Lana Grygier Project Planning

A blog dedicated to my progress in creating a game

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Weekly Progress Report 4/15 - 4/19

What I did:

Finished all textures

Finished all animations

Got cell shader blueprint to work

Work time: appx. 7 hours

What I plan to do:

Just blueprinting left!

Feedback notes:

Consider getting music

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Blueprinting I did for the outline, ended up not using this one because one from the epic games store was better (advanced cel shader lite)

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Example of what’s been done.

All models + textures + animations are in

Cell shader has been implemented

Some interactivity but it’s buggy

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Weekly Progress Report 4/8 - 4/12

What I did:

Finished Quaker textures

Finished egg textures

Implemented outline in Unreal

Finished Lovebird animation

Worked on Quaker rig/animation

Got about halfway through texturing perches

Work time: appx. 7 hours

What I plan to do:

Finish all textures

Work with Unreal blueprinting

Feedback notes:

Do as much unreal blueprinting as I can now

Consider camera movement

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Animation for lovebird finished, quaker animation is in the works

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Work done this week - finished quaker textures, finished egg textures, halfway through perch textures, and implemented outline in Unreal

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Weekly Progress Report 4/1 - 4/5

What I did:

Imported all lovebirds into unreal and made their materials

Made an idle lovebird animation + simple rig

Worked on blueprinting in unreal for an outline around meshes and for interactivity

Hours worked: appx. 4, wish I could have done more but I was too sick

What I plan to do:

Continue to blueprint in unreal

Finish remaining textures

Feedback notes:

Do as much unreal blueprinting as I can now

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part of a small idle animation for the lovebirds + the very simple rig 

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First pic is getting all my lovebirds in unreal and getting their materials set up, second pic is trying out a method to make an outline, and third pic was attempting interaction with the par blue bird, didn’t seem to work but I will continue to work on it

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Weekly Progress Report 3/25 - 3/29

What I did:

Fixed Lovebird and Quaker UVs

Hand painted textures for all Lovebirds

Work time: appx 6 hours

What I plan to do:

Finish Quaker textures (3)

Work on Perch textures

Work on small animations

Feedback notes:

Consider changing the brightness/saturation of the background or the lighting so it doesn’t overpower the foreground

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textures for Lovebirds done + UVs fixed

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Weekly Progress Report 3/18 - 3/22

What I did:

Finished all models specifically the remaining prop model and bird models

UV’d all models

Work time: appx 5 hours

What I plan to do:

Work on textures

Work on small animations

Feedback notes:

No feedback was given this week, however I still am thinking about what I’ll be able to do realistically in unreal

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Finished Quaker and Lovebird models + new perch

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Weekly Progress Report 3/4 - 3/8

What I did:

Made a gameplay prototype

Researched Unreal blueprinting

Work time: appx 3 hours

What I plan to do:

Finish bird models

Continue to make Unreal progress

Feedback notes:

Consider how much I can get done with the amount of time I have left

Consider what animations the birds will have

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Basic prototype/concept of how the game will work

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Weekly Progress Report 2/25 - 3/1

What I did:

Made static assets

Imported all I have into Unreal to start blocking

Total work time: appx 4-5 hours

What I plan to do:

Continue to model

Start on birds

Feedback notes:

Consider to what extent the camera will move

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Assets and Work in Unreal