Events Log

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Since the 18th of November we have changed the way the Events Log works, you will notice that we now itemize changes on a "per-build" basis. As a result, it may not be updated every week.

20/12/2022 (979)

GAMEPLAY & IMPROVEMENTS

• Changed the behavior of Lightning Leap: players are now able to move into the direction they desire, and they get an unique haste bonus that allows them to move very quickly

• Changed the timings of the decals of Berserk Leap

• Changed the timings of the decals of Snapjaw

• New particles have been added to the following antenna’s skills:

  • Snapjaw

  • Lightning leap

  • Berserk leap

  • Forward thrust

  • High roller

  • Blind navigation

  • Pong thrust

• The tutorial is now available to play

• Added music to the tutorial and practice room

USER INTERFACE

• The username is now properly displayed in the main menu UI

• Enabled the leaderboards sub menu. Players are now able to see a weekly leaderboard that contains the top 10 players and their last used hands attribute

• Changed the user interface of the practice room

• Added images to the more sub menu

• Added a pause menu in game, allowing players to enter the settings sub menu

• Adjustments to the emote system:

  • Increased the duration of the emote

  • Prevented spawning of double emotes

  • Prevented display of blank emotes

  • Emote Wheel spawns from mouse position

• Changed the buttons from the Login Screen

• Updated the renders from the 2v2 and 3v3 pictures

BUGS

• Fixed an issue that caused the snowball to not deal any damage

• Fixed an issue that allowed the players to click on the news button

• Fixed an issue that caused players to see the Battle Leet in other main menu tabs that weren’t the collection tab

• Fixed an issue that caused the force field to spawn in the Tutorial and Practice room

• Fixed an issue that caused a crash when playing in the practice room

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Battle Leet to keep rotating when the in game settings menu was opened

14/12/2022

GAMEPLAY & IMPROVEMENTS

• Beat drop now has a quicker casting animation

• Splinter barrage damage has been reduced

• Static storm damage has been reduced

• New particles have been added to the following antenna’s skills:

  • Zero antenna

  • Radar navigation

  • Lightweight leap

  • Berserk leap

  • Bouncing thrust

  • Boosted thrust

  • Forward thrust

  • High roller

  • Blind navigation

• Made additional adjustments to improve the accuracy of the handheld console attack

• Added the chest energy skill points

• Improved the boosted signal asset in the collection menu

• Added music for 1v1 matches

• Health pickups now reset at the end of each round

USER INTERFACE

• Enabled the emotes sub menu. Players are now able to equip up to four emotes and show them in battle!

• The health and energy cheats from the practice room now provides a full bar

• Added a rarity outline in the collection menu. Players are now able to see the rarities of each attribute

• The username is now properly displayed in the main menu UI

• Enabled the leaderboards sub menu. Players are now able to see a weekly leaderboard that contains the top 10 players and their last used hands attribute (NOT YET IN PATCH)

• Added playground and tutorial renders

• Added a button to reset the controls to default in the control settings menu

BUGS

• Fixed an issue that was causing some projectiles to deal double damage if too close (applies to ranged weapons)

• Fixed an issue that was causing the golden sanctuary particles to display incorrectly

• Fixed an issue that caused players to be able to stack the particles of the health pickups (especially in the practice room)

• Fixed an animation that was causing the battle leet to hold the weapon incorrectly when using the mental blast skill

• Fixed an issue that allowed the static storm skill to be interrupted if pressing the R key multiple times in rapid succession

• Removed the casting bar from all the skills that were currently using it

• Fixed an issue that was causing the metal hawk skill to hit multiple targets

• Fixed an issue in which the inevitability glove beam was stopping the oversized shuriken skill

• Fixed an issue that caused thrusters to not apply chill touch even if the player used a face skill that allowed it

• Fixed an issue in which the gamepad was causing double damage if clicking too quickly

• Fixed an issue that allowed the gamepad to cause double damage while having the overclock status effect

• Fixed an issue with the control settings being displayed incorrectly

• Fixed an issue that was causing the mental blast projectiles to collide with a wall if the battle leet was too close to it and was looking in the opposite direction

• Fixed an animation that was causing the battle leet to hold the weapon incorrectly when using the berserk leap skill

• Fixed an issue that allowed on player to start the match with an empty health bar

• Fixed an issue that was causing the plasma ray gun to multiply the damage if hitting multiple enemies at the same time

• Fixed an issue that was causing to stack multiple particles from the health pickups in the practice room

• Fixed an issue in which the health pickups were not being picked if the player was on their spawning location before they actually spawned

30/11/2022

GAMEPLAY & IMPROVEMENTS

• Adjusted the area of effect of the handheld console to correctly display the landing of the thunder particles

• All of the face durations and cooldowns have been tweaked:

  • Cooldowns have been set to 10 seconds

  • Positive effects now last 5 seconds

  • Negative effects now last 2 seconds

  • Powerful effect removed from seeing red

• Overclock effect has been added to golden sanctuary

• Snowball initial damage has been increased

• The dummies of the practice room now display a white effect when being hit by a player & the particle effects when being struck by a skill

• Players are now able to hover over an skill (in-game) to see its description

• Improved the interaction between the fog of war and certain skills

USER INTERFACE

• Enabled settings menu: includes controls, graphics and & sound sub menus

• Changed the practice room skill menu

• Changed the text when starting the round

• Improved the round point visualization of the game hud

• Improved the position of the “no energy” and the “next round starting…” texts

BUGS

• Fixed an issue that caused the gamepad to do double damage

• Fixed an issue where the plasma discharge particle was displaying incorrectly

• Fixed an issue that was hiding the HP&MP bars from the enemy players when the first round started

• Fixed an issue that was causing the thrusters to gain energy by holding the left click without having to hit the enemy multiple times

• Fixed an issue that was causing golden whipclaw to do double damage and in some cases, kill enemies instantly

• Fixed an issue that was causing the handheld console to create an invisible barrier in front of the player

• Fixed an issue that was causing the resistant shields to stack

• Fixed an issue that was causing the unbreakable shields to stack

• Fixed an issue that was causing the mental blast projectiles being invisible

• Fixed an issue that was reseting the cooldown of the plasma ray gun if continously used

• Fixed an issue that was causing the glass lance particle to be invisible

• Fixed an issue that was causing the plasma cannon particle to be bigger than the first time it was used

• Fixed an issue that was causing the zero head particle to spawn above the player

• Fixed an issue that was causing players to start with the Eleet variant

• Fixed a typo when looking for a match

• Fixed an issue that was causing the chill touch particles to stack

• Fixed an issue that was causing taking the player to the login screen after quitting the practice room

• Fixed an issue that was causing incorrect match behaviors when there was a tie

25/11/2022

GAMEPLAY & IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved the fog of war

• Improved the environmental fog from the battle arena

• Rare, Epic & Legendary attributes have been buffed:

