Hello everyone!

Our team and I have been working hard to get our game to a somewhat finished state as we are nearing the point where it should be shippable. That doesn't necessarily mean it is beautifully polished and bug-free, but everything we want to be in there, should be.

Once again, allow me to share with you all our progress. 

HUDs :

-Start screen

Yes, we finally have a fully functional start screen in which you can set the amount of players from 2 to 4. Options and credits are not available yet.

-End screen

When the time runs out and store closes for the day, the lights will turn of and a winner will be displayed as well as everyone's score. At this point, you can choose to go back to the main menu or to simply retry.

-Tool tips

Since our target audience is quite broad, we want to make the game easy to play for even non-gamers. To do that we not only show the controls right before the timer starts, but will also display the appropriate button you can press at the appropriate time!

-Countdown

We added a little countdown right before the actual timer starts, so our players can compare their lists to the lay out of the store and get their bearings.

-Shelves

Before, all the store's items were laying haphazardly on the floor. Well not anymore. All the items start out on top of the shelves ready to be knocked over. When you do, not only do the top items fall down, but some non-interactable items will also be thrown about. This makes for a fun comparison of the clean store at the start and the absolute mess at the end. 

-Sound

Adding sounds not only makes the game a thousand times more engaging, it also provides some important player feedback. Sound effects are implemented for:

>hitting players
>grabbing items
>dropping items
>toppling cart

-RFX

Awww look at our granma go.  These effects really go a long way making our world feel more alive. 

What a mess!

-Lay-out

We also touched up the game's lay-out, as we had some awkward open spaces