2/28/23

Total Time: 2 hrs

Today I made some progress setting up the survival waves. I feel pretty good about the direction. I think I made the right decision to keep things simple by just using one map. I also looked at Boxhead: Zombie Warfare (one of my favorite flash games as a kid) for inspiration and I think I'm going to do what that game does and give the player weapons as they reach score thresholds.

It's simple enough.  Right now I need to keep simplifying so I can improve the gameplay. I realize I can't really have too many mechanics at all. I have to remove as many as I can, so I can at least get the ones that are already in there done right.

And there's a win condition now I guess.

2/26/23

Time Worked: 7 - 9 PM

Total Time: 1 hr, 55 mins

Today I made a pretty big change.  I realized recently that the scale was still too big for this project. I was going to have to spend too much time making maps and testing them compared to working on the actual gameplay. So I cut the separate missions and pivoted. Now it is going to just be a isometric survival shooter experience. I'm still confident that it will be cool, because I'm going to do my best to make the equipment pieces and guns really fun. It was a good call I think. We'll see!

2/21/23

Time Worked: 5: 30 - 7:30 PM

Total Time: 1 hr, 45 mins

It is crazy how powerful pre-existing and FREE tools are. There is literally so much material out there you have to pay nothing beyond having a computer to use. So crazy.

Anyway, today I had a real solid session just working on adding in the sprinting animation. Blend Trees are super cool now that I understand them more. I'm looking into Mixing Transformations (?) to figure out how to incorporate firing/reloading animations on upper body regardless of what the lower body is doing.

Here's a little GIF! 

2/19/23

Time Worked: 6:30 - 9 PM

Total Time: 2 hrs, 15 mins

Today I focused on making the ragdolls better. It really didn't get much better but it's a work in progress. Actually surprised I spent a whole two hours just trying to improve the ragdolls and they really didn't get better but whatevaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Here's a little GIF of the current state! 

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2/15/23

 Today I just transferred work to my desktop and upgraded some shaders, and added the models to the actors.

2/14/22

Time Worked: 8:28 - 8:53

Total Time :25 minutes

Today I finally picked some third party assets for the game. Here they are. I'd love to have original art but I can't do that shit. So, here we are. I think they look nice.

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/toon-soldiers-armies-141648

2/8/23

Time Worked: 5:15 - 6:30 PM

Total Time: 1 hr, 13 mins

Today I got focused again, and brainstormed ideas for the weapons. I'm going to implement prototype versions of these weapons next, although I might brainstorm more first. 

Just some ideas.