• Pickaxe damage has been increased

• Sabers damage has been increased

• Lightweight leap now does damage

• Radar navigation damage has been increased

• Pong thrust damage has been increased

• Berserk leap now does damage

• Curveball damage has been increased

• Sucker punch damage has been increased

• Spartan laser damage has been increased

• Slow added to silver mist

• Mental blast damage has been increased

• Midas punch damage has been increased

• Dragon breath damage has been increased

• Bad reception now does damage

• Seek shelter now provides powerful

• Overclock now provides haste

• Snowball damage has been added at the start of the cast

• Glass lance damage has been increased

• Gamepad can now be used continuously while holding the left click or proper input

• Handheld console damage and energy given have been increased

• The area of the handheld console skill now disappears immediately as soon as the executing is complete

• The energy given from the plasma ray gun has been reduced

• Forward thrust has been revamped: the longer the player charges the skill, the farther it travels and the more damage it does

• Added damage to snawjaw

• Positive status effects (i.e. powerful, haste) duration has been increased

• Descriptions for safe hero and silver mist have been updated

• Golden whipclaw damage has been reduced

• Static storm can no longer be canceled if pressing R again during its cast

• Added proper messages display for the login screen

USER INTERFACE

• Added ultra wide screen support

• Added rounds visual indicator to the game hud. A green square will be shown when the round is won, and a red square when its lost

• Improved the background detail from the main menu and all of the sub menus

• Improved the text position on the main menu tabs

• Partial improvement of the energy points of the game hud

BUGS

• Fixed an issue that was causing health and energy bars to act incorrectly with the damage done and energy spent

• Fixed an issue that was causing the health and energy bars to disappear in round 1

• Fixed an issue with the dummies and the practice room, in which they appeared to be floating

• Fixed an issue that was causing the handheld console particles to be invisible

• Fixed an issue that was preventing the player score from being displayed correctly

• Fixed an issue that was causing the inevitability glove to provide energy even if it was not used on an enemy player

• Fixed an issue in which golden sanctuary was blocking the player own projectiles

• Fixed an issue with the sucker punch particles

• Fixed an issue in which the combination of party rock and unbreakable were causing the shield particles to stack and never disappear

• Fixed an issue that prevented the gamepad particle to spawn

• Fixed an issue that prevented the variants effects to work properly

• Fixed an issue that was causing double damage with radar navigation

• Fixed an issue that was preventing plume to teleport to the proper location

• Fixed an issue that was causing players to lose energy in the practice room

• Fixed an issue in which the tooltips from the attributes and skills was not showing the same description

18/11/2022

GAMEPLAY & IMPROVEMENTS

• The Thrusters no longer slow enemies

• The attack speed of the Pistols has been increased and its damage reduced

• The damage of the Inevitability Glove has been increased and the energy given has been reduced

• The speed of the Gamepad has been reduced

• The damage and the energy recovered of the Handheld Console has been increased

• The Plasma Ray Gun movement speed has been increased

• The Plasma Cannons attack speed has been increased

• The damage of the Zero Hands and Boxing Gloves has been increased

• The energy provided from the Baseball Bat has been reduced

• The damage of Radar Navigation has been increased

• The Pong Thrust damage and stun duration has been reduced

• Mental Blast can be used while in movement

• Increased the damage and stun duration of the Frozen Screen

• Increased the mute duration of Reboot

• Increased the duration of the buffs & debuffs of the Face attributes

• Reduce the anticipation time of Ambush

• Added Overclock to Unbreakable and increased its duration

• Increased the area of Golden Sanctuary. Provides positive status effects to the users

• Increased the thickness and damage of Golden Whipclaw

• Reduced the stun time of Glass Lance

• Decreased the damage from Powerful status effect

• Changed the energy costs from Antenna, Head and Face attributes

• Added Fog to the playground and battle arena

• Added a message when connecting to a duel

• Added general fixes to the Matchmaking System

• Removed P input to quit game

• Improved performance across the whole game

USER INTERFACE

• Changed various elements from the match user interface

• Collection pages now start from 01 instead of 00

• Scores now show colors every time a player wins/loses

• Fixed an issue with the collection tooltips displaying text incorrectly

• Added text highlights to tabs and sub-tabs

• Fixed text typos

• Fixed an issue that showed the incorrect game pad inputs

BUGS

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Plasma Ray Gun to not provide energy

• Fixed an issue in which Thrusters were recovering energy with 1 hit

• Fixed an issue that caused the Snowball (Artic Camo) was not doing the proper damage per distance traveled

• Fixed an issue in which Bouncing Thrust was showing a debug laser

• Removed debug messages when using a game pad

• Fixed an issue from displaying players energy bars incorrectly

• Fixed an issue that allowed Pong Thrust to stun the target behind the player

• Fixed an issue that prevented the VFX of the Spartan Laser to be displayed properly

• Fixed an issue that prevented the VFX of Ambush to be displayed properly

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to get more than 1 point per round

• Fixed an issue that caused various damage from the Zero Head

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from replenishing energy before the next round

• Fixed Zero Chest not doing damage when too close to target

WEEK 42: 22-10-17

DESIGN

• UX wireframes for next iteration.

• References for UI design.

• Gamepad feedback.

• Droid feedback.

ART

3D:

• Modified entrance blockade´s flag.

• Painted new landscape textures.

UI:

• Worked on 22 Emotes.

• Adjusted skill and status effects icons.

Technical Art:

• Added finite energy particles.

• Worked on Snowball particles and montage.

• Imported new assets to GameplayTest Map.

• Built light and adjusted ESRT material parameter.

• Imported all BattleLeet skeletal meshes and inevitability glove version.

• Created BattleLeet preview mesh collection.

• Created second landscape material, fixed nomenclature, added parameters to the Master Material and created blend test landscape (map).

• Added BattleLeet level sequence for render and imported wheel and bottom combined skeletal mesh.

• Enabled never stream textures option.

• Added rocket landing montages (intro/outro), worked on particles too.

• Adjusted BattleLeet arms skeletal meshes due to overlapping issues with weapons.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• Finished the implementation of the variant behaviors.

• Fixed issue with leet material in the spectator mode: was causing extreme weird visual issues with the battle leets.

• Fixed invisibility when entering and exiting the spectator mode.

• Changed call command when equipping skills with debug menu.

• Fixed a bug with the death leet body moving through the landscape and environment.

• Started the first iteration of gamepad inputs working on the main menu.

• Implemented all of the elemental droids.

• Added keyboard inputs settings.

• Added gamepad inputs settings.

• Fixed a visual bug for energy pickup.

• Fixed a bug in ambush ability.

• Fixed a bug of casting montages which didn’t hide hands.

• Limited stun effect stacks.

• Fixed a bug which stuck UI SE icons.

• Added login screen to game flow.

• Added matchmaking through sockets

• Credentials in the login screen can now be saved.

• Finished optional sound cue for Play Montage and Wait for Event node.

• Added support for variant meshes.

