Daedalus Maze

Devlog

• MOJO Updates and Final Report
  July 01, 2022 by dimartino2331

  At the start of this week I focused on implementing several updates, particularly to the mirror puzzle section and the Daedalus' Room section, suggested by testers or made according to their reactions... Continue reading
• After MOJO refactoring
  July 01, 2022 by susmonteiro

  This week I've been working on refactoring section 2 puzzles based on the feedback received from the MOJO. Some puzzles were considered too hard in general and others had some specific parts that were... Continue reading
• Updates after MOJO
  July 01, 2022 by pedroparedesbranco

  This week I've been figuring out ways to guarantee that the game is played the correct way by actually solving the puzzles and not just brute force it to the end without solving them... Continue reading
• Updates
  June 30, 2022 by antanfil

  Making puzzle difficulty a little easier so it's a more fluid gameplay... Continue reading
• Sound Effects
  June 25, 2022 by antanfil

  Added background sound and sound effects to game... Continue reading
• Final main, pause and options menus with all features working
  June 24, 2022 by pedroparedesbranco

  Updated the menu layouts, also the load, options, restart and cheats features are all implemented... Continue reading

  
• Game Soundtrack
  June 23, 2022 by susmonteiro

  This week I have been working on the game soundtrack. The idea is for the music not to stand out too much, so it will be slow, calm and semi-monotonous. It should have between 5-10 minutes so that the... Continue reading

  
• Daedalus' Diary for 2 Players
  June 23, 2022 by dimartino2331

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  This week I worked on implementing a new version of Daedalus' Diary that needs the participation of 2 players to be read, designing and implementing the players' conversations with each of the 3 sphin... Continue reading

  
• Reset puzzle and cheat keys
  June 17, 2022 by pedroparedesbranco

  This week I have been working on implementing the options that we will have in pause menu, more specifically on the reset puzzle button that will move the player to the beginning of the puzzle that he... Continue reading
• Section 3 moving walls
  June 17, 2022 by susmonteiro

  This week I have been working on choosing the place for the moving walls and triggers for the third section of the maze. I leave you with the final idea, to be implemented. Also, after some feedback,... Continue reading

  
• Daedalus' Diary entries
  June 16, 2022 by dimartino2331

  This week I worked on writing 13 entries for Daedalus' diary, recounting from his exile from Athens to the first sacrifice to the Minotaur, and on remodelling Daedalus' Room so that the first sight of... Continue reading
• Section 1
  June 11, 2022 by antanfil

  Puzzles in section 1 almost finished, just a few minor details missing... Continue reading

  
• Main Menu
  June 10, 2022 by pedroparedesbranco

  Working on the main menu, pause menu and options to change the speed of movement and rotation of the players... Continue reading

  
• Section 3 puzzle implementation
  June 10, 2022 by susmonteiro

  The puzzles for the section 3 for both players are implemented. The only thing missing now are the NPCs, which will add some things to the puzzles, and to make some walls move when something is trigge... Continue reading

  
• 4th Maze Section and Daedalus' Room
  June 09, 2022 by dimartino2331

  This week I've been working on making the last maze section solvable by players and creating the setting for the last two puzzles and the way out of the maze. As shown in the images, at the start of t... Continue reading

  
• Maze sections
  June 03, 2022 by pedroparedesbranco

  Implementation of the maze sections... Continue reading

  
• Camara fix
  June 03, 2022 by antanfil

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  Fixing camera issues and starting to implement first maze section... Continue reading

  
• NPCs and Dialogues
  June 03, 2022 by dimartino2331

  This week I worked on writing the dialogues for all 12 NPCs, as well as deciding in which sections of the maze they would be, which player would have access to them, and if for which puzzles they woul... Continue reading
• Week 3, SplitScreen Player Interaction
  June 02, 2022 by dimartino2331

  This week I've been working with António Branco on merging the animations implemented with the split screen and movement. With the new split screen I then had to adjust the NPC interactions to the pl... Continue reading

  
• Maze scheme
  June 02, 2022 by susmonteiro

  After our last meeting, I was assigned the task of drawing the full maze of our game, divided into the 4 sections. Here it is the scheme so that each one of us can then start implementing their own se... Continue reading

  
• Week 2, Player and NPC Interaction
  June 01, 2022 by dimartino2331

  This week I worked on implementing the interaction between players and NPCs. In the context of our game, the players will take a passive role in the dialogue. In the video shared, we can see a playabl... Continue reading

  
• Week 2, Backstory cut scene art
  May 29, 2022 by dimartino2331

  While working on the backstory cutscene with Susana, we created more concept art to accompany the telling of the narrative. Here we can see the white bull, mentioned several times in the telling of th... Continue reading

  
• Maze built and environment
  May 28, 2022 by susmonteiro

  I finally built the whole maze prototype so I started to add some environment props, which you can see in the first 3 pictures. However, I noticed that adding this kind of props makes the maze recogni... Continue reading

  
• Second week, Backstory Character Concepts
  May 28, 2022 by susmonteiro

  I have been implementing the backstory prototype with Mafalda. These are some draws for the characters that appear in the backstory. We can see Poseidon (blue) and King Minos (purple)... Continue reading

  
• Joining components
  May 27, 2022 by antanfil

  Incorporating the characters with their cameras and split screen into the created maze... Continue reading

  
• First Maze, First Person
  May 26, 2022 by susmonteiro

  I created a bit of our first maze. I think there has to be more space between the walls (would love to read opinions on this). Regarding the player, it is first person and for now it cannot move, just... Continue reading

  
• First split screen implementation
  May 26, 2022 by pedroparedesbranco

  I implemented a split screen for the movement of the two players, but I am not to sure if the position of the camera is the best in terms of height and distance from the player. What do you think?... Continue reading

  
• Animated 3D Characters Unity
  May 26, 2022 by dimartino2331#animations, #3D models, #unity

  Imported materials and 3D models created previously to Unity. Animated characters with "breathing idle", "walking", "terrified" and "nervous" from Mixamo. Created a movement script for player in order... Continue reading

  
• First Week, Game Art
  May 26, 2022 by susmonteiro

  This is the concept for our game logo (the first image) and for our Minotaur (the second image). Probably missing some other characters for the initial backstory. Regarding developments in the game, I... Continue reading

  
• 3D Character Model
  May 26, 2022 by dimartino2331#Lowpoly, #3D Model, #Characters

  Created lowpoly 3D models for characters or npcs, lightly based on previous concept art. Models can be imported as assets to a unity project, but loose all colour and are still not animated... Continue reading

  
• Concept Character Art
  May 26, 2022 by dimartino2331#characters, #concept art

  Some concept ideas for the two main characters of the game, or some of the NPCs. The characters' clothes are based on ancient greek clothing to fit with the game's theme and time. The characters thems... Continue reading