Play the game here: https://vexeo.itch.io/who-is-out-there

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System Design:

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Dev Log

Day 1:

• Created a sequence diagram for setting up the player controls and future system designs
• Created a game jam doc with ideas for the jam
• Prepared level building assets like collidable rule tiles and imported free 2D unity assets
• Player movement when gravity is on: can only move left and right and jump
• Player movement when gravity is off: can air boost in all directions but no jumping
• Look movement: Player looks at cursor when it moves

Day 2:

• Designed sequence diagram for player interaction with objects and UMLs for gates, triggers, and interactable objects
• Set up event-based system for player interaction with objects
• Player can drag and drop objects that are within the player radius
• Gates can be opened and closed by placing or removing "Box Keys" on or from pressure plates

Day2.mp4

Day 4:

• UI for gravity selection!
• Created wind currents which can blow objects or players away
• If an object is behind another object in a wind current, that object is not affected by the wind current
• Some basic levels created with the help of a "Mechanics matrix" which helped me play around with 2 different mechanics at a time
• Tweaked some physics and some touchups

day.4.mp4

Day 5:

• Level design
• Fixed some bugs with wind current
• Particle wind effect for wind currents which reveal areas that are unaffected by wind using collision detection
• Lighting
• Sprite work
• Parallax effect
• Added some sound FX

day.5.mp4

Day 6/7:

• 5 more levels
• Music integration
• More sprites
• Submitted!

Day 8:

• Added main menu
• Fade transitions between main menu and game
• Camera zoom transition when starting game
• Refactored level resetting
• EXPLOIT FIX: Levels reset any time the player reaches a new checkpoint to prevent blocks from previous levels being carried to newer levels

Day8.mp4

Day 9

• Shader for box key allowing for..
  1. An outline effect
  2. A highlight effect
• Outline animation