Welcome to my second dev log for Torches & Treasures! It's been about a week since my first log. This game is just a project at this point so putting limited time into it each week. I am continuing work on the Character Controller for our player movement, adding 2 new animation states. 

I implemented  an achievement system which awards players for locating secrets within the dungeon. This can work across both game modes.I also began work on the Inventory system. Lastly, I created a new detailed room for my first map.

Player Movement (Cont.)

Added two new animation states to our player controller. Jump and Crawl are now active usable states. Nothing special for Jump. Press space bar to jump. We are using linear velocity with some added gravity to adjust falling. I may add a grunt sfx for jumping and landing. This could help sell the fact that the character is jumping, giving it a more realistic feel. Going into a crawling state was a little more trickier. The purpose of crawling in the game could be to squeeze into tight spots or passageways. It could also be use to avoid a wall trap or even other things. 

We only want to go into a crawling state from an idle state and not when running or walking. When the player gets down into this state we want its collider to also mimic the animation state.  This way the collider stays on the player as the kneel down and doesn't stay in a vertical position and risk hitting a wall or ceiling. 

C to crawl.

Prison Keep - Map Room

Even though I do not plan on adding combat until the end, I am planning all dungeon layouts with combat in mind. Each room will have a layout of traps, mobs, items, secrets or achievements. I created the lower Prison Keep room which houses all the horrors of dungeon  torture devices, dying and decaying bodies and a handful of secrets to discover, including summoning the Keep Master (Sub-boss).

 I built this room as a modular room type in case I want to try randomizing the dungeons, which sounds like a good idea. Still some details to add here like door interaction and traps once I get those figured out.

Close ups of the torture rooms.




Achievement System

This is part of the main game loop where you mark off a long list of things to do and find within the dungeons. Find secrets, locate hidden rooms or relics, discover new areas, find and meet npcs. There are many types we could create. 

The idea is to cloud out the secret rooms and their contents until discovered. Entering the room would lift the dark cloud, revealing the room. When a player unlocks a specific achievement it will be tracked on a bullet list panel for the player to view. Unlocked achievements will translate into points or currency after the map is completed. 

See video demo of how this is currently working on my test map.

Inventory

I'm in the middle of doing the inventory system. It will be a drag and drop setup. Items will be transferable from containers to player inventory only. No player to player trading and no item dropping. Items are destroyed from the container. Still need to add mouse overs for inventory items inside containers. More to come here.

Finished syncing animation states

In the first devlog I had not completely syncd all the current animation states so got around to doing that. Now all animation states are syncd across the network for all clients. and host.

Closing

It is meant to be dark. Players will need to discover ways to create light sources both mobile and stationary. If a player equips a torch it will burn out after time. Glowing things also lose their potency without recharging. Areas may a secret way of exposing an exterior light source. Campfires and lanterns fueled by resources. This is still a ways down the road. 

The player movement will continue as I want to add more animation states like climb and sit. Will also be improving the Achievement system and creating more dungeon map rooms. Lots of basic still left to cover and also test.

Until next time...