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Dev Log: 4/15/2024 - 4/21/2024

This week, I continued with rendering the backgrounds and got the dialogue that was waiting fully implemented so we could launch on Friday.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed rendering passes for all Hub Backgrounds

  • Implemented grade dependent dialogue conversations at concert intermissions.

  • Implemented hub cycling of dialogue.

  • Completed rendering of concert 4 background.

  • Added tooltips to hub buttons to indicate where you move.

  • General bug fixing

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Living Room Background Render

Study_Corner_Background.png

Study Corner Background Render

Hallway Bg.png

Upstairs Hallway Background Render

MJ_s Room Bg.png

MJ Room Background Render

Haley_s Room Bg.png

Haley Room Background Render

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Garage Background Render

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Concert 4 Background Completed

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 98 out of 100 for this week. In the coming week I hope to work on another project.

Dev Log: 4/8/2024 - 4/14/2024

This week, I was unhappy with the initial colors for the third level background, and since we were running into some problems with trying to light some scenes using the in-game lighting system, I ended up doing a rudimentary run-through of shadows and highlights on the concert backgrounds.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed rendering pass for all first concert backgrounds

  • Completed rendering pass for all second level backgrounds

  • Completed rendering pass for all third level backgrounds

  • General bug fixing

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Level1_Intermission.png
Level1_MerchStand.png

Level 1 Backgrounds Rendered (Left: Concert, Middle: Intermission, Right: Merch Stand)

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Level2_Intermission.png
Level2_MerchStand.png

Level 2 Backgrounds Rendered (Left: Concert, Middle: Intermission, Right: Merch Stand)

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Level3_IntermissionBackground.png
Level3_MerchStandBackground.png

Level 3 Backgrounds Rendered (Left: Concert, Middle: Intermission, Right: Merch Stand)

Shop_Background.png

Shop Background Updated

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 95 out of 100 for this week. In the coming week I hope to finish all backgrounds. 

Dev Log: 4/1/2024 - 4/7/2024

This week, I was focused finishing the third level art assets.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed 1st color pass for the third level concert background

  • Completed 1st color pass for the third level merch stand background

  • Completed prop Art

  • General bug fixing

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Level 3 Concert Background First Pass

Level 3 Merch Stand Background First Pass

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Untitled_Artwork (2).png

Hub Concert Start Screen Button Personality Revision

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 93 out of 100 for this week. In the coming week I hope to finish all backgrounds. 

Dev Log: 3/25/2024 - 3/31/2024

This week, I worked on another project where I developed a turret tower defense system with AI that leads its shot. 

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Created a preview placement system for the Towers

  • Created a moving enemy that will negatively affect the player upon reaching the goal

  • Created a tracking algorithm where the Towers will lead their shot

  • Spawned arrows cause damage to the enemies, allowing missed shots to possibly hit other enemies

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Tower Defense Level Showcase

Showcase Video

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 94 out of 100 for this week. In the coming week I hope to finish the 3rd level backgrounds. 

Dev Log: 3/18/2024 - 3/24/2024

This week, I was focused on the third level art assets.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed 1st color pass for the third level intermission background

  • Started 1st pass for the third level merch stand background

  • General bug fixing

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Level 3 Intermission Background First Pass

Level 3 Merch Stand Background Concepting

Level3_MerchStandBackground.png
Level3_ConcertBackground (1).png

Level 3 Concert Background Concept

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 91 out of 100 for this week. In the coming week I hope to finish the 3rd level backgrounds. 

Dev Log: 3/4/2024 - 3/11/2024

This week, after the push for releasing the demo last week, I needed to focus elsewhere so I was not able to complete a terrible lot, but I continued work on backgrounds, as well as working on some quality of life improvements for the dialogue system. 

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed 1st color pass for the second level merch stand background

  • Worked on Unifying old Backgrounds towards the more refined color direction

  • General bug fixing

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Level 2 Merch Table Background

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HubGarageBackground=NoRed (1).png
Level1Intermission (1).png

Updated Backgrounds, Removing Red Colors

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 90 out of 100 for this week. In the coming  week after next, I hope to get work done on the 3rd level backgrounds. 

Dev Log: 2/26/2024 - 3/3/2024

This week, we were focused on releasing a demo for the game, which meant working towards finalizing the first level and tutorial as much as feasible within the time frame. This meant making sure all narrative scripts were up to date, and ensuring that we checked for any missing animation tags and dialogue glitches that could harm gameplay. 

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed 1st color pass for the second level intermission background

  • Started 1st pass for the second level merch stand background

  • General bug fixing

  • Meetings with other team members to ensure saving, graphical updates, and system interactions were smooth and well-implemented

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Level 2 Intermission Background

Steam Page for Released Demo

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My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 95 out of 100 for this week, as I was working on it early in the week and proactively working towards fully implementing my assigned features. In the coming week I hope to finish the second level backgrounds and hopefully get 2 of the 3rd level backgrounds. 