• Added BattleLeet variant to Data table.

• Fixed BattleLeet chest issues with meshes.

• Fixed BattleLeet arms issues with meshes.

• Changed give mesh implementation for all hands abilities.

WEEK 41: 22-10-10

DESIGN

• Balance changes in head, antenna and chest.

• Changed pickups locations.

• Proposals on how to highlight when the player is out of mana.

• Leadersboards, achievements and encounters UX.

• Gamepad control documentation.

• New variants effects documentation.

ART

3D:

• Worked on new versions for the camo, arctic camo and gold chest.

• Worked on engine integration for the new arches.

• Set tubes and pipes in engine.

• Adjusted scale of plants and rocks in engine.

• Changed the leather flag of center wall.

UI:

• Worked on 22 emotes.

• Worked on Heal over time and Energy over time icons.

Technical Art:

• Changed Dragon Breath particles as requested.

• Imported Battle Leet skeletal mesh, created and assigned materials.

• Enabled local space from Healing and Overclock particles.

• Polished floating curve and montages from Static Storm.

• Started to work with Whipclaw particles (possible changes).

• Fixed chest turbines not being emissive.

• Made energy pickup particles infinite as requested (placeholders).

• Started Ambush particles rework.

• Updated chest renders on HDRI map.

• Changed Character skeletal mesh to lighting channel 0 due to overexposed materials.

• Reorganized level lighting channels by assets and characters.

• Added energy recovering particle (placeholder).

• Started to work with Golden Sanctuary particles and montage.

• Edited IntelliDome glass material (needs to be tested).

• Created snow master material, cast montage and replaced it on the game ability.

• Edited Ambush animations.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• Rework bad reception ability.

• Preventing healing over time effect (VFX) stacking.

• Added cheat to get ability by approximate name.

• First iteration for implementation of input gamepad.

• Replicate projectiles and reduce area of effect size of bad reception ability.

• Iterated the emote system to work more closely to the game design references (LoL).

• Started the implementation of the variants new behaviors.

• Changed behaviour of Red Lightning ability.

• Increased Leet max health.

• Increased health and time regen of health pickups.

• Levitation is now simulated in Static Storm.

• Increased Ki Blast montage play rate.

• Added energy pickups (as well as its particle).

• Increased dummy default values

• Added a small delay of activation for Ambush ability.

• Divided floating status bar to 10 health blocks again.

• Blocked rotation for High Roller ability.

• Updated ambush ability server projection to avoid particle stacking.

• Changed plasma discharge behavior (missing particle).

• Fixed immune getting stuck in golden sanctuary ability.

• Reduced 50% of handheld console and gamepad abilities cooldowns if overclocked.

• Fixed gamepad projectile.

• Fixed VFX getting stuck.

• Implemented air droid.

• Acquire abilities with level.

• Added particle system that keeps relative rotation.

• Added particle parameter to spawn niagara without rotation.

• Added particle system without rotation to particle system 2.

• Added droid tab to assemble.

• Added animation to ultimate UI.

• Ultimate change border color when charge (without cooldown and enough energy).

• Change chests costs to be three points in ui.

• Reimport render images.

• Turn on and off energy points.

• Fixed Inevitability Glove variant issues.

• Fixed Projectiles Spawning on the other side of a wall.

• Modified given meshes for hands to include arms.

• Added line decal to Pong Thrust.

• Fixed Frozen Screen wall behavior.

• Worked on Play Montage and Wait for Event optional Sound Cue.

Backend:

• Architecture with gamelift was done.

• Migrated API calls to lambda functions using websockets.

• SNS set up to notify lambda functions when a game sessions is created to return to client when a game sessions is ready for users to play.

• small migration of database from MongoDB to DynamoDB.

• General testing for this new architecture and its components listed above.

WEEK 40: 22-10-03

DESIGN

• Balance changes proposals and implementation (Hand, Antenna, Head, Face, Chest).

• Adjustments Skills proposals (Pickaxe, High Roller, Red Lighting, Dragon Breath, Spartan Laser, Sucker Punch, Bad Reception).

• Pick Ups new documentation; added to the map as well.

• Variants passives documentation and UI proposal.

• Drones passive abilities (with level ups) and level documentation.

ART

3D:

• Adjusted Center Ground Textures.

• Imported pipes and cables in Engine.

UI:

• Worked on emotes sketches.

• Adjusted the chest renders.

• Adjusted the hand renders.

Technical Art:

• Updated Diamond chest render on HDRI map.

• Edited Static Storm/Removed chest vfx and game ability.

• Edited KiBlast/Robe montage and game ability.

• Work on Ambush vfx and game ability (wip).

• Imported cast animations by parts (including release loop) and created respective montages.

• Polished Baseball bat attack_03 particle spawn point.

• Created intro and loop montages for splinter barrage ability.

• Modified splinter barrage projectile particles.

• Updated fractured chest static mesh for render.

• Adjusted particle offset from:

  • Frozen Screen

  • Reboot

  • ShutDown

  • PlasmaCannons

  • Plasma RayGun

  • MentalBlast

  • Pistols

• Extended pistols particle lifetime as requested.

• Started to work with GoldenWhipclaw/TChain ability.

• Incremented Splinter Barrage projectile number.

• Modified Static Storm montage, added levitating leet part.

• Adjusted GoldenWhipclaw ray size.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• Implemented spectator mode.

• First implementation of emotes.

• Reworked the system to cancel hold and release skills.

• Changed how battle drone applies damage.

• Antenna now cancel casting abilities.

• Fixed mental blast projectiles not being destroyed on canceled.

• Fixes in battle drone and added mesh.

• Changes in battle drone.

• Added debug category selection.

• Made character's health and energy editable values.

• Now drone NPC can be equipped and unequipped.

• Created Login screen widget.

• Added intangible while casting static storm.

• Changed ambush ability.

• Changed spartan laser ability.

• Finished custom editor module documentation.

• Finished custom content browser filters documentation.

• Fixed floating spectator mode and hid leet on active.

• Fixed BaseProjectile location offset relative to leet.

• Adjusted offset of several Head and chest abilities.

• Attempted to fix variant color of arms in Inevitability glove.

• Fixed bug that spawned impact particles at 0,0,0 when casting projectile directly on wall.

• UI:

  • Finished custom editor module documentation.

  • Finished custom content browser filters documentation.

  • Fixed floating spectator mode and hid leet on active.

  • Fixed BaseProjectile location offset relative to leet.

  • Adjusted offset of several Head and chest abilities.

  • Attempted to fix variant color of arms in Inevitability glove.

  • Fixed bug that spawned impact particles at 0,0,0 when casting projectile directly on wall.

Backend:

• Fixed some steps on Jenkins to create fleets for game servers when a new build is released.

• Worked on new architecture using lambda instead of web server instance for API.

• Checking how to integrate our API with battleLeets API.

• Started working on a new matchmaking system integration gamelift.

