Making of a Student Game: Week 5

2/7->2/13

So last week was a week of questions answered from our greenlight. This week is pretty simple. The designers continued work on their whiteboxes.

The artists have made some good progress on their Bots. The first time I saw it I was surprised. It was a great improvement over what we had the previous semester. These things actually look scary. You look at them and instantly know that you shouldn't go near them. Spinner orbs of death circle them.

The gun's primary and secondary functionality is basically done. Now the rest of the functionality such as reloading and fire intervals are left for that.

We are also starting to get concerns with audio. We have not yet seen a lot of audio from the sound effect guy yet. We are worried about getting them all last minute and having to rush and cram the last few weeks. We have brought the issue up with the guy who runs it and hope to get some response from him. I know that he has set up a few sessions where he was going to show others how to do some basic sound stuff but I don't think know how many people have shown up at these. So he is trying to show people how to make stuff. We just haven't got anything from him yet.

The voice over work has been started. We have got a few different samples from the voice over guy but have not liked what he has sent yet. We will iterate through these until we find what we are looking for. We have two voices that are in this game. The main character and the AI companion.

I am wondering if the issues with the sound are a result of miscommunication between my team and the sound people. It may be the result of not wanting to hurt the people who are creating the assets. But I think it is best to be forward and honest with these people in what you are looking for. If you don't know what you are looking for then you should put some thought into it and try to work with them to figure it out.

Over all decent progress is coming along with some concerns in Audio. This week was nothing out of the ordinary just another production week.