Dev Log: 2/19/2024 - 2/25/2024

This week, I was able to focus on the game more and work towards a unified goal with the team. After discussion, it became apparent that the main goal should be the first 3 levels, and so I did not concept for the 4th level and instead focused on working towards completing the first 3.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed 1st color pass for the first level merch stand background

  • Completed the line work for the second level merch stand background

  • Completed work on animation tags for the narrative writer

Level1_MerchStand (2).png

Level 1 Merch Stand Background

Level 2 Merch Stand Background (Line art)

Level2_MerchStand (1).png

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 93 out of 100 for this week, considering I was able to complete a good amount and work with the team to ensure we were all working towards a unified goal. In the coming week I hope to work towards adding personality in already completed background images. 

Dev Log: 2/12/2024 - 2/18/2024

This week, I was unfortunately afflicted with a really strong upper respiratory bug that made it difficult to complete a lot of work.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed 1st color pass of the level 1 concert background. 

  • Completed 2nd color pass for the level 2 concert background.

  • Completed a concepting for intermission level 2 background. 

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Level 1 Concert Background

Level 2 Concert Background

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Level2_Intermission.png

Level 2 Intermission Concepting

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 93 out of 100 for this week, considering I felt like I had an elephant on my chest for most of the week. In the coming week I hope to complete background concepting, and work towards adding personality in already completed background images. 

Dev Log: 2/5/2024 - 2/11/2024

This week, I was able to focus on Rockin' Racket, and I believe I got a lot done.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed refining concept for first level background based on group feedback.

  • Worked on concepting for the merch stand background for level 1.

  • Worked on concepting for the merch stand background for level 2.

  • Worked on concepting for the 3rd level's background.

  • Implemented the corkboard and integrated the garage into the band management scene.

  • Developed a list of animation tags for the narrative designer to use to call different facial expressions for characters during dialogue.

  • Took part in meetings discussing various design decisions for aesthetic clarity in the flow of the game.

Level1-ConcertBackground.png

Refining Background Concept

Level 1 Merch Stand Background

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Level2_MerchStand.png

Level 2 Merch Stand Background Concepting

Level 3 Main Stage Background Concepting

Level3_ConcertBackground.png

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 93 out of 100 for this week. In the coming week I hope to complete background concepting, and work towards adding personality in already completed background images. 

Dev Log: 1/29/2024 - 2/4/2024

This week, work on Rockin' Racket was productive, but other projects impeded potential progress. 

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed concepting for the new level 1 background.

  • Completed background and UI elements for the level select screen.

  • Took part in meetings discussing various design decisions for aesthetic clarity in the flow of the game.

  • Discussing with the narrative designer to find the most efficient workflow in light of an unforeseen limitation.

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Concepting for Level 1 Background Redesign

Background and buttons For the Level Select Screen

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Tasks Continued:

  • Continued developing concepts for the 3rd and 4th level backgrounds, as well as the backgrounds for intermissions and merch stands at each level.

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 93 out of 100 for this week. In the coming week I hope to finalize the new diegetic hub system, as well as improve the quality of life of the dialogue system further. 

Dev Log: 1/22/2024 - 1/28/2024

After a team meeting, I pivoted this week's tasks to be focused on working towards building new levels in Rockin' Racket and working towards developing deeper understandings of each character to use that knowledge to liven up the backgrounds seen in the world of the game.

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Completed drawing the second level background.

  • Completed developing foreground prop elements to the second level screen.

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Background for Level 2

Foreground prop elements are included

Tasks Continued:

  • Worked on adding behavior to split too large of dialogue sections programmatically, allowing the narrative writer to write longer lines without needing to add breaks within Ink. This functionality is still in the debugging stage. 

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about a 93 out of 100 for this week as in total I spent over 12 hours on the project. Unfortunately, finishing the concepted background was a much longer process than initially anticipated, meaning I was unable to make significant progress on dialogue system development. In the coming week I hope to finalize the result screen which will allow a speedy finalization of the new diegetic hub system, as well as complete the quality of life update to the dialogue system. 

Dev Log: 1/14/2024 - 1/21/2024

Working on Rockin' Racket in this stage is finding many little details to polish while also trying to streamline processes to improve the efficiency of adding new narrative elements. This week, I tried to split my focus between improving the narrative experience, and also planning ahead for future needs. 

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Tasks Completed:​

  • Added hover effects to character interactable buttons within dialogue prompting scenes.

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MJ_Intermission1_Hover.png

Example Hover Effect

Left: Standard Sprite, Right: Hovered Sprite

  • ​Corrected a dialogue issue where clicking "End Convo" would first prompt a blank dialogue box before fully exiting. Now, clicking "End Convo" will fully exit the dialogue box. 

Tasks Continued:

  • Worked on adding behavior to split too large of dialogue sections programmatically, allowing the narrative writer to write longer lines without needing to add breaks within Ink. 

  • Worked on concepting for a previous concert result screen with a "Next Concert" button included that allowed for a more understandable user experience.

  • Worked on concepting for the second level's concert background.

Concepting: Barn Concert

Barn Concert Background Concepting

Result Screen Concepting

Concepting_ Cork Board

My Personal Rating:​

In terms of a personal rating, I would give myself about an 87 out of 100 for this week. I unfortunately had to deal with some unexpected life troubles, which meant I was unable to dedicate as much time to developing systems this week as I had initially hoped. However, in the coming week I hope to finalize the result screen which will allow a speedy finalization of the new diegetic hub system, as well as complete the quality of life update to the dialogue system. 

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