{"id":101,"date":"2022-02-25T16:29:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/53-472\/s2022\/?p=101"},"modified":"2022-02-25T16:30:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T21:30:04","slug":"banjos-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/53-472\/s2022\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"BANJOS – week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Howdy. Here’s BANJOS <\/strong>\ud83e\ude95 2nd blogpost! This week has been a bit slow on updates, but we have made some progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Game Design<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From our prototype presentation, we received a lot of great feedback, which helped us narrow our scope and figure out which game mechanics we need to implement for the Alpha. We noticed that the main tool and ability for the variant and creator can be used in different ways, hence the players need to balance those actions out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Variants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • use soldering tool to solder\/desolder connections: which can solve puzzles and also mess with the map<\/li>
  • use soldering tool to attack clones<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Creator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • control clones to attack variants<\/li>
    • control clones to fix any bugs that the variants made <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      We figured out another game mechanic for soldering. The variants need metal to solder connections, so we thought that they can scavenge through the remains of defeated clones to use as soldering material \ud83d\udc97 This way, the variants have more incentive to attack the clones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Variant holding clone’s remains, a reference to catching a fish in Animal Crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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      Art<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Artists worked on finishing prop sheets, starting variant animation, and map design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Prop she<\/b><\/span>ets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We decided to go with the round variant design since it was more deceptively cute despite the sad nature of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      backpack and soldering iron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Animation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The artist created an 8 direction isometric sprite in illustrator\/after effects. However, it was difficult to draw certain objects from an isometric perspective, also the workload would increase tenfold since the variant needs to be animated in 8 directions. So the artist created a 3D model in Blender and rigged it. Moving on, it would be much easier to animate in 3D, and it matches the 3D background components and environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      variant in illustrator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      variant in illustrator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      8 direction sprite in After Effects<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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      Basic 3D rigged model in blender<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Map <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The artist modeled components in 3D and started creating the map design in unity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      work in progress for map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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      Programming<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      The programmers worked on implementing networking properly and cleaning up player movement mechanics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Sound<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      The sound designer continued to develop the sound loops for the action and ambient loops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n