GAMES DEVELOPMENT- PROJECTS

April 14, 2020

GAMES DEVELOPMENT- PROJECTS

LECTURES

Lecture 2:-

29/4/20 (Week 3)

There was no lecture this week. We just pitch and present our game ideas to Mr. Razif and get feedback.

Lecture 8: Character HP | Enemy Attack | Wheel Spawn & Effects

3/6/20 (Week 8)

This week, we learned how to link the character HP to a image element created as a life bar as well as creating an enemy to attack the character with wheel throwing attack.

Fig 1.40 Progress of task in Unity

Fig 1.41 Script to link life bar to character HP

Fig 1.42 Script to create enemy and its attack

Fig 1.43 Script to spawn attack

Lecture 9: -

10/6/20 (Week 9)

We did not have lecture this week as we discussed with Mr. Razif on the mechanics that we need to request for our games.

Lecture 10:-

17/6/20 (Week 10)

We did not have lecture this week as we discussed with Mr. Razif on the mechanics that we need to request for our games.

Lecture 11:-

24/6/20 (Week 11)

We did not have lecture this week as we discussed with Mr. Razif on the mechanics that we need to request for our games.

Lecture 12:-

1/7/20 (Week 12)

We did not have lecture this week as we discussed with Mr. Razif on the mechanics that we need to request for our games.

Lecture 13:-

8/7/20 (Week 13)

There was no lecture this week.

Lecture 14:-

15/7/20 (Week 14)

There was no lecture this week as we discussed with Mr. Razif on the mechanics that we need to request for our games.

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INFORMATION

Module Information Booklet (MIB)

Here is the link to the Game Development Rubics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_nOpG_a93ZuXxbhC_BiWZzmdgTFjDqXn/view?usp=sharing

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PROJECT 1: Game Design Document

Game Idea Proposal

22/4/20 (Week 2)

This week, I had to come up and develop a game idea. I decided to go on a game that involves a dog who is visually impaired goes on a mission to save its owner from a psychotic killer.

Here is the embedded slides of my game idea:

Game Development: Game Ideas by Andrea Choong

Progress 1 on Game Design Document

29/4/20 (Week 3)

This week, I presented and consulted my idea to Mr. Razif and the rest of my coursemates. After the presentation, I can start working on my GDD. I transferred my points in my proposal to the document with details added.

Progress 2 on Game Design Document | Illustrations of Game Characters & Elements

6/5/20 (Week 4)

I continued my GDD with writing the core game mechanics and level design stages. Later on, I sketched on the design of the characters and elements of my game.

Here are the illustrations of the characters:

1. Main Character- Oscar the dog

2. Villian- Kolten the psychotic killer

3. Victim- Abi the female owner

4. Obstacles- crows, zombies & ice spikes

5. Game Elements- hp bar, special power icons

Fig 2.1 Sketches of Characters and Obstacles

Fig 2.2 Sketches of Obstacles & Game Elements

Fig 2.3 Sketches of Ground/Floor Platforms

Fig 2.4 Sketches of decorations around the game environment

Progress 3 on Game Design Document | Level Design Draft Model

13/5/20 (Week 5)

I continued to update my GDD and started to work on the level design draft model. I decided to reduce the initial idea of having 3 levels to 2 levels with a final boss fight.

Progress of Level Design Model:

Fig 2.5 Rough Diagram of Level 1

Fig 2.6 Rough Diagram of Level 2

Progress 4 on Game Design Document

20/5/20 (Week 6)

After adding all the content for the GDD, I added my asset sprites into the GDD.

Embedded Google Docs of the Game Design Document

Google Docs link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WapMXqEln9pJO2d2MFi4OZ8TbA-2bRHw/view?usp=sharing

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PROJECT 2: Art Asset Development

Progress 1: Character Design & Key Values

13/5/20 (Week 5)

This week, I digitize my character sketches and key values in Illustrator. Here is the progress in Illustrator:

Fig 3.1 Progress of character/obstacle design

Progress 2: Game Environment

20/5/20 (Week 6)

After the characters are created, I moved on to design the game environment for each level.

