Erin - From time to time in the game, Cosmo will call you to relay some very important information (usually a new task or to tell you to stop hiding his clipboard). We’ve affectionately named these calls Talking Heads, and now I permanently have Talking Heads songs stuck in my head (“Same as it ever was!”). Up until now, Cosmo was in the same boring pose for every call. Thanks to a few days of easy work this week, he now has the ability to express emotion! This is a game changer, it really adds a lot to these scenes.
Bryan - After doing some boring stuff like polishing menus, fixing bugs and revising text documents, I took another dive into the aquarium. This time I made a high-tech laser-powered cleaning animation for it! If you neglect the fish tank for a few days, it will inevitably become clouded with filth. Cleaning it from time to time will keep Morvin’s aquatic friends happy and hygienic.
Lauren - This week I've been posting content everywhere and doing more video editing! In between making content and reaching out to streamers, I've been catching up with all the gaming news from E3! It's been a great week!
Ian - This week has been focused on mostly cleaning up my task list. I had a bunch of things that would take under an hour to fix clogging it up, so I decided to do them all! This includes medium priority bugs (things that wouldn't break the game but the average player would notice), implementation of already completed assets (sounds, animations, particles), quality of life changes for us and player (button navigation, performance issues, post alien day ambassadors), and all sorts of other stuff too. One of those things was setting up Morvin's ability to walk! I know you are supposed to walk before you run, but he spent the last 4 years only running lol. The animation had been done for a while, I just needed to set up proper animation blend state between idle/walk/run that interpolated based on his move speed. Turned out pretty well!
And there you have it, all the news that is fit to know from the world of Cosmo's Quickstop.
