Pursueball

Devlog

• handing-in time
  May 27, 2020 by FadedMeat

  So, after a whole semester we made our beloved game Pursueball. It wasn't easy, but we did learn a lot from making it. Setting up the players wasn't an easy task, we had to experiment with that a lot,... Continue reading

  
• polish, second week
  May 14, 2020 by FadedMeat

  This week we made the game feel nicer, the blackout now has a nice transition, the lights that change during blackout also have a nice transition, we gave the swap pick-up a new mechanic, the pick-up... Continue reading

  
• polish, first week
  May 07, 2020 by FadedMeat

  This week we didn't add any new elements to the game, we polished the previous stuff we had and we also fixed some bugs. Player movement is more organic now, taking smoother turns instead of snapping... Continue reading

  
• production 3, third week
  April 30, 2020 by FadedMeat

  Players can personalize their Frogmen characters with custom head items, including: Tophat, Halo, Devil horns and Beanie! We have added the last elements to our game. Like a new timer, new effects and... Continue reading

  
• production 2, second week
  April 23, 2020 by FadedMeat

  This week we've added more visuality to the game and also an input system! The pick-ups have a new look and now also a flashy effect. The way we made our pick-ups before was so that when we had to add... Continue reading

  
• sprint 3, first week
  April 02, 2020 by FadedMeat

  So, this week we made the scene look more decent and fixed some bugs and errors that we had. As you can see, we added actual rocks as obstacles instead of some cubes, they've got spawn effect as well... Continue reading

  
• production, third week
  March 26, 2020 by FadedMeat

  At the third week of our production we added the meshes and animation of the character, the black-out event, more stable playability, and a lot more. A thing we struggled with was spawning the walls... Continue reading

  
• Production, second week
  March 19, 2020 by dannith

  After first week of production we kept improving the core gameplay, as well as implement some powerups. Now you have pick-ups that can either help you or make it a little harder on you. For now, you h... Continue reading
• Production, first week
  March 12, 2020 by FadedMeat

  What we've learned from our prototyping sessions we applied to our production. What went right we integrated into our game and what didn't go so well we dropped. For example, the ball navigation and b... Continue reading
• Second week of prototyping
  March 05, 2020 by FadedMeat

  For the second week of prototyping we have added some extra features, like: light turning on and off so the players can't see where they're going and have to stay close to the ball for light, items ap... Continue reading
• First week of prototyping
  February 26, 2020 by FadedMeat

  So we started with finding out which one was better to develop our game with; Unreal or Unity. Using Unreal, one of our developers spend about 8h trying to make a ball follow the player, which he coul... Continue reading
• Brainstorm
  February 19, 2020 by RMirrer#Brainstorm, #Design

  We started our idea by asking around what people thought. All of us came up with multiple ideas however we had one rather vague idea, each time we passed it another function or idea got added towards... Continue reading