MischiefManor
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Development Log December 7th
🕑 Added 2022-12-07 23:00:05 +0000 UTCBuild: PreAlpha Stage 2
These are the patch notes for the latest work completed within the project. Screencaps will be available for those who pledge or join the discord.
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Trello Roadmap
https://trello.com/b/Ue0rG76T/mischief-manor-roadmap
Changelog and Updates:
General
- Forced FPS to 60, monitor refresh rates over than 60 hz had physics objects jittering on movement
- Camera scene adjustments for detaching the camera for cinematics
Level Design
- Level Design for Manor Backyard Zone (placeholder assets)
- Pledgers Graveyard Region
- Grass Objects and Tree Optimization with Levels of Detail (LOD and Distance Kill)
- Skybox and Moon Added
- Lighting Effects
- Tonemap set to ACES
- Adjusted White and Exposure Balance
- Adjusted Ambient/Direct Lighting and Effects
- Added SSAO to Manor Scene (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion)
- Subsurface Scattering causes artifacts + flashing lights and had to be removed from grass objects; replaced with a Lambert Wrap material to emulate the same effect
UI and Asset Design
- All 9 Founder’s Tombstones Designed and Finished
- Grass Objects
- Pine Tree Object and Texture
- Tree Placeholder Objects
- Forest and Moon Panorama for Manor Backyard Zone
- Title Screen Background
- Background Flat Complete
- Pandora and Sistine Flat Sprites Complete
- Luna Sketch
- Animations for the Background Incomplete
- Animations for the 3 Sprites Incomplete
Story and Writing
- Organization with Groups of Characters, designing a similar system like “Renown” as a method of story progression by bonding with specific groups of characters to gain access to new areas, zones etc.
