Dev Log 2 (version 0.2.0)

Dev Log 2 - 2023-09-24 to 2023-09-31

This week, we mainly focused on making the game playable, this included polishing the map, making objects actually damage other characters, adding 2 players functionality, making a better UI, and fixing some existing bugs. We also had a creative session with our design team to design a better map.

Tasks Completed

• Bug fixing:
  • Fixed highlighting objects that are near object
  • Improved pickup and throw mechanics
  • Fixed player spawning inside each other bug
  • Fixed the lack of rotation on the player
  • Added collisions to the walls and surrounding environment
  • Removed bug that pushed player with picked up object
• Make a start and end game UI
• Added multiplayer aspect, currently 2 player on keyboard
• Organized and refactored the codebase
• Throwable objects now damage players based on object velocity
• Adjusted the sizes of colliders so they actually work
• Added objects for the map
• Skybox changed
• Picking up objects is based off the mass of the object
• Picking up larger objects slow you down
• Filmed Tech Demo

Challenges

• Dealing with race conditions while trying to initialize and move the players
• Making a smooth and polished UI in Unity for our start and end screen
• Avoiding hats when doing hit detection and making sure objects that you throw cannot hit yourself
• Smoothing out a lot of bugs that were created during the rushed game jam
• Merging together all our changes after refactoring and organizing our Github repository