{"id":635,"date":"2025-05-14T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/?p=635"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:26:01","slug":"spring-break-march-29-april-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sc18g23\/2025\/05\/14\/spring-break-march-29-april-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break: March 29 – April 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prototype Feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On March 29th, I provided to Guy what I had done so far in response to the feedback we had gotten on last week’s playtest session on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guy provided some clarification on the last part, although I was still unsure by what he meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also asked about putting in a tutorial for the game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Resetting Interactables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To reset interactable objects whenever the player fell through the world and respawned, I made a new function in GameManager.cs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    void ResetInteractables()\n    {\n        foreach (var interactable in _interactables)\n        {\n            interactable.ResetPosition();\n        }\n    }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And then in Interactables.cs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\npublic class Interactables : MonoBehaviour\n{\n    Vector3 _originalPosition;\n    Quaternion _originalRotation;\n    \/\/ Start is called before the first frame update\n    void Start()\n    {\n        _originalPosition = transform.position;\n        _originalRotation = transform.rotation;\n    }\n\n    public void ResetPosition()\n    {\n        transform.position = _originalPosition;\n        transform.rotation = _originalRotation;\n    }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Player Cooldown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As suggested previously, I added a cooldown to the game, so in PlayerAbility.cs, after the player casts an ability, I call this IEnumerator:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    IEnumerator CoolDownAbility()\n    {\n        _abilityIsCoolingDown = true;\n        yield return new WaitForSeconds(cooldownTime);\n        _abilityIsCoolingDown = false;\n    }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And then I added this line whenever the player tries to get up the ability menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(_abilityIsCoolingDown) return;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Graphics Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I also started work on the game’s graphics settings. Parker, in his GDD, said that “The minimum requirements should be kept low due to the very large target demographic of family players.” Therefore, having graphics options was crucial for allowing the game to be run on those lower end platforms, as well as maximizing the game’s graphics for those players with machines that can handle it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are 5 graphics options, Potato, Performant, Balanced, High Fidelity, and Max. I added the Potato and Max quality options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I implemented this by going into File, then Build Settings, selecting Player Settings, then on the left hand menu, selecting Quality. This then allowed me to add quality options to the game, as well as set presets for each platform. For desktop, I selected Max to be the default option, and Potato for WebGL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This was what is shown in the Quality screen. The main thing to note is that the way I affected the quality of the game was mostly through the Render Pipeline Asset. Each URP Asset also contains a corresponding Renderer file, and it is the Asset I modified which determined the game’s image quality, so I made 4 new files, 2 for the Potato quality and another 2 for the Max quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Below is an overview of those graphics features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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