Development Plan for Rest of Semester (v2)

Development Plan

• Hard Deadline: 3 May 2024
• Soft Deadline: 26 April 2024
• Weekly sprints moving forward

Summary

There are 3 weeks before the end of the semester and 2 weeks before the hard deadline I set. We will still aim for that hard deadline so we still have a bit of a cushion before the end of the semester. We will also be doing 1-week sprints this time rather than 2-week ones like the previous plan had. This gives us 2 main sprints before the deadline with one extra one for the final polish and bug fixing if it's needed.

Tasks to Be Done

Art/Environemnt

• Scene props
• Improve lighting
• Thing for crocs to pop out from
• Adjust scale of things -> crocs and scene should be smaller
• Scene movement -> background animations

Gameplay

• Implement animations [IN PROGRESS]
• Croc positions -> player shouldn't have to turn to see them
• More positive text on end game UI
• Have crocs disappear after a set time if they aren't hit
• Make crocs smaller so they are harder to hit
• Remove the pointer from the controller and recticle
• Playtesting to ensure it's fun
• Have gameplay get more difficult as the game progresses

Audio

• Going down/de-spawn sound
• Sound FX for background animation and movement -> little sword battle, canon fires

Weekly Breakdown

Week 13

Art/Environment

• Scene props [DONE]
• Improve lighting
• Thing for crocs to pop out from [DONE]

Gameplay

• Implement animations [DONE]
• Croc positions -> player shouldn't have to turn to see them [DONE]
• More positive text on end game UI [DONE]
• Make crocs smaller so they are harder to hit [DONE]
• Playtesting

Audio

• Going down/de-spawn sound [DONE]

Week 14

Audio

• Sound FX for background animation and movement -> little sword battle, canon fires [OUT OF SCOPE]

Gameplay

• Have crocs disappear after a set time if they aren't hit [DONE]
• Playtesting

Art/Environment

• Adjust scale of things -> crocs and scene should be smaller [DONE]
• Scene movement -> background animations [OUT OF SCOPE]

Week 15

• Bug fixing [DONE]
• Gather deliverables [DONE]