IT 93

Devlog

• Penultimate Update
  March 06, 2019 by JLSaake

  So, things are beginning to wrap up for the project. We've spent time working this week on fixing performance issues within the game. Also, our new spawning mechanic is working, and the level is being... Continue reading
• Optimization Work
  February 27, 2019 by JLSaake

  Our primary focus this week was optimization. With our new style of gameplay, we are beginning to run into some FPS issues, causing us to revisit parts of our game to help it run smoother. In other ar... Continue reading
• A Minor Pivot
  February 20, 2019 by JLSaake

  Despite the ominous tone of the title this close to the end of the project, we are actually going in a better direction than before. After discussing with our mentor last week, we making some tweaks t... Continue reading
• Approaching the End
  February 13, 2019 by JLSaake

  With only a few more weeks to go on the project, things are starting to come together. Menus and UI improvements were some of the additions, as well as enemy models being implemented, enemy pathfindin... Continue reading
• Starting to come together
  February 06, 2019 by JLSaake

  Things are starting to be implemented all over the place. Melee mechanics, new AI movement, and our new melee bot (security camera) were all worked on this week. Lots more game feel updates are on the... Continue reading
• Post Playtest
  January 30, 2019 by JLSaake

  This week was limited due to participation in the Global Game Jam. However, last week was playtesting, and we have begun to implement some of the feedback back into our game. For examples, guns are no... Continue reading
• Pressing Along
  January 23, 2019 by JLSaake

  More work was done this week to prepare for tissue testing. In addition, frameworks were modified to allow for melee weapons to be added, something that the foundation was laid for last quarter. The c... Continue reading
• Back to Work
  January 16, 2019 by JLSaake

  After winter break, we are back working on the FPS. Since the last update, we have been doing stuff behind the scenes, including some post processing work, updates to player movement for gamefeel, and... Continue reading
• Bugs, Launching, and Boss
  December 05, 2018 by JLSaake

  Week 10 of the quarter, a time rushing to finish other projects so we can work on this one. This week we started off fixing some bugs that had arisen in the previous builds. Projectiles now maintain t... Continue reading
• Flying and Launching
  November 28, 2018 by JLSaake

  Despite the holiday week, we are back working on the game mechanics behind the scenes, including new enemy types, models, and new weapons. The flying enemy now has a proper model, and development is p... Continue reading
• A bit of everything
  November 28, 2018 by JLSaake

  This week was a little bit of everything. Menu systems and controls are being put in place. New flying enemies and projectile guns are being introduced. Standard enemies get a new model and continuing... Continue reading
• Building Our Base
  November 14, 2018 by jetsontwo

  For this week, we focused on broadening out and reducing our early optimizations. Upon requests from our mentors and teachers, we realized that we were getting too caught up in making the weapons and... Continue reading
• Feedback
  November 07, 2018 by JLSaake

  This week was all about feedback. Both taking in feedback from playtesting, and adding feedback to the game. Players had a difficult time determining what was going on for in the game, mostly due to a... Continue reading
• First Enemies
  October 31, 2018 by JLSaake

  This week we focused on nailing down our setting and design centered around a mid 1990s office. This includes honing in on weapon mechanics and styles for our player, and the enemy classes and objects... Continue reading
• Concept Development v.2
  October 24, 2018 by jetsontwo

  After some discussion with our mentors and more discussion amongst the team we have revamped the design of the project. Now the game focuses around and IT worker in a large skyscraper. All the technol... Continue reading
• Initial Concept Development
  October 17, 2018 by JLSaake#ICS169A, #Week2

  Fiction / Narrative An IT worker (player), in a world where portals can take people to other universes, gets sent to broken universes through a busted portal, and they have to make it back through fin... Continue reading