WEEK 39: 22-09-26

DESIGN

• Updated UX files.

• Main documentation updated in Miro.

• Started tweaking the values of damage and cooldowns for game balancing purposes.

ART

3D:

• Made center ground textures and tested in engine.

• Fixed MetalHawk mesh and textures.

• Fixes to the fractured chest.

• Created another version for the diamond chest (textures).

• Created silver version for the halo-met (textures).

• Fixed gold chest textures.

• Integration of droids and textures in engine.

• Fixed baking issues on the arches (textures WIP).

UI:

• Made small changes to the items’ renders.

• Small updates on the UI hovers and buttons.

• Reworked the chest and face icons.

Technical Art:

• Requested Ray vfx.

• Removed sRGB from masks and created a material instance for blue droid.

• Reworked Silver claws vfx. Added sounds, delays and systems at locations.

• Started to work on chest montages (KiBlast/Robe).

• Fixed Safe Hero’s screen not being emissive.

• Edited healing particle loop duration.

• Reimported textures and reworked fractured chest skeletal mesh. Replaced it on the data table.

• Deleted unused textures.

• Updated halomet textures (green and silver).

• Updated MetalHawk skeletal mesh, reimported textures.

• Updated /gold chest textures, deleted wrong ones.

• Fixed diamond texture/shader, added skeletal mesh and replaced it on the data table.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• OnHold skills can now be canceled if pressing ESC before executing them.

• Fixed a bug where the player was gaining energy even if it wasn’t hitting the enemy.

• Added auto destruction cheat.

• Fixed a bug that allowed dead players to rotate their battle leet.

• Fixed a bug where the battle leet didn’t look forward when executing the radar navigation skill.

• Fixed a bug where the reboot projectile wasn’t spawning.

• Added energy points in chest skill.

• Set all chest skills with an energy cost of 2.

• Fixed static storm stacking particles.

• Fixed a bug that allowed the gamepad boomerang projectile to stack.

• Added is valid to silver claws projectiles.

• All projectile debug spheres are now hidden in the projectile skills.

• Removed the delay from gamepad ability.

• Fixed the snowball damage not being reset and spawning ball in front of character.

• Fixed seeing red getting stacked.

• Fixes to forward thrust.

• Fixed forward thrust particles getting stuck.

• Fixed boosted thrust and Zero antenna doing double damage.

• Created battle NPC.

• Updated status effect from Slow Hands to Chill Touch.

• Changed intangible effect to duration set by caller and updated abilities using it.

• Gave the dummy its own set of attributes.

• Extended intangible effect given by Ambush ability.

• Implemented HP Pickups.

• Adjusted animation playrate of Radar Navigation.

• Added hit particle to Golden Whip Claw.

• Fixed several visual and gameplay issues on Silver Claws ability.

• Fixed Ki Blast not hitting twice.

• Adjusted Line Decal length for several Antennas to match travel distance.

• Reduced Forward Thrust travel distance relative to decal length.

• Hid LeetCollisionIndicator on HideHUDMenu command.

• Added custom content browser filter for gameplay abilities.

• Started content browser filter documentation.

• Implemented spectator mode cheat.

• Hid LeetCollisionIndicator on spectator mode.

• Extended buffs and debuffs to 10 spaces.

• Change to a new font menu.

• Reordered menu tabs.

• Change the zero head icon.

• Change selected style of menu buttons.

• Menu feedback.

Backend:

• Implementation of gamelift in order to create game servers and game sessions limiting players to join.

• Implementation of gamelift on API to create game sessions using backend architecture.

WEEK 38: 22-09-19

DESIGN

• Updated all skill descriptions to better match their live counterparts.

• Gameplay testing sessions.

ART

3D:

• Modeled and detailed 13 ground assets for the arena.

• Fixed UVs of Chest_Fractured assets.

• Finished SM_Arch mesh and textures fixes.

• Finished Droids (Blue, Orange, Purple and Green) assets and textures.

UI:

• Adjusted all item renders of Assemble menu.

• Adjusted background image and item holder for UI.

• Finished Zero head icon.

• Adjusted Launcher play, download and delete buttons.

• Finished 3v3 and 2v2 play mode cards.

Technical Art:

• Reworked vulnerable animated vfx.

• Adjusted light color from IntelliDOme

• Reimported crown skeletal meshes due to issues in smoothing groups. Replaced them on the data table.

• Created merge references and adjusted center assets.

• Added extra mesh to IntelliDome, reimported skeletal mesh, polished materials too.

• Adjusted the main menu’s camera due to cropping issues.

• Activated show on hit particles from Pistols, Plasma Cannons and Gamepad abilities.

• Reimported fractured chest due to missing parts, replaced it on the data table.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• Added damage when glass lance explodes.

• Adjust spawn laser of golden whip claw.

• Added variable to create or not respawn menu.

• Made little change to thrusters to spawn projectiles.

• If the icon of status effect is still active when end status effect, force hide status effect.

• Adjust calls of the respawn menu function.

• Adjust time of status effects of glass lance.

• Destroy party hard shield particles.

• Remove fog of war.

• Added powerfull to zero face.

• Destroy seek shelter particles and fix duration of haste.

• Fixed third decal not being displayed and the end point of projectiles for beat drop ability.

• Fixes on snowball ability.

• Placed dummies together.

• Fixed ki blast stun effect.

• Fixed muted effect getting stacked.

• Fixed haste effect getting stacked.

• Fixed thrusters doing double damage and now they no longer cross walls.

• Reduced boxing gloves and zero hands box.

• Fixed pickaxe third hit range.

• Fixed hands abilities having energy gain effect without hitting target.

• Removed dragon breath collision at spawning.

• Changed snowball ability.

• Added effect to silver claws ability.

• Fixes to snowball ability, now collision is the same size as projectile and increases damage with time.

• Change play screen to duels.

• Change icons of renders in assemble.

• Eliminate white scare of right and left click in hud.

• Fixed search bar in leets page.

• Reimport select button asset.

• increase leet window in UI.

• Show the equipped part name.

• Highlight selected button.

• Change tab hover.

• Reimport button assets.

• Eliminated unbreakable text.

• Changed splinter barrage icon.

• Removed prints from Main Menu

• Changed Berserk leap outer and inner decals

• Hid old abilities, and buff and debuff debug abilities

• Reordered Debug Menu tabs

• Added randomization feature for starting abilities

• Changed default abilities

• Hid main menu leet collision indicator

• Added support for hiding mesh types in LeetPartDT

• Hid Antennas for Intelli-Dome.

• Changed BeatDrop decals to green and red.

• Made thrusters apply slow and removed knockback, saved original config in new ability.

• Changed Head line decals to match Midas Punch.

Backend:

• Game maintenance to main game server.

• Some fixes on launcher’s UI.

WEEK 37: 22-09-12

DESIGN

• Gameplay testing sessions for tuning chest skills.

• Status effects discussion for documentation: how particles interact with each other, how do they stack, how does the message should display.

