ECK-423

Devlog

• Week 12: Revising Level 2
  April 07, 2023 by Boltcry

  This week I worked on revising my level from playtesting feedback. The first thing I changed was the size of the switches in the 2nd power puzzle, so that they correspond to the increase in rotation p... Continue reading

  
• Weeks 9-11: Level 2 Design (Part 2)
  March 29, 2023 by Boltcry

  In the past three weeks, I took a break then finished an initial version of Level 2, fleshing out the skeleton that I made previously. I drastically shortened it and focused on the last section becaus... Continue reading

  
• Week 8: Level 2 Design (Pt 1)
  March 08, 2023 by Boltcry

  This week, I started designing Level 2, planning the shape, flow, and tested mechanics of the level. First I started out with a rough sketch on paper, then used my previously set up autotiling to make... Continue reading

  
• Week 7: Serialized Transform Class
  February 28, 2023 by Boltcry

  This week, I moved all of the transformation settings and physics features that were editable in the Trigger into its own serialized class, which creates its own instance each time an element is added... Continue reading

  
• Week 6: Checkpoint System
  February 21, 2023 by Boltcry

  This week I implemented a checkpoint setting to Triggers which, upon a player activating the trigger, would update a variable tracking a resettable position. Previously, the reset function was control... Continue reading

  
• Week 5: Play Discoveries
  February 14, 2023 by Boltcry

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  This week, I experimented with the mechanics I added to discover quirks and interesting gameplay that can be made. Here are some of my findings: Before I started coding in this project, I already had... Continue reading

  
• Week 4: Move/Rotate Timer & GUI Features
  February 07, 2023 by Boltcry

  This week, I further updated the TransformObject script to include a timer that smoothly caps each transformation. This made the flags' reset times much more predictable and made them respond more eas... Continue reading

  
• Week 3: Code optimization
  January 31, 2023 by Boltcry

  This week was used to optimize the move/rotate code from last time. Instead of updating the position frame by frame whether or not it needs to change, I use a series of if statements and boolean flags... Continue reading

  
• Week 2: Move/Rotate Mechanic
  January 23, 2023 by Boltcry

  Hello again! This week I worked on adding a feature to a pre-existing trigger prefab to move and rotate objects when the player enters the collision zone. I definitely learned a lot this week. Before... Continue reading

  
• Week 1: Organization & Controller Updates
  January 17, 2023 by Boltcry

  This is the first devlog for this project! I'm making an updated version of my project from last semester, which will be treated as a demo. I plan to add quality-of-life changes, a few new mechanics,... Continue reading