Week 6

What Everyone Did

• A.J: Purchased and developed new shaders for better graphics. Began exploring switching the project over to the Oculus headset
• P.J:
• Ben:
• Hannah: Implemented he first version of the throwing puzzle, compiled everything into a single scene and worked on the mechanics of the transitions to/from each puzzle. Also ironed out teleport mechanics.

Code Update

This week we put a lot of effort into compiling everything together and making a smooth end-to-end experience.

Links to Examples of Added Code:

• Throwing
• Teleporting
• Game Flow
• Special Effects

Idea Update

• Throwing puzzle is way too hard. We are thinking of making it non-sequential where you can hit any note in any order instead of the order being specified.
• We are going to see what we can do about making the music a more recognizable song. It’s hard to get a looping section with a structure suitable to our puzzles, but we think that a recognizable song will help pull the focus more to the music.
• Our orchesra is now located in space! We are going for the “magical orchestra” feel

Playing the Percussion Section:

Guiding Flocks of Shapes, Fantasia Moment Playing:

Plan for Next Week

Now it’s time for polishing everything up!

• Have a working melody puzzle
• Easier version of thowing puzzle
• Have all of the final music files ready and syncd to the puzzles
• Smooth out transitions between puzzles
• Smooth out mechanics of puzzles and reduce confusion

Here is what everyone will do:

P.J:

• Work on making flocking behavior during Fanaia moment more pronounced
• Work on mechanics of throwing
• Adding more effects
• Refine mechancis of melody puzzle

Ben:

• Work on easier throwing puzzle
• Reduce confusion of rhythm puzzle
• Make harmony puzzle single-handed

A.J:

• Look into transferring to oclus quest

Hannah:

• Polishing main scene interactions (teleporting, puzzles moving in and out, etc)
• Lighting of main scene
• Look into better audio files

Blocking Issues

• Getting the scene to “grid out” around the peripheial when teleporting. Aleks said he will help with this :)
• Creating a throwing mechanic that is more intuitive and less difficult
• Figuring out how to make the experience focus more on the music and not just the game aspect