Development Process/Playtesting

For the development process, we split up the game development process by assigning roles to each of our group members. 

Initial Idea: 2D Platformer Fighting Game

Similar to Smash/Multiversus. It will be a 2D platformer which fulfills almost all the requirements (pending approval to see if the requirement of 4 different levels, which will be replaced by 4 different stages since multiplayer fighting games don’t have those levels). 

Planning: 

• Implement literally everything shown in class 10/7 (Short-Medium)
• Multiplayer (Long)
• Attacks + Animations
  • Regular attack (Very short) Jab attacks
  • Shields
  • Special attacks, all directions (Short)
  • Directional attacks, tilts (Short-Medium)
  • Platform interaction (Short)
  • Ledge + Ledge options (Medium)
• Stage Design
  • Physical appearance of stage (Short)
  • Making stage look good (Medium-Long)
• Percentage Interface + Knockback (Short-Medium)
• Menus, Character selection, basically making a proper game (Medium-Long)
  • Main Menu (Short)
  • Controls (Medium-Long)
  • Character Select (Short-Medium)
  • Options (Short-Medium)
• More characters (Medium)

Roles 

 William

• Hitboxes
• Frame Data
• Universal Mechanics
  • Attacks
  • Shield
  • Ledge Grab
• Animations

Jeff

• Music design
• Sound effects
• Level design… traps/etc
• Animations

Yifan

•  Health system
• Animation
• Pickup
• Menu/UI

Anagh

• Level Design
• Animations
• UI

Animations

1. Idle
2. Walk / Run
3. Jump
4. Shields
5. Regular attack (Very short) Jab attacks 

Levels (1 easy, 2 medium, 1 hard with a smooth difficulty curve)

1. Simple Grass Terrain Level - no Traps?
2. Snow level (ice spikes, electric fences, icey floors)
3. Dark level (foggy)
4. Lava level (occasion eruption if > 100% die else launch + dmg,  fireballs, hot platforms that slowly dmg you)

Dev Log (Just to keep track of progress):

• 10/8 Implemented everything shown in 10/7 class except for animations
• 10/9-10 Implemented a partially functioning multiplayer using Photon
  • Still have to synchronize other player’s movements
• 10/12 Fixed synchronization
  • Photon is too laggy for a fighting game tho :(
• 10/13 Removed Photon. Will likely do this via local multiplayer. Assigned more specific roles to every group member.
• 10/13 Made a functional hitbox which knocks back enemy players.
• 10/14 Added a health system.
• 10/18 Added the new Unity input system to the game.
  • Gamepad now works with the game
• 10/18 Changed the health system to Smash Bros style
• 10/19 Added Pause and Start menu
• 10/19 Added more moves to the moveset
  • Created hitboxes for side/down/up tilt, and forward/back/up/down/neutral air. Slightly modified player movement script to work with these.
• 10/20 Added stage 3
• 10/26 Added Stage 4
• 10/27 Added final changes, multiplayer input system
• 10/27 Added music