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Next weeks is GGC, and I’m now on the last sprint for the prototype that will be shown at the GGC show floor.
And how far have I come with the prototype? Well, I’m basically done with it. All the systems are now functional and almost everything graphics related is implemented. The thing that is left for me to work on a fog-of-war system, add some particle effects, fix a few bugs, change a few numbers in the code, and then I’m ready to go.
Improving feedback
One thing that I got feedback on during the beta testing, which we had earlier this week, was that I need to give the players more feedback to what’s going on within the game. I’ve been adding sound effect when the various units are in combat with each other. I’ve also made it is so that the unit that you currently have selected is rendered using different materials than the other units
New fog-of-war system
During this week, my teacher gave me a fog-of-war system that I could use in my game. And for most of the part, it was basically drag-and-drop to implement that system properly. The system worked in the way that the main camera was essentially all black, and then you put fog-of-war revelers on your game objects to show parts of the map.The system had one issue though. There was a hair-thin line between revealing to much and to little of the map. As a result, I decided to ditch that system and instead start working on another system. I can show more once I get the system to function properly.
Other improvements
I will also look into adding particle effects to the units when they are in combat. I will also fix the last few bugs that exists in the game. But other than that, the prototype is looking in good shape.
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