ART

3D:

• Worked on the droids (Bakes and textures).

• Created vegetation cards for green droid.

• Polishing maps (WIP).

• Started working on a platform 3D model for the battle arena.

UI:

• Worked on 2v2 card.

• Worked on 3v3 card.

• Finished mouse and clicks icons.

• Finished beserk leap decal.

• Provided feedback to the programming team in order to iterate on the in-game UI.

Technical Art:

• Worked on Frozen Screen vfx. Replaces montage on the game ability.

• Removed “receives decals” from center junk piles.

• Updated entrance blockade collisions by importing a new UCX.

• Worked on various resistant status vfx.

• Imported turnhit animations by intro/loop/outro and made respective montages.

• Polished Reboot and Plasma Discharge vfx. Modifies spawn points.

• Created ArrowElectricity_Hit alternative particle.

• Adjusted status effects colors (first feedback).

• Modified face skills activation animations.

• Reduced Silver Claws particle hit scale.

• Reworked Silver Claws projectile particle.

• Changed Resistant status particle to emissive one.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• Added relative location to parabola projectile.

• Added relative location to reboot projectile.

• Added end ability to berserk leap.

• End stun montage on remove cue.

• Adjusted particle location for plasma ray gun.

• Adjusted boosted thrust decal.

• Moved dummy and fixed its materials.

• Round to Zero damage counters.

• Created "Get BLGameInstance" Blueprint Pure function in UBFL Leet Utilities.

• Fixed Pong Thrust not applying stun effect properly.

• Snowball ability now drags character and explosion makes damage.

• Fixed knockback for KiBlast and Thrusters.

• Added gameplay cues to all status effects.

• Changed radar navigation montage.

• Implemented feedback of Splinter Barrage ability.

• Implemented feedback of Rocket Landing ability.

• Implemented feedback of Ambush ability.

• Added VFX debug abilities:

  • All buffs to self

  • All debuffs to self

  • All debuffs to others

• Implemented a utility to get server IP.

• Battle result UI.

• Round result UI.

• Eliminated unbreakable text.

• Change face and chest icons.

• Change hover of assemble button.

• Selected button highlighted.

• Increased damage reduction for Resistant status effect.

• Adjusted collision indicator to improve appearance.

• Removed status effect on player death.

• Increased timer cooldown precision.

• Added Berserk Leap decal.

• Hid some unused abilities from Debug.

• Added UI support for ability recasting.

• Changed High Roller UI to show recasting time.

Backend:

• Matchmaking implementation on client side.

• Added UI improvements and some functionality to the launcher.

• Moved multiplayer server to other server to make it more efficient.

WEEK 36: 22-09-05

DESIGN

• Gameplay testing sessions for tuning, in overall, all of the skills.

ART

Tasks worked during this week:

3D:

• Worked on the geo optimization for the droids (blue, green, orange and purple), high poly, Uv’s and bakes.

• Started work on the textures.

Technical Art:

• Polished wall collisions.

• Fixed missing boosted signal skeletal mesh (mesh wasn’t assigned on data table).

• Fixed Handheld Console and Gamepad run animations. Used 2 hands animations.

• Created a new animation montage for ZeroHands second hit.

• Worked on abilities vfx:

  • SilverClaws/MetalHawk.

  • SilverMist/SilverClaws.

  • ShutDown/DeathCross.

  • Reboot/Red Ring of Death.

  • BadReception/SignalBars.

  • FrozenScreen/LoadingScreen.

• Worked on status effects:

  • Slow.

  • Haste.

  • Powerful.

  • Vulnerable.

  • Intangible.

  • Overclocked.

  • Muted.

  • Mighty.

  • Resistant.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• Highroller first cooldown now has the same value as the second cooldown.

• Remove texture changes for status effects.

• Now the stun effect cancels abilities.

• Fixed zero hands double damage on second hit.

• Fixed thrusters range.

• Plasma ray gun projectiles now hitting at the same time.

• Created a second dummy for testing purposes (i.e. area of effect skills).

• Fixed crash due to dummy.

• Changed dummy health regeneration.

• Fog of war second iteration.

• Fixed a bug with the plasma ray gun projectiles not colliding with targets properly.

• Fixed a bug that allowed the plasma ray gun to collide with invisible walls.

• Increased the range of glass lance skill.

• Adjusted the laser particles of the inevitability gloves to match its distance.

• Added rotation and movement penalty to golden whip claw ability, and increased movement speed while casting the inevitability glove.

• Reduced life time of projectiles, fixing a bug where ranged weapons (hands) were colliding after the particle disappeared.

• Added an implementation to interrupt hand skills with all of the other skills.

• Updated radar navigation animation.

• Updated Rocket Landing:

  • Position is locked once the player targets an area.

  • Minor visual tweaks.

  • Changed the form in which collision works.

• Updated Splinter Barrage:

  • Minor visual tweaks.

• Added casting montages to numerous face abilities.

• Attempted to fix a bug on Beat Drop projectile.

• Finished implementing status effects on floating status bar.

• Tested abilities to make sure they work correctly with floating status bar.

• Raised leet indicator to elevate over ground meshes.

• Added the results assets.

• Change chest and face icons.

• Created results UI.

WEEK 35: 22-08-31

DESIGN

• Gameplay testing sessions to tune chest skills.

ART

3D:

• Worked on the Battle Leet model:

  • Game optimization (topology).

  • UV unwrapped.

  • Baked

  • Texturing in WIP.

UI:

• Worked on the first iteration for UI cards, which are to be used inside the main menu UI.

• Created the duel card (design, render).

Technical Art:

• Imported new animations and created respective moontages.

• Adjusted zero hands VFX.

• Adjusted PlasmaRayGun particle spawn.

• Adjusted sequences camera angle in order to render the sky/clouds.

• Enabled min/max exposure parameters for post process volume.

• Fixed collision issues: changed walls collision preset to block all and enabled generate overlap events.

PROGRAMMING

Gameplay:

• Fixed immunity receiving damage.

• Remove unbreakable status buff.

• Reduced boosted thrust distance and added decal.

• Snowball ability now makes the target disappear.

• Hand abilities can now be canceled.

• Added energy gain to handheld console.

• Fixed zero hands not having collision.

• Removed mouse hover from the game HUD since this is interfering with the execution of the mouse skills (hands and dashes).

• Added collision to boundary walls (this fixes bugs like blind navigation, where the collision with the wall wasn’t ending the skill).

• Added command to hide all hud (“HideHUDMenu true”) and to undo this (“HideHUDMenu false”).

• Implemented fog of war first iteration: hides other players when there are obstacles blocking the player visibility.

• Removed the collision of the dead battle leets.

• Changed the casting of the lightweight leap skill from OnHold to Instant.

WEEK 34: 2022-08-22

Design

• Gameplay testing for skill tuning.

• Gameplay testing for bugs and QA.

Art

3D

• Finished Center Wall textures.

