After the development of Level 3, Paula made assets for the Bubble Column and Steam column that I needed to implement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, depending on the amount of space around the bubble\/steam column I replaced it’s sprite in the sprite renderer component with one of the assets above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, this meant replacing the ‘square’ that would show whether or not the column was on or off. To fix this issue I used Unity’s particle system for visual feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For both column prefabs I added a Particle System child object. These children had the ‘Particle System’ component, which has a lot of customization. Allowing me to adjust the particles’ size, speed, colour etc. Even allowing me to set a range for such properties for some variance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Emission – Allows me to adjust the rate of the particles, I opted for burst so that multiple particles could spawn at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Shape – Allows me to adjust where the particles spawn, and the range of the spawn (Position, Rotation and Scale)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, to stylize the particle system I asked Paula to create particle assets for both the Bubble and Steam columns, and assigned them using the Texture Sheet Animation property:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\nBubble Particle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nSteam Particle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nI went through many iterations of tweaking the properties, asking Paula what her opinion was and then going back to change it. (Unfortunately this was a verbal process so there’s no documentation of it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis was the final result of adding the particle system to the Steam\/Bubble columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFalling\/Crumbling platform assets<\/h3>\n\n\n\nAfter adding the particles to the steam and bubble columns, I felt that I should do the same for the falling and crumbling platforms to give a better visual feedback for their activation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce I had the particles working I asked Paula to create an asset for these particles so that I could implement them immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nParticle Asset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bubble\/Steam column assets After the development of Level 3, Paula made assets for the Bubble Column and Steam column that I needed to implement: So, depending on the amount of space around the bubble\/steam column I replaced it’s sprite in the sprite renderer component with one of the assets above. However, this meant replacing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprint-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I went through many iterations of tweaking the properties, asking Paula what her opinion was and then going back to change it. (Unfortunately this was a verbal process so there’s no documentation of it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis was the final result of adding the particle system to the Steam\/Bubble columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFalling\/Crumbling platform assets<\/h3>\n\n\n\nAfter adding the particles to the steam and bubble columns, I felt that I should do the same for the falling and crumbling platforms to give a better visual feedback for their activation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce I had the particles working I asked Paula to create an asset for these particles so that I could implement them immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nParticle Asset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bubble\/Steam column assets After the development of Level 3, Paula made assets for the Bubble Column and Steam column that I needed to implement: So, depending on the amount of space around the bubble\/steam column I replaced it’s sprite in the sprite renderer component with one of the assets above. However, this meant replacing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprint-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This was the final result of adding the particle system to the Steam\/Bubble columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFalling\/Crumbling platform assets<\/h3>\n\n\n\nAfter adding the particles to the steam and bubble columns, I felt that I should do the same for the falling and crumbling platforms to give a better visual feedback for their activation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce I had the particles working I asked Paula to create an asset for these particles so that I could implement them immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nParticle Asset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bubble\/Steam column assets After the development of Level 3, Paula made assets for the Bubble Column and Steam column that I needed to implement: So, depending on the amount of space around the bubble\/steam column I replaced it’s sprite in the sprite renderer component with one of the assets above. However, this meant replacing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprint-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
After adding the particles to the steam and bubble columns, I felt that I should do the same for the falling and crumbling platforms to give a better visual feedback for their activation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce I had the particles working I asked Paula to create an asset for these particles so that I could implement them immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nParticle Asset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bubble\/Steam column assets After the development of Level 3, Paula made assets for the Bubble Column and Steam column that I needed to implement: So, depending on the amount of space around the bubble\/steam column I replaced it’s sprite in the sprite renderer component with one of the assets above. However, this meant replacing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprint-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Once I had the particles working I asked Paula to create an asset for these particles so that I could implement them immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Bubble\/Steam column assets After the development of Level 3, Paula made assets for the Bubble Column and Steam column that I needed to implement: So, depending on the amount of space around the bubble\/steam column I replaced it’s sprite in the sprite renderer component with one of the assets above. However, this meant replacing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprint-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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