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First Playable

The week I almost have the first playable version of my game finished. I'm still having problems trying to get a character controller to work because the standard assets are outdated or broken. I've finished making the overall game map and started some coding. My game now has a working crosshair and gems.

I'm not meeting my deadlines because the coding is very confusing even when following along with tutorials. I had expected to have more of the code finished by now.  Most of the time the code breaks my game and or doesn't work properly. This is really frustrating because I don't have the skills to fix any of the errors. I end up having to follow multiple different tutorials until I can get something to work. With plenty of other assignments, I feel the coding is holding back the rest of my work.

   Image of The Maze I Made

The game map is turning out as I imagined, I'm impressed with both the look and art style. It has come a long way from last week. There is now a body of water, a maze, and platforms. I also added a skybox and grass. My game now has new tree assets because the shadows would not work correctly on the previous ones. I still need to scatter the gems and make small adjustments to their scripts because I want their point values to vary.

I plan on fixing most of the problems I had by next week so I can begin to make the main menu, a leaderboard, a timer, and fade in and out screens.

Overall my game is looking well but I'm struggling to fix errors in Unity and with writing scripts that actually work.



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  1. ReynsMediaNovember 26, 2018 at 12:19 AM

    Hey Conor!
    Once again, I am a huge fan of your work. This might sound a bit dorky but if you're interested in introducing a mountainous maze type into your game you should have a look at Minecraft Terraforming. There will be multiple inspirational pictures and images of Terraforming in the game that may help you to reproduce better looking mountains.
    I hope to see more from you soon,
    James

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