Week 3 Dev Log: Oct. 2 - Oct. 8

Dates: Oct. 2 - Oct. 8

Decisions:

• Level Design
  • Finalized level design for first level (to be implemented)
    • Woody starts at desk
    • Must cross desks to collect letters after solving puzzle
    • Moves objects to continue platform
    • Defeats spider to get to next level
    • Simple map concept:

• Design Doc
  • Allocated work
  • Discussed important things to cover (namely level designs)
• Assets
  • Finalized art asset list needed for the game and forwarded to art team
• UI
  • Built up rough sketch for “word spelling” UI

Obstacles / Things to Consider:

• Are there any modifications we want to make to future levels?
  • Perhaps re-use words in a different way instead of all unique solution words?
• Need inventory controller functionality to be built to complete controller migration
  • Allows for playtesting in upcoming presentation
• Time constraint on asset generation an issue?
  • Puzzle solution drawings may be costly

Progress:

• Letter management system in place
• Validated spelled words before letter consumption (bug fix)
• Prevented getting stuck in walls due to high friction (bug fix)
• Generalised interface to generically add new “solution items” and their words
• Character / Camera movement implemented according to previous dev log specifications (controller and stick independent)
• Objects are draggable by interact button (instead of rigidbody collisions)
  • Moveable objects now highlight blue with informative text

Screenshots (Current Game State):

Next Steps:

• Finish UI system functionality for spelling words (Antonio)
• Finalise level design (Ryan)
• Design Document (Antonio & Ryan)
• Initial level redesign (Leo)
• Spider chasing player in danger zone (Sky)