Sprint 4 & Milestone: BLACK WIDOW complete - 10/25

Our progress for the second milestone is as follows:

Prototype update:
Chiang Leng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-IO5afdbD0&list=UUTPQrZXr-230pf0e4gfgZBA&index=1&feature=plcp

TONOTRITE: We introduced the Tonotrite as the "currency" needed to beam up a creature. The player has to walk close to the tonotrite and then tap on it to collect it. If you don't have enough tonotrite, after you stun a creature and walk close to it, the creature turns grey, meaning you're not able to tap it to teleport.

WEAPON: The stun gun now has a laser sight to show where you are shooting. And the shooting is instantaneous after you press the shoot button. We're using a raycasting method of detecting hits rather than the collision with bullet we had last time.

CREATURE: We added our Velox model into the scene. They now have an aggro radius and leave radius. They also attack when they are close the player.

NOAH: We added our Noah model with texture with 4 animations: run, idle, shoot, and getting hit.

HUD: Now we are displaying the player health bar on the bottom of the screen as well as the amount of tonitrite collected on the upper right. The creatures all have health bars displayed above them.

LEVEL: added the new level model

UI update:
Jake Ross

Environment Model update:
Jack Eggebrecht

What makes our game fun?
-fast paced nature
-4 unique characters
-stun probability (you never know when they are going to wake up!)
-awesome design
-item collection
-creature capture system

Sprint 3 Complete - 10/9

Today marks the completion of our third sprint. Our progress includes a Burn Down Chart, an incomplete game prototype, a level redesign, and environment model progress.

Burn Down Chart
Jake Ross

This Burn Down chart is for the Fall semester beginning August 27th and ending December 11th.

 

Game Prototype 
Chiang Leng


Progress Video (skip ahead to :25)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra0hYWly79s

Details:
The bottom left joystick is to move the player. Bottom right button is to fire in the direction the player is facing.  There is a cool down time every time you shoot. The fire button is disabled(turned grey) after you fire and then turns back to green when it's ready to shoot again. (in the demo the cool down time is 2 seconds)

The blue boxes are the creatures which have a very simple AI. They move in a straight line towards wherever the player is.

When a creature gets hit by the stun bullet, it becomes stunned (indicated by the change of color to green) and stops moving. Once a creature is stunned, the player must move close to the creature in order for the teleport button to appear over the creature. The player has to tap the button in order to teleport the creature. The button will only appear when the creature is stunned and when the player is close to the creature.

The player has to move quickly because the creature is only stunned for a short while. And also the player has to use the stun gun sparingly because each hit damages the creature and too many hits will kill the creature (turns red).

Environment Redesign - Phase 3
Brian Smith

 General Map

 Map w/ Objects & Vegetation

 Map w/ Paths & Points

 Map Elevation

 Map Compilation

Environment Model Progress
Jack Eggebrecht

 Basic

 Plateau

 Bumpy