Update Overview

This week we mainly focused on completing the beta release of the game by incorporating all features, SFX, animations, and model texturing.

Progress

Implementation

Controls & Cues

• Replaced control icons with new icons, and added support for keyboard cues.
• Changed the “enter memory” button to use the dial in the TV
• Integrated new sprites for TV controls
• Added a pause menu that allows
  • Resume the game
  • Opening a settings page
  • Returning to main menu
• Fixed the skip button on the intro scene to be bigger and selected by default
• Fixed resolution of control cues to scale with screens
• Fixed bug where the objects hide the UI

Object Interactions

• Added audio dialogue to all props upon inspection interaction
• Moving the player character now includes dynamic animation states between idle (no movement) and walking (movement)

Puzzle Logic

• Level 2 has been implemented. Players can now view the second tape and place the corresponding branching and 3 key items for the ending of the second tape.

SFX

• Integrate object interaction (pickup and placement) sfx for most of the interactable objects. Other objects will be added later.
• Added sfx for correct key object placement and when the tape changes (when branching object is correctly placed or all key objects are correctly placed)

Additional

• Added a script to flip animations into their reverse.

Scripts & Tapes

• Tape 1 updated with better subtitles and glitch effects + audio
• Updated intro scene with new effects
• Added transition into memory scene

Assets - Models

• Integrated ready all model textures into the game.
• Animations (boxes) were integrated into the game but lack interaction currently.

Assets - Audio

• Level 1 interaction sfx complete
• Entering/exiting memory sfx complete
• Branching/non branching items correct/incorrect placement sfx complete
• Level 2 interaction sfx in progress 
• Tape 2 foleying in progress
• Integrated level 2 background music

Challenges

• Two different animators meant that there were some inconsistencies in naming the rigged model, thus animation had to be implemented late into the week’s development.