That is the gold replace for our recreation “Method of the Playing cards” for EECS494 on the College of Michigan!
Replace consists of bug fixing, balancing, aesthetics, and audio.
This closing submission construct has introduced largely minor tweaks and modifications to present mechanics and visible designs. General, we’re ready to wrap up and produce our completed product to our showcase.
First, we made a big change, which is that after the participant attracts a card from their deck, they won’t be able to attract that card once more till they play it. This incentivizes amassing extra that one among every kind of card, and makes enhance playing cards simpler to make use of together with making the deck system extra intuitive.
We’ve made a number of modifications based mostly on suggestions we acquired from our most up-to-date playtest. To begin, some gamers had been a bit overwhelmed by having to have a look at the following card timer on the fringe of the display screen so we moved the timer to indicate up above the following card about to be drawn. That method, the timer reveals each the place the following card will come and which place it’ll are available in, all whereas staying within the gamers’ direct line of sight.
We’ve additionally added extra to the story and participant steering. Together with our intro cutscene, we’ve added an ending cutscene to shut the story off and produce again a easy gameplay loop. Additionally, in the course of the tutorial, we present the magician’s hen going from room to room displaying the place the participant must go. These small additions to steering and story will hopefully ship a whole gameplay expertise to the participant.
This closing dash has additionally introduced some bug fixes and QoL enhancements. We’ve added a big well being bar for the ultimate boss, in addition to adjusted a few of its motion and assault patterns. We’ve finalized and adjusted the artwork type of the sport, making it constant throughout menus and scenes. Additionally, we’ve in any other case tuned plenty of visible, audio, and gameplay results, including extra juice to those elements and making them match with the general aesthetic of our recreation.
