Week 4 Dev Log: Oct. 9 - Oct. 15

Dates: Oct. 9 - Oct. 15

Decisions:

• Level Design
  • Updating level 1 to be slightly more interactive
    • Trading out box for a spring to bounce up
    • Making first box moveable instead
• General Gameplay
  • Update moveable objects to be able to reset with keypress
  • Increase movement speed from playtest feedback
• Hint System
  • Letters appear when using a hint
  • Later on, limit hints by allowing players to spell extra words for hints
• Theme
  • Company now named SpiderCo.
  • Spiders will have suits to show they are Woody’s bosses 
  • Above ensures spider enemies fit theme

Obstacles / Things to Consider:

• When spelling extra words, do we want to create the object and allow them to “reclaim” it
  • A lot of extra work on art side
• How can we expand the word list without heavily increasing the resources needed artistically
• Increasing interactivity without over-expanding invalid words

Progress:

• Level 1 full functional implementation
• Design document complete
• Spider chases player in “danger zone” instead of statically not moving
• Implemented UI for word spelling system to spawn objects
  • Polished it as well

Screenshots (Current Game State):

Next Steps:

• Implement level 1 art assets (Ryan / Leo / Sky)
• Implement level 1 changes as in decisions (Ryan)
• Initial level 2 implementation (Ryan)
• Implement hint system (Antonio)
• Camera / movement rework (Leo)
• Menu screens (Leo)
• Spider web functionality (Sky)