Balance is Key

Devlog

• Dev Log 12: 2021-12-08
  December 08, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We finally fixed our platform stretching physics, which proved to be troublesome. We had bugs with our stretching arms too, these are now fixed. We got our new longer BGM which we labelled as our main... Continue reading
• Dev Log 11: 2021-12-01
  December 08, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We've settled on which feedback to incorporate into our final build. We're reverting from the completely players-detached-from-platform model, and instead make our players semi constrained to the plat... Continue reading
• Dev Log 10: 2021-11-28
  December 08, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We've got some feedback in our Beta presentation on November 24th. Here's a compiled list of what we've got: Might be better to have one player instead of two. Constraints on how much a player can mov... Continue reading
• Dev Log 9: 2021-11-17
  December 08, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We’re using the Devlog to talk about the feedback we got in our Alpha presentations on November the 3rd. The following feedback is compiled from multiple people’s opinions: We could use magic part... Continue reading
• Dev Log 8: 2021-11-03
  December 08, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We have the rigged and animated new character model in our game now. The animation is a goofy walk animation, fitting to our humanoid characters and our game’s theme. We changed the tutorial level a... Continue reading
• Dev Log 7: 2021-10-28
  November 29, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We have a main menu, play loads the first level, and each level, upon triggering the win condition, loads the next level. We have two new ambient music files, a tutorial level where you move a bit wit... Continue reading
• Dev Log 6: 2021-10-20
  November 17, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We have a new character model now, we’re going to replace it with the placeholder one we have right now. We’ve play tested the game a bit and found out that it’s a bit hard to balance the ball... Continue reading
• Dev Log 5: 2021-10-13
  November 03, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We’re going to try implementing grabbing mechanics, so players can let go of their corner of the platform for a bit, to push a button or do work necessary for solving a puzzle, making the burden of... Continue reading
• Dev Log 4: 2021-10-10
  October 28, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  This is a Devlog sandwiched between our tech demo and design document milestones Our build is mostly similar to what's been presented in the tech demo video: Two players holding the plank, balancing a... Continue reading
• Dev Log 3: 2021-10-06
  October 21, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#DevLog

  We finished our build which acts as a proof of concept of our game. This is supposed to show why our game is fun. We have a simple stretch of ground going forward, with some obstacles spread throughou... Continue reading
• Dev Log 2: 2021-09-29
  October 11, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#DevLog

  We're about 2-3 weeks into CSC404. So far we have a basic idea of what our game should be, in terms of mechanics and theme (look at Creative Brief 1). Our current Implementation is missing everything... Continue reading
• Dev Log 1: 2021-09-25
  September 30, 2021 by AhmadRehan98#Devlog

  We've done our first iteration of our game Balance is Key in a six-hour game jam. Our game's main idea is: four players would hold a plank from all corners trying to balance a ball on top of it with w... Continue reading