Week 4 (Oct 2 - Oct 8):

Overall progress:

• Began drafting details of the in-game narrative.
• Designed 5 new puzzles.

Art team:

• Started modelling all assets and modular pieces.
• Finished the character blockout.

Music team:

• Started creating 6 sound effects.

Programming team:

• Fixed bugs in pre-existing mechanic implementations.
• Implemented new SFX. 
• Added loading screens with narrative elements. 
• Added zoomed-out camera view.
• Implemented the 5 new puzzles and a pre-existing conveyor puzzle design.
• Implemented pressure plate variant of switches.

Challenges:

• Understanding audio implementation in Unity.
• Aligning sound libraries.
• Fixing intertwined bugs.
  • Implementing new puzzle ideas often revealed hidden bugs in the existing mechanic implementation. 
• Coming up with puzzles given our current design constraints. 
  • Currently being worked around by allowing puzzle ideas that require minor alterations on existing mechanics and concretely deciding rules for movement-affecting mechanics.

Future plans:

• Delivering new sound effects to the CS team for implementation, testing, and feedback.
• Developing new skills in Unity to apply to our sound design.
• Finalizing model designs and UVs.
• Possibly adding new assets to the list.

Build /  Screenshots / Videos:

Playable level demo