Dev Log 3 (Sep 25 - Oct 1):

Overall progress:

• Finalised narrative concept and direction of narrative design.
• Came up with two new puzzle mechanics (room rotation, conveyor belt).
• Polished existing levels and designed new puzzle levels.

Art team:

• Finalised concept art for all the assets.
• Finalised character concepts.
• Made a sample guide to clarify any misconceptions between the team.

Music team:

• Worked with the CS team to ensure that the two demo ambience tracks and two demo music tracks were implemented with seamless loops.
• Decided to use BBC Spitfire Audio as our main sound library and limit the foreground instruments to acoustic to fit the gothic dungeon vibe.
• Set up the asset spreadsheet as our main organisational tool, facilitating collaboration and task assignment within the team and with the CS & art teams.

Programming team:

• Implemented the room rotation mechanic.
• Implemented the conveyor belt mechanic.
• Implemented an auto-merging camera system.
• Implemented universal controller support.
• Implemented looping audio and ambience tracks.
• Implemented a new large puzzle using the room rotation mechanic.

Challenges:

• Coming up with creative puzzle designs that could not be easily solved.
• Misunderstandings between the art team lead and team members on deliverables.
• Pinning down what sound effects we should create at this early stage of game development.
• Making the camera transitions smooth.
• Debugging interactions between new mechanics and the grid system.

Future plans:

• Creating demo audio assets to test out technical aspects such as the level balance between different sounds.
• Obtaining new sound libraries, adding to the asset list, and creating task assignments for audio assets.

Build /  Screenshots / Videos:

Room rotation mechanic level (no rotations)

Room rotation mechanic level (1 rotation counter-clockwise)