ever-changing environment.
Chapter 43: The Secret Project - A conversation necessary to solve episode 44.
Chapter 44: Alone in the Lab - You need to use the knowlege gained in the previous episode to unlock the portal that might lead you home.
Chapter 45: Toronto - You have arrived somewhere that looks like Toronto but something is just not quite right.
Chapter 46: The Carmachoc Secret! - Build a Caramel-filled chocolate bar.