Week #4 Devlog

October 12, 2023 - October 18, 2023

After finishing the Design Document last week and receiving feedback from industry experts, we decided to hit the ground running. We started polishing our first level and began to prototype our future levels. 

While playtesting last week, we also noticed a few bugs that needed fixing so we started working on resolving those issues as well. The aim for this week was to have a pretty much finished first level that we could continue polishing, and basic room and mechanic implementations for the future levels.

To-Do’s Accomplished This Week

Bugs:

• Starting in the wrong room, camera not showing up until you take a photo (race condition?)
• Clipping through walls + props
• Switching between past and present sometimes putting you through the floor
• First image is too difficult to take, jumping on boxes not very smooth
• Full screen photo prompt not perfectly lining up with world

Photo album

• Improve UI (support dynamic screen resolution)

UI:

• Pause menu
  • In game: Audio adjust + Sensitivity + quit game + restart level
• Start menu 
• Some sort of visual overlay showing what the controls are (at least for the time switch mechanic)

Painter Room:

• Import assets from art team
• Import assets from music team
• Room designer to rework first room
• Improve level 1 lighting

Redesign of Painter Room

Controls:

• Having both triggers pick up the camera and both buttons take a photo

The Architect Room

• Prototype of xray mechanic
• Model floorplan in unity, basic room

X-ray mechanic prototype

The Botanist Room

• Model floorplan in unity, basic room
• Prototype of watering can animation mechanic

Watering can mechanic prototype

Next Steps

• Complete another level to a similar degree of finish
  • Room design
  • Photo prompts
  • Level mechanic
• Continue to polish elements that persist between levels
  • The photobook
  • The camera / photo-taking 
  • General UI
• Get playtesting feedback
• Continue to integrate assets as they are finished