Studio 3_week2_WIP

Work in progress video:
Introduction of the right-click panel & the bugs related to it
https://youtu.be/KeA_YAF-RX8

List of Bugs in the game
https://youtu.be/AEXHlPy73Xw

New features:

• Added the right-mouse button menu

  • Classmate's suggestion

• Added a CD period for items

  • Feedback from playtesting

• Adjusted the view of cameras to keep the character model at about ¼ of the screen length and the opposite side of where they’re moving

  • According to the standard of “good” platformer in a book about platformer games

  • Holleman, P 2018, Reverse Design : Super Mario World, Taylor & Francis Group, Milton, ProQuest Ebook Central, <https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/rmit/detail.action?docID=5514740>.

Functions to be added:

• Game over HUD

• More items

• Bigger map

• A GameObject of “goal” for player 1

List of bugs/ Things to be fixed:

• The unstable sensitivity of the right-click menu

• The selected item remains shown as selected

  • (I’ve tried to deal with it in the script, but no use)

• Sometimes the enemies stuck into the wall

• The prefab trap disappears immediately after it’s instantiated

• Sometimes two items were instantiated at the same time

• Make the right-click menu follows the player movement

My worries:

• Too many unexpected & complicated bugs

• May take a lot of time to fix them all

• No time to explore different mechanics in 2D platformers

• Not enough time to have a few rounds of playtests and get feedback

• Difficult to have a test on the game of its ‘ideal’ performance

• May need to simplify my idea?

• Should I invest 1-2 more weeks on experimenting/ fixing the problems or switch to work on the backup project?