• Created Center Wall Junk Pile (metal scraps and leets’ pieces).

• Imported Center Wall Junk Pile and assigned correspondent material instances.

• Started working on the refurbished Leet.

UI

• Finished Sign in mockup.

• Finished Launcher mockup.

Technical Art

• Imported turnhit attacks:

  • 90 & 90_M

  • 180 & 180_M

  • 360 (one hand and two)

• Created respective animation montages.

• Imported center wall asset, textures.

• Created center wall custom collision.

• Created center wall material instance and height map for vertex paint.

Programming

Gameplay

• Applied gameplay tag to obtain energy when striking an enemy.

• Removed gameplay cues when the skills end.

• Increased the damage area and speed of second hit of the ki blast skill.

• Implemented the golden whip claw skill.

• Remove collision of the dead players.

• Reworked the inevitability glove skill.

• Implemented glass lance skill.

• Implemented Ambush skill.

• Worked on Splinter Barrage skill feedback.

• Worked on Rocket Landing skill feedback.

• Added damage reduction to Resistant effect.

• Fixed debuff blocking in Resistant effect.

• Removed Generic Gameplay Abilities.

• Fixed Mental Blast movement penalty bug.

• Initial implementation of status effects on floating health bar.

Ui

• Parts tooltip for assemble menu.

• Equipped abilities tooltip in menu.

• Round results UI.

• Enable all abilities in debug menu.

WEEK 33: 2022-08-15

Design

• Latest additions to the chest rework.

• Indicator for status effects.

• Gameplay testing for skill tuning.

Art

3D

• Tubes and panels trim texture - updated.

• Created the low and high meshes of the Center Wall asset.

• Center Wall textures in progress.

UI

• Finished chest icons.

• Polished status effects icons.

Technical Art

• Edited shuriken rotation on the game ability.

• Imported buff, throw, explode, take off and turn hit animations.

• Created missing animation montages.

• Changed Oversized Shuriken animation to throw 01.

• Worked on montages and vfx from:

  • BeatDrop/Headset

  • CurveBall/BaseballCap

  • Oversized Shuriken/Hachimaki

  • MidasPunch/GoldCrown

  • RedLighting/MaulHorns

  • SpartanLaser/HaloMet

• Reimported tubes and textures.

• Created antenna color variants:

  • Bent.

  • DiamondTipped.

  • Snapped.

  • BoostedSignal.

• Created particle for PlasmaRayGun projectile.

• Reimported cast eyes animation intro.

• Created sequences for the stadium.

Programming

Gameplay

• Implemented Rocket Landing ability.

• Fixed a bug which allowed lightweight leap to go outside of the map.

• Implemented Splinter Barrage ability.

• Added new animation montages:

  • Death montage.

  • Stun montage.

• Fixed a bug which printed every damage value.

• Changed damage multiplier tag.

• Exchanged all ‘Has Authority’ false nodes for ‘Is Locally Controlled’ true nodes.

• Linked some missing skill icons.

• Fixed Reboot Decal and removed damage.

• Added drag rotation for leets in Assemble, Emoticons and Leets menus.

• Fixed a bug that was blocking the execution of some skills and multi stacking damage.

• Adjusted the animation of damage counters, alongside its size and position.

• Added an extra skeletal mesh to the outline material.

• Fixed a bug that prevented the skeletal mesh from disappearing sometimes.

• Changed the boomerang skill behavior to throw a projectile instead of a boomerang.

• Fixed the thrusters from doing damage when the particle was already destroyed.

• Added more locations in the Game HUD for damage counters.

• Reduced the effect time from the overclock skill, added tag and removed a bug that cause it to stack.

• Reduced the animation speed of the second hit of the nunchucks skill.

• Adjusted the rotation of the pistols skill projectiles.

• Reduced the range distance to the plasma ray gun projectiles.

• Added ki blast skill.

• Reduced the gamepad projectile distance, and adjusted its spawn position.

• Unchecked receive decals option to the new skeletal meshes.

• Fixed a bug that caused the thrusters to deal double damage.

• Created static storm ability.

• Rework of the energy system: it now provides energy points and blocks. Values still need to be adjusted but some skills will cost blocks and some other will provide with points.

Ui

• Added button tooltip to assemble button.

• Show equipped pieces.

• Added tooltip to shown pieces.

• Assemble menu show your leet.

• Imported lights to Menu level.

• Fixed effects tooltip and bar.

• Added pagination to assemble menu.

• Swapped handheld and gamepad.

• Linked some missing skill icons.

• Implemented Muted Feedback for correct debuff icons and tooltips.

Backend

• Finished creation of matches by region.

WEEK 32: 2022-08-08

Design

• Playtesting.

• Reworked Chest skills.

• Feedback on damage counters positioning and text for status effects.

Art

3D

• Finished wall asset (textures).

• Finished Entrance Blockade asset.

• Finished Tubes high-poly - fixing normals.

UI

• Finished Face skills icons.

• Worked on Chest skills icons.

Technical Art

• Created Head Animation Montages.

• Worked on MentalBlast/IntelliDome’s vfx and replaced it on the GA.

• Added charge montage to MentalBlast/IntelliDome’s GA.

• Worked on DragonBreath/ObsidianCrown’s vfx and replaced it on the GA.

• Added charge montage to DragonBreath/ObsidianCrown’s GA.

• Worked on SuckerPunch/Headguard’s vfx and replaced it on the GA.

• Worked on ZeroHead’s vfx and replaced it on the GA.

• Imported stunned, block and charge animations, created respective montages.

• Fixed katanas first attack (vfx).

• Created Variants sequences for render.

• Imported hands skeletal meshes (left and right).

• Added pose to variant render sequences.

• Set particles to one loop duration (not infinite).

• Added antenna NA sequence for render.

• Deleted unused textures, folders and material instances.

• Imported entrance blockade, created material instance and heightmap for vertex paint.

• Worked on OversizedShuriken/Hachimaki’s montage/ability, added vfx.

Programming

Gameplay

• Created an outline for the player and the enemy, with different colors.

• Second iteration of the animations of nunchucks ability.

• Changes to the thrusters: decal now follows the player and is properly doing damage in the selected area.

• Changed the thruster damage.

• Plasma ray gun now shoots 3 projectiles instead of lines.

• Plasma ray gun is kept active if the player holds the input.

• Adjusted decal, speed and damage area of the handheld console skill.

• Reworked the gamepad skill to use a gamepad like a projectile.

• Adjusted animations and damage the the gamepad skill.

• Created the parameter to set the attack speed to all hands abilities.

• Created the overclock skill: increases the speed of the hands skills.

• Added piercing to harvest laser.

• Implemented bad reception ability.

• Implemented niagara option for projectile explosion.

• Implemented frozen screen ability, modified tags for bad reception.

• Implemented shutdown ability, added cast tag to frozen screen.

• Added particle option on base projectile and relative location.

• Added editable rotation and scale to OnHit particle.

