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KickFlipper 1.0 is live!
The beta version of KickFlipper has now been released and can be played for free at kickflipper.co.uk
Development will continue on KickFlipper and there will hopefully be an android or IOS release in near future.
Please email me if you notice any bugs or have any queries at [email protected]
3 levels complete!
I have now made 3 levels, a screenshot of each can be seen below. Each level increases in difficulty and is meant to set a different ambiance. The first level is supposed to be relatively easy and have a happy upbeat feel about it. The second is slightly harder and darker and is meant to simulate skateboarding at night, and the third level involves skating on rooftops and is meant to feel like a summer evening.
Progress Update
I have made a gui! I need certain information like score and time and the most recent trick that has been performed to be displayed back to the user. This is done like you can see above. The font is jokewood, taken from truefont.com.
Unity Learning
I have decided I need to get to grips with the unity animation system, mainly so I can co-ordinate the buttons flying on and off the screen. For that reason I am going to spend some time studying the docs and improving my skills instead of working on the project !
Project Management
After my final year project supervisor informing me about the project management tool KanbanFlow, I’ve decided to use it instead of Assembla for the duration of this project.
KanbanFlow includes a timer based on the Pomodoro time management Technique, which involves breaking work down into 25 minute sprints, with short breaks in-between. After 4 of these sprints, you take a longer break. The Kanbanflow website states “by keeping your focus and not making mental context switches, you get more work done in less time.” Using it briefly, it does seem to help me increase productivity. I am focusing on one specific tasks instead of flitting between many.
KickFlipper Game Design Document (GDD)
I have now written a full Game Design Document for KickFlipper, some sections I will update as more progress is made but it can be seen here.
Project Initiation Document (PID)
Click here to view the KickFlipper (PID)
This is my PID, it documents all the key information on my project, including my project plan and method of approach. You can read it by clicking the title above.
On a side note, i've recently been playing the game OlliOlli that I mentioned in my PID. It was released in August on the PSN store and has received positive reviews. It is definitely a different game to the one I intend to create which is great, but there are some innovative elements of the game I think I could learn from. The one life gameplay is really addictive and has kept my friend and I playing for far too long, this is something i've always intended on including in KickFlipper, and I aim to create the same addictive effect. Also the sound design in the game is nicely done with various different tracks dictating the games atmosphere excellently. The sound effects for all of the skateboards movements are realistic as well, but they don't sound out of place in a 2D cartoon environment or overpower the backing track , something I was concerned about after I received some feedback on my own backing track and skateboard sounds i made for my sound design module.
You can watch a trailer for OlliOlli
here
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