Programming Log

Me and Dom have started work on the first alpha version of this game, with Dom working on the camera code and me working on navigation between the different states of the game (i.e. Main Menu, Game Playing etc.)

We've posted our progress on the wiki, if anyone wants to see what we've achieved so far.

The program directory should be something like 'ShatteredAlpha1\ShatteredAlpha1\bin\x86\Debug' when you extract the ZIP file.

UPDATE: Updated the link, as the previous page no longer exists.

Update Me

Ok, as I'm a muppet, I forgot to get all your names as you chose them tuesday evening. Hit me with them...the story will go on the wiki tomorrow.

SFX Ideas

In Game Sound Effects

Character Movement

• Walking
  
• Running
  
• Jumping
  
• Fighting
  
• Getting Hurt
  
• Running into something
  

  
   

  Fighting
  

• Swords hitting
  
• Manly Grunts
  
• Pain noises
  
• Dying
  

Trailer Sound Effects

• Footsteps
  
• Door Slamming
  
• Magical Sound
  
• Screams
  

More to be added when we know when we've storyboarded the trailer.

Team Members Present

DW TG LP LS LN DC

Agenda

Progress so far, Character models/names.

Discussion

• Desert level first to program, interior city level could be mostly video. Wall level unimportant.
  
• Leigh will post images for style, themes.
  
• Character workshop next Tuesday 1pm.
  
• Prince and guards characters in game, other appear in the trailer.
  
• Kings death scene, first to animate.
  
• Games Design Document.
  

Conclusions

Next Meeting

Tuesday 27^th Jan 1pm

To Do

http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

Here are some images from Howls Moving Castle and Spirited Away, the things you need to look for in these pictures are the proximity of the buildings to each other (the way they clump up on the wall) and a lot of detail on them (especially on the Spirited Away images.

Names, names, names.

Pretty please with a cherry on top, can you lovely guys think of names for your characters. I'll post the finished story on the wiki when I have character names. Also, any suggestions for the name of the kingdom...?

The Wall

Here is the first draft of the wall concept, I don't want to spend much more time on doing concept stuff, I'd rather it didn't get on top of me when I've got better things to do (such as rebuild the prince) I'll probably give drawing some of the other characters a shot tonight, maybe lol. I wont colour them though :P

I would like to point out the bricks are way to large, it was to much effort to make them small, just imagine them a lot smaller for the scale.
















And a very unfinished tent concept for a bit of a brucie...

















unfinished yo.

The Prince Arrives

Here is the two peices of work that I have created for the prince, the first is the original design, that I thought was to simple and not asian enough to pull off, the second however is the new and final design, I may still change the top of the arm armour and make it rounded off rather than simply cut off, but until that point this will do.

I would like it to be understood that this is not a finished piece, it's pretty obvious anyway but I wanted to show you guys before I carry on with the rest of the works.

Version .1



















Version .2




















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Enjoy!

Level 1 Page

hey guys i'v added a page to the wiki for the first level that will act as a development template. Please go see and add iteams to the page. add images of your shacks or buildings uv created. Leigh can upload the map, so we can keep a runing list of things to do and things that have been done.

TTFN

7Shattered Dreams

Like the new name? hope so, because I can't be bothered to change it again :)

Nah only joking, me and dom got bored of not having a name, especially as he's trying to set up the wiki.

If anyone has any major beefage with the name just let me know and we can change it.

Later days.


Leigh

Team Pending Meeting Minutes – 13/01/2009 Week 2

Team Members Present

DW DC LN JP LS TG

Agenda....

Leroy is well happy!

Discussion

Blogging and wiki is liked. Will be good for organising.
Tamara has written story, need names for things; characters, kingdoms.

King, Queen, Prince, Right hand man, two bad guys.

Tamara: Queen, Leigh: Prince, Leroy: Right hand Man, Dom: King, Dave & Joe: Bad Guys.

Joe does not use Pantene

King died from curse, possibly turning into Micheal Jackson...

Background story has been established...story details in game to be decided.

Assasins Creed style kingdom, big castle, town area surrounded by big wall.

Level1

Desert bit, settlement, oasis. NPCs learn background story.

Level2

Getting into the kingdom. Scaffolding up the big wall, climbing over and down the otherside.

Conclusions

Next Meeting

Tuesday 20/01/2009

To Do

Make a Hut.

Mock up scenes in Max. Prop design.

Work on individual characters.

LN Concept Art.

fighting styles

So I was thinking about the fighting in game from a programming prospective and couldn't remember what style we said. Are we going for a button bash stylie or will it be turn based fighting like final fantasy? I think turn based would be easier for us to programme. But I also think we could attempt a button attack style...

Any thoughts on this or how we see the fighting working?

'Pending' team

Thought this would be a good a start as any, whats the name of our team going to be?

For that matter, whats the name of the game going to be?!

-Leigh