• Implemented resistant effect for party rock ability.

• Implemented chosen one (All hands abilities apply slow effect).

• Implemented feedback for Snapjaw ability.

• Implemented feedback for Splinter Storm ability.

• Reworked lightning leap ability.

• Implemented Bouncing Thrust feedback.

• Fixed a bug in which both hands were not shown.

• Modified duration of seeing red ability.

• Adjusted animation play rate of bouncing thrust.

• Replaced animation montages for antenna abilities.

• Fixed a bug where simultaneous sphere collision did not apply ability stage effects.

• Changed the form in which the Haste effect is set.

• Implemented Reboot Ability.

• Created Muted Gameplay Effect and Cue.

• Implemented Like the Simulations Ability.

Ui

• Added Emotes menu and More menu.

• Fixed a bug with Handheld console and gamepad icons being used as the opposite.

• Fixed a bug where antenna’s icons where being displayed incorrectly.

• Added faces icons.

• Implemented Leet feature: player is able to select parts and customize its Leet.

• Filled the LeetDataPart table for Leet feature.

Backend

• Added elo for new players and reduce or increase depending on win or lose a match.

• Added search for leaderboard based on current elo to show top players.

• Documentation for elo and leaderboard.

WEEK 31: 2022-08-01

Design

• Feedback compilation for gameplay.

• UX for new modes.

• Started polish for chest skills.

• Started work on completing the account progression system.

Art

3D

• Re-textured Entrance02 adding emissive lights and extra panels.

• Created Wall Pillar asset w/textures.

• Created Wall asset w/textures.

• Started working on Entrance Blockade (Low-poly to High-Poly).

UI

• Finished Icons for Head skills.

• Worked on icons for Face skills.

• Provided feedback for the UI to the programming team.

Technical Art

• Imported new assets/textures and created respective material instances.

• Added rock piles (environment).

• Imported VRHeadset and Shades skeletal meshes.

• Created assets height maps and changed master material to vertex paint.

• Painted assets (arches, chairs, stands, walls, panels and tubes) with vertex paint.

• Imported mixamo skeleton for cheering animations.

• Created different LODs for cheering leets.

• Imported/Reimported leet animations.

• Created missing animation montages.

Programming

Gameplay

• Solved feedback from head abilities.

• Implemented red lighting ability.

• Implemented silver claws ability.

• Changed taxman particles to be the same color, circular explosion.

• Removed showcase filter for see all abilities in debug menu.

• Added sphere particle to static discharge, increased energy cost, bigger particle and visual that ability is active.

• Fixed projectile not landing on target when getting out of range.

• Polished harvest laser.

• Changes in harvest laser: faster lightning beam, less curved.

• Changed blind navigation commit form.

• Added a notify to High Jump animation:

  • Placed it in berserk leap ability.

• Implemented feedback for Snapjaw ability.

• Implemented feedback for Zealous Lightning ability (previously Zealous Leap).

• Implemented feedback for Bouncing Thrust ability.

• Tweaked Radar Navigation ability and placed placeholder animations.

• Implemented feedback for Splinter Storm ability.

• Reworked forward thrust ability.

• Added the new animation for handheld console.

• Added a blend space to all of the idle hands animations.

• Added the animations and the weapon mesh to pickaxe ability.

• Added the animations and the weapon mesh to sabers ability.

• Added the animations and the weapon mesh to plasma cannons ability.

• Added the cone decal to thrusters ability.

• Added the animations and the weapon mesh to nunchucks ability.

• Adjust a weapon blend space with run animations.

• Added an outline to the Battle Lleet to distinguish it when its behind an object.

Backend

• Documentation for lobby.

• Finishing lobby functionality.

• Working on start multiplayer by regions.

• General fixes on some bugs found with features related with regions.

WEEK 30: 2022-07-29

Design

• Playtesting for game balance.

• Reworked skills:

  • 360 no scope.

  • Zero face.

  • Zero head.

  • Zero chest.

  • Zero antenna.

  • Diamonds are forever.

• Requested changes on the colors of the particles of the showcase skills to differentiate them better.

• Documented an alternative to face skills, consisting on buffs & debuffs for the player (unique identity).

Art

3D

• Finished Stand Divisions.

• Finished Entrance 1 textures.

• Reworked stands textures to fix normal map issues.

• Entrance 2 textures –WIP.

• Finished Enviroment Ramp.

UI

• Finished icons for Antennas’ skills.

• Worked on icons for Head skills

• Worked on mockup of small pop up window.

• Small changes on mockups of Defeat, Victory, Round Lost and Round Won screens.

Technical Art

• Imported animations:

  • Cast

  • Dash

• Removed projectiles from Animation Montages.

• Fractionated animations by number of hits.

• Created Montages:

  • Jump

  • Dash

  • Casts

• Created vfx projectiles (stills).

• Created color variants of vfxs.

• Removed roof from entrances due to decals/visibility issue.

• Imported sound effects and created respective cues.

• Added sfx to katanas, pistols and boxing gloves abilities.

• Reimported dash and locomotion animations.

• Changed character material instances to Leet (yellow).

• Imported environment assets.

• Created material instances for environment assets.

• Reimported static meshes and textures.

• Added chairs and tubes to the scene.

Programming

Gameplay

• Made an adjustment to the particle timing of the baseball bat.

• Added a casting montage to zero face.

• Changed the color of the casting particle and increased effect area of the zero face.

• Increased the angle of the damage cones of the diamonds are forever skill, and changed its animation.

• Changed the color of the diamonds are forever particles.

• Created Zero head ability.

• Changed the color of the zero head projectile.

• Changed the cooldowns and damage for skills.

• Fixed boxing gloves and zero hands skills.

• Added description to the tooltip for current skills.

• Polished skills: Zero hands, zero face, and zero chest.

• Fixed 360 no scope projectiles and cooldown time.

• Filter abilities in the debug menu.

• Implemented Debug mode.

• Implemented debug mode on the utility library instead of game mode.

• Polished 360 scope ability.

• Allowed double casting on 360 scope and fixed ability not ending.

• Polished and added falling particles to satellite crash.

• Implemented zero chest as 360 scope.

• Added debug to control volume.

• Added debug condition to visibility line between instigator and target.

• Changed decals for satellite crash.

• Removed missile mesh from dragon breath.

• Reimported several decals, fixed leet decal size and gameplay cues now have the option to be seen differently for players and enemies.

• Adjusted decals on several abilities, both in size and visibility parameters (such as color or if the decal is visible).

  • Abilities with circular decals have an updated decal.

  • Whilst targeting the decal is white in color.

  • After a target is selected the player sees the decal green whereas the enemies see the decal red.

• Reworked ZeroAntenna (previously ZeroDash).

• Implemented feedback on BlindNavigation ability, Updated the form in which skill names are listed.

• Updated HUD icons, a material is now used to display them and there is now icon consistency.

• Added a conditional check for debugging damage boxes.

