Space Escape

Devlog

• Environment Art: Lighting
  November 29, 2021 by alisaleemi

  Lighting was the most important factor in making the spaceship environment look believable and visible. I chose blue and red lights for the ship lights to give a lighting scenario akin an emergency si... Continue reading

  
• Scripting + Level Design Recap
  November 29, 2021 by NvN

  Level Design My main role, as with everyone else in my team was being a Level Designer, and we each had to make our own part of the level. My section was the Maintenance Room, or the infamous maze. We... Continue reading

  
• Final Sound and Narrative Updates
  November 29, 2021 by Endertails73

  To add the final touches to our project, I implemented a variety of new features and bug fixes. In this update: -Typing in the code is now more responsive; on value change for typing sound implemented... Continue reading

  
• Environment Art: 2D Assets and Particles
  November 29, 2021 by alisaleemi

  2D assets were created in Paint.NET and applied to planes in Unity to add variation to the environment. These assets were used for either directing the player or environmental storytelling. To make th... Continue reading

  
• Environment Art: 3D Assets
  November 29, 2021 by alisaleemi

  The 3D assets for Space Escape were all created by me in Maya. Our team decided that a low-poly style would be best. We decided on low-poly because we would be able to use Unity materials with these t... Continue reading

  
• Final Script Changes
  November 29, 2021 by NvN

  Throughout the final stages of the game, we have been gathering a lot of feedback through many playtest sessions and play testers, iterating upon iterating upon iterating through our design and polish... Continue reading
• Win and Lose Scenes Added
  November 21, 2021 by Endertails73

  To add a bit more polish to our game, I created win and lose screens to show the player the result of their gameplay. I wanted these screens to have a bit of an arcade game feel with the 8 bit text an... Continue reading

  
• Pre and Post Formal Playtest Sound Updates
  November 15, 2021 by Endertails73

  Before the playtest, I updated and added several sounds detailed below: Updated: - Fire: Made it so the sound loops better and sounds more natural; there are fewer jarring peaks. - Electric Water: Sim... Continue reading
• Group Post about Playtest Feedback
  November 01, 2021 by Endertails73

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  Playtest Notes: Multiple playtesters felt they were getting "stuck" when running into a wall. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that adding a physics material with no friction fixes this i... Continue reading
• Update on Scripting
  November 01, 2021 by NvN

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  Last week my team conducted a playtest session with several playtesters and I started making changes to the project, in terms of scripting, based on the feedback. Completed Added a rotating animation... Continue reading
• Update on Sound Post-Playtest
  November 01, 2021 by Endertails73

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  Since the playtest, I have been working on creating more sounds. So far, I have the: -Collect item sound -Victory music -Defeat music -Explosion sound The hard part will be implementing them into the... Continue reading
• Playtest- Sound
  October 27, 2021 by Endertails73

  For our playtest, I created and implemented the following sounds: -Door opening/closing -Valve turning -Correct code input -Incorrect code input -Fire -Electric Water -Steam -Background music I had a... Continue reading
• Scripting Role
  October 18, 2021 by NvN

  As the game's scripter, I would like to implement player mechanics, obstacles, and objectives. Mechanics WASD keys for movement Mouse Movement to look around Space to jump Left Ctrl to crouch E to int... Continue reading
• Sound/ Narrative Designer Plan
  October 18, 2021 by Endertails73

  I would like our game to have an 8-bit sound design. I was inspired by the sounds of Deltarune, a game I absolutely adore in part because of its catchy music and fun sound effects. I plan on making mo... Continue reading
• Environmental Art Direction
  October 18, 2021 by alisaleemi

  The environment art for Space Escape will immerse the player in an escape room style environment that will be modeled after a spaceship. STYLE: The assets for Space Escape will be modeled in a low-pol... Continue reading

  
• Cockpit Layout/Whitebox
  October 18, 2021 by alisaleemi

  PAPER LAYOUT FIRST ITERATION: The first layout for the cockpit in Space Escape was designed as a very large, fancy spaceship. PAPER LAYOUT FINAL ITERATION: It was decided that the spaceship should be... Continue reading

  
• Layouts/ Whitebox for Storage Room
  October 18, 2021 by Endertails73

  Overview of the entire map. My room is circled in blue. Interior views of my room. The red triangle represents the fire, and the blue puddle on the floor will be the electric water. The small grey squ... Continue reading

  
• Maintenance Room Layout
  October 18, 2021 by NvN

  Paper Layouts I did 4 iterations, the first being a maze with 3 interactable objects in it that will lead to the main valve. The second is a simple platformer set in a flooded room of electrified wate... Continue reading