Welcome to the first post for my blog!
Check out the 'About My Project' page to find out what the project is, my role and what happened in semester one.
So, now that I got that out of the way, let's get into what has happened the past two weeks. I have done a lot of work for our game recently which has really jump started the development.
The general level design and the first draft of the script had to be finished before the start of this semester so Emilia could start coding the basics. I did this during my Christmas holidays and during my exams, just to get ahead.
I initially thought that I would have to write a different script an choice path for every single level. This would involve a lot of work but I knew I could do it. I had completed the scripts for each level the week before semester two started. I then realised that I didn't need three different scripts and choice paths for each level instead I only needed to create one script and choice path which allows the player to pick the 'do essay' choice and shows the option enough times to cover each level.
I then decided to write a new script.
Semester two began two weeks ago. Since I had already curated the basics, I got stuck into actually coding the script. We also had a meeting with our tutor During the first week, or week one, I wrote the first draft of the coded script so Emilia could start working on a Beta version of the game which is due in March.
Week two consisted of working with Aine and Aoife on some of the promotion for the game. Aine has set up an Instagram page and we (and by we I mean Aoife did most of the work with input from Aine and I) spent some time generating content for this page. I also started working on writing up the second day for the game but I have ran into difficulty with trying to import the previous file's choices into the second day. This is crucial as it means the choices from the first day affect the way the second day is played.
This is a problem I am still trying to figure out...
The clip below is from the video I made for the Instagram. As you can see it shows the code for the script and the choices and also the choices working.
So, that was what happened in the first two weeks of project development. Come back to find out what happened in week three.
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