Progress of game environment design:

Fig 3.2 Progress of game environment & platform design

Progress 3: Game Key Values & Extra Decorations

27/5/20 (Week 7)

I continued to illustrate the game key values like the HP bar and special power icons as well as the portal to transport to the next level. I have also designed the hidden clues and collected item when the character has defend the enemies/obstacles and villain.

Fig 3.3 Progress of game key values

Fig 3.4 Progress of collected hidden clues/ items

Fig 3.5 Progress of storyline scene sequences

Progress 4: Changing assets to sprites | Game Buttons/Menu

3/6/20 (Week 8)

After the illustrations are done, I moved on to compile each of the assets into sprites so that it is easier to import them in Unity when I start creating my game.

Fig 3.6 Progress #1 of compiling characters into sprites

Fig 3.7 Progress #2 of compiling characters into sprites

Fig 3.8 Progress #3 of compiling characters into sprites

Fig 3.9 Progress #4 of compiling characters into sprites

Fig 3.7 Progress of illustrating the game menus & key elements

Embedded Google Docs of the Art Assets Development

Google Docs link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RTWbajnS2j3yfYWQiR5-KpDDHPdCbcv_/view?usp=sharing

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PROJECT 3: GAME PROTOTYPE

Progress on Level 1 & 2 Prototype

3/6/20 (Week 8)-10/6/20 (Week 9)

While doing the assets, I started to plan out my level design as a prototype in Unity.

Here is the rough diagram of each level I designed:

Fig 4.1 Rough Diagram: Level 1

Fig 4.2 Rough Diagram: Level 2

Fig 4.3 Rough Diagram: Level 3

Here is my progress for Level 1:

Fig 4.4 Prototyping for Level 1 (Progress 1)

Fig 4.5 Prototyping for Level 1 (Progress 2)

After Level 1 is completed, I moved on to design the prototype for level 2.

Fig 4.6 Prototyping for Level 2 (Progress 1)

Fig 4.7 Prototyping for Level 2 (Progress 2)

Progress on Final Boss Level Prototype

17/6/20 (Week 10)

This week, I touched up on the level 1 and 2 prototype and moved on to designing for the final boss level.

Here is my progress:

Fig 4.5 Prototyping for Final Level

Progress on linking between game screens

24/6/20 (Week 11)

This week, I added the game screens to transit from the main menu, instructions, splash screen to the gameplay.

Here is the Google Drive link to my game prototype:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/174KHnCZglgQ9avCAOabclpOR9OEV9J-d?usp=sharing

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FINAL PROJECT : PLAYABLE GAME

Animation Progression

1/7/20 (Week 12)

This week, I worked on animating the necessary sprites to enhance my game appearance.

I added a animation of the HP hearts collected.

As well as a brief animated story before the player starts playing the game.

Sound Effects Progression

8/7/20 (Week 13)

This week, I search for sound effects and music that is suitable for my game. After that, I added the sound effects to my game. I started on the sound effects for the collecting items and characters movement and powers.

Ambiance Sound Effects & Background Music Progression

15/7/20 (Week 14)

I added in the ambiance sound effects for each level game and background music to fit the whole theme of the game.

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Final Submission

22/7/20 (Week 15)- 31/7/20 (Week 16)

Here is the Google Drive link to my project files:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Xq6jwHOCpAAteQHPe7LSoCpr7rrtl2pn?usp=sharing

Game Walkthrough Video

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FEEDBACK

29/4/20 (Week 3)

Specific feedback: It's very detailed and easy to visualize the gameplay. Maybe you can implement the game mechanic like finding the items in the crime scene in one of you game reference, Criminal Case. Mr. Razif said that I can start working on my game design document.

6/5/20 (Week 4)