Dev Log 6

Dev Log 6 (Oct 16 - Oct 22):

Overall progress:

• Conducted individual playtesting.
• Conducted group playtesting at GDDC.

Art team:

• Finalised character sculpt.
• Fixed UVs for all modular pieces.
• Finalised the scale of all props.

Music team:

• Finished the following SFX for the Alpha build:
  • Conveyor belt
  • Room rotation
  • Updated death sounds
  • Sounds for navigating menu/pause screens

Programming team:

• Fixed existing bugs.
• Implemented new SFX.
•  Implemented new models, textures and animations.
•  Updated level order.
•  Implemented undo system.
•  Made floor and wall tiles size themselves automatically.

Challenges:

• Establishing a good standard for mixing to avoid the problem of renders being too quiet or too loud when implemented.
• Resolving remaining inconsistencies in sound quality (reverb, synchronization, etc.)
• Attaching an undo feature to a movement system that did not intend to have one.
• Optimizing auto-tiling.

Future plans:

• Polish SFX further and make everything sound uniform.
• Compose the background music tracks for the start menu, end credits, and gameplay. 
• Develop the gameplay background music to introduce new musical elements alongside the introduction of new gameplay mechanics (eg. introducing a new stem in the level when the light switch is first seen.) 
• Fix more bugs. Implement a hint system with puzzle-solving AI.
• Implement more assets and audio. 
• Polish textures and fix UVs for all assets. 
• Texture the character.
• Rig and animate the character. 
• Finalize the doppelganger concept design.