Hi everybody,
Welcome to the first progress report for PogoChamp! I've been pretty heads-down on implementation, and I decided to take a breath and let you know what I've been working on over the last month and a half. There are a lot of changes, but here are some highlights.
Redesigned Replay Mode
This gif shows transitioning between Free, Stationary, and Follow cameras in Replay Mode, and also demonstrates the updated Super Jump vfx.
Minor visuals & Post Processing update
Left = old, right = new
Changes (in approximately chronological order)
- Updated all UI text to use a new font.
- Tweaked the new font to have monospaced numbers.
- Added "New Record" text that shows when you beat your old best time.
- Adjust water physics so you don't bounce infinitely on it.
- Add placeholder SFX for jumping / landing.
- Moved the jump charge UI to be centered & follow the player (used to be in the bottom left corner).
- Added level numbers to the level select UI.
- Added level gates to tune progression so people don't get overwhelmed.
- Fixed issue where sometimes the character would spin out all crazy when landing at certain angles.
- Adjust the way the character is put together so that velocity properly transfers when you crash.
- Update canvases so they scale with screen size.
- Fixed placement of super jump trails.
- Update super jump trail color to be a rainbow (not sure if permanent).
- Jump charge UI now indicates whether you are in the process of super jumping, so it's much easier to see where you went wrong.
- Increased super jump input window to be much more forgiving.
- Delay start time & replay tracking until you move.
- Add in-level score HUD.
- Added ~10 new levels
- Updated all of the level star times.
- Show the number of stars needed to unlock each gate.
- Make gates a physical object in the level select. Gates animate opening + save whether they have been opened.
- Reduce amount of time before you can input anything after crashing.
- Add a skip button to the victory animation.
- Added Cannons (mario-style)
- Adjusted the camera top and bottom angles to be less extreme.
- Only enable mouse camera control when using Keyboard & Mouse control scheme.
- Added camera reset button, which will position the camera behind the character while it's moving.
- Added more input icon textures (L3, R3, Scroll)
- Add Pause & Pause Menu.
- And Options Menu.
- Allow customizing camera settings (sensitivity + invert) in options menu.
- Several level adjustments & bug fixes.
- Show the number of attempts in the post-level replay UI.
- Changed the save system from PlayerPrefs to SaveGameFree.
- Camera settings are saved now.
- Updated game shaders to use FlatKit + increased saturation. I think the game "Pops" more now.
- Replay system completely redesigned. Replays are now timestep agnostic, and include perfect jump trails and explosions. Their fidelity (records per second) can also be adjusted at will, and playback & recording rate are decoupled.
- Post-crash ragdolls are now recorded in the replay system.
- Replays can be saved & loaded now.
- Added a Main Menu.
- Added a replay list menu to the main menu where you can view your replays.
- Decoupled Game Logic from the level Scenes, so that you can load scenes in different modes (Normal mode, replay mode, etc).
- Updated the Spawn Point VFX.
- Added animated leaning to the player character.
- Allow the player to overlap water slightly before crashing.
- Added square goal zones.
- Fixed issue where strangely scaled goal zones would cause the character to morph in strange ways.
- Added breakable platforms.
- Removed 200+ C# warnings (mostly variable not initialized).
- Added replay mode, which allows you to control playback speed, adjust camera, watch specific attempts, pause, etc.
- Allow you to hide the UI in Replay Mode.
- Added a current button selection UI indicator to all menus.
- Added Loading popup when loading replays, and Saving popup when saving them.
- Replays save and load is now done in a background thread.
- Saving replays now saves a screenshot, which is displayed in the replay list, so you don't need to remember all the level names.
- Returning to the Main Menu from a replay now keeps the menu open and scrolled to your previous position.
- Button prompts now update much more reliably when controller type changes.
- Added screen wipe transition when loading into levels.
- Updated to Unity 2020.1
- Fixed lighting and saturation in Replay mode.
Let me know what you think in the comments!