• Added a boolean to check if the leet model should equip hand meshes for certain abilities.

• Updated cheat menu visibility and size.

Backend

• Feature to send friend request and accept or reject.

• Feature to delete friends.

• Documentation for add/delete friends.

• Started working on lobby functionality.

• Started working on regions to create a match.

WEEK 29: 2022-07-18

Design

• UX Last round of chances.

• Follow up on implementaron.

• ELO equation tweak.

• Playtesting to pick up skills for august showcase.

Art

3D

• Finished Tubes and Panels trim texture and models.

• Worked on Enviroment_Chair Finished modular stands and textures.

• Started working on stands divisions and textures.

UI

• Changed UI skills.

• Finished hand skills icons.

• Worked on antenna skills icons.

Technical Art

• Reimported Leet animations (orientation axis issue).

• Reimported Glass & Removed chest, pistols Skeletal mesh.

• Created Hands animation montages (attacks).

• Added VFX to AnimMontages, edited/created niagara systems.

Programming

Gameplay

• Fixed player not canceling abilities on dead.

• Fixed sucker punch getting stuck.

• Fixed simulate weakness projectiles being out of phase and increased projectile size by 33%.

• Implemented Midas Punch ability.

• Created function to calculate launch velocity for parabola projectiles.

• Fixed plasma discharge not doing damage.

• Fixed dragon breath doing double damage.

• Fixed mental blast particles not being destroyed on canceled.

• Fixed simulate weakness projectiles not hitting too close to target.

• Stop character movement on midas punch cast, fixed particle dying before hitting target.

• Stun effect cancel abilities.

• Implemented min range to target data actor (parabola).

• Implemented beat drop ability.

• Implemented Curve Ball ability.

• Fixed projectile rotation on spawning.

• Implemented silver mist ability and fixed position while casting projectile.

• Updated the attack and particle of the plasma ray gun.

• Hands skills now enter a loop if left click is hold pressed.

Backend

• API documentation finished (just for local not online).

• Unified multiplayer server and API in order to save resources.

• General refactor to make the API easier to maintain.

• Started working with functionality to add friend.

WEEK 28: 2022-07-11

Design

• Changes to the user interface and features.

• Playtesting skills.

Art

3D

• Finished High polys for tubes and panels

• Finished three versions of arches:

  • Non-damaged arch.

  • Low-damage arch.

  • High-damage arch.

  • In the process of reworking these textures.

UI

• Worked on hand skills icons.

• Changed the chat and friend list.

• Changed the “LEETS” screen.

• Worked on new profile window.

• Small changes on “PLAY” screen.

• Reworking the skill place holders.

Technical Art

• Removed “Receives decals” parameter from arena’s static meshes.

• Worked on VFX listing document.

• Tested VFX implementation to Boxing Gloves’ animation montage.

• Deleted particle cues from Boxing Gloves’ Game ability.

• Duplicated Warrior spin vfx & changed it on Radar Navigation Game ability.

• Added missing vfx thumbnails.

• Modified landscape exterior (blend material).

• Imported new Leet rig and Skeletal meshes.

• Added metallic parameter to master material.

• Created/modified Eleet, Automaton & Sentient chest material.

• Imported Leet hands animations.

• Imported antennas skeletal meshes.

• Imported heads skeletal meshes.

• Imported chests skeletal meshes.

• Assigned material instances in SK material slots.

• Worked on new animation montages.

Programming

Gameplay

• Plasma ray gun implementation with three projectiles for laser beam and wall detections.

• Added input buffering for baseball bat skill to test three way combos.

• Adjusted the damage and animation of inevitability gloves.

• Handheld console adjustments: reduction of the decal’s and projectile’s size, projectile’s speed, added casting animation.

• Changes to the box range, damage and functionality of the baseball bat third hit.

• Fixed a bug to match the particles effects of the last hit of the baseball bat with the execution of the skill.

• Updated the laser beam width for the plasma ray gun and inevitability gloves skills.

• Added a projectile to sucker punch.

• Implemented mental blast feedback: Reduce decal width, increased projectile size, impact explosion, faster projectile, destroy particles on canceled, fixed projectile position.

• Implemented dragon breath feedback: destroy missile on canceled, increased projectile’s speed and size, added channeling with cast animation. Implemented Spartan Laser feedback: added cast animation, increased projectile speed, and added casting time.

• Added casting to dragon breath.

• Fixed the projectile rotation, used calculation angle utility for plasma discharge.

• Implemented Oversized Shuriken feedback: reduce projectile range, fixed projectile position, end ability after shooting, return on hit wall, reduce projectile velocity, reduce damage after hits.

• End plasma discharge ability after shooting projectile, fixed decal size not the same as damage area.

• Fixed oversized shuriken jittering.

• Fixes to Dragon Breath: throw projectile on end casting, fixed jitter, adjusted projectile size and added debug for explosion area.

• Fixes Spartan Laser: Particle duplicating, faster projectile and throw projectile on end casting. Fixed abilities not being canceled on death.

• Fixed projectiles being destroyed with other projectiles.

• Fixed projectiles not hitting too close to the player, adjusted casting animation for dragon breath.

• Fixed utility to calculate launch angle of a parabola projectile.

• Implemented an example in Deep Thinking ability.

Backend

• Fixed matchmaking functionality to create a multiplayer server once both players have joined.

• Launcher with auto-updater working and 3 main screens added ready to add assets (logo, images, buttons).

• Technical documentation of how the auto-updater’s launcher was implemented.

• Documentation for API with parameters needed for each call and responses.

• General testing for API while making documentation.

WEEK 27: 2022-07-04

Design

• UX for social functionalities, like friend list and chat.

• Worked together with UI artists to place Account Stats, Extra playmodes, and show account progression.

Art

• Finished Stands Trims.

• Finished Chest_Gold.

• Finished Entrance 1 changes.

• Finished low-poly, UV’s and textures for the non-destroyed tileable arch.

• Worked on Assemble screen changes.

• Worked on Leets screen changes.

• Worked on Emotes screen changes.

• Worked on Settings screen changes.

• Added a Social and Profile screens.

• Worked on Hand skill icons.

• Added gold chest & baseball cap items.

• Created level sequences for items.

• Created material instances.

• Tests to match the animation states and the VFX.

• Nunchuks animations WIP.

Programming

Gameplay

• Improved netcode of dash abilities.

• High Roller: Changed high roller to instead be a double dash.

• High Roller: High Roller now changes.

• Boosted Thrust: Improved response.

• Lightweight Leap: Improved teleport and added particles.

• Berserk Leap: Fixed stun time and changed particles.

• Radar Navigation: Changed implementation to be a charge forward.

• Reworked handheld console ability, projectile fall the sky.

• Update sprite size of laser beam of inevitability gloves.

• Apply damage to enemies with inevitability gloves.

• Increased speed of cast of plasma ray gun.

• Match parabolic projectile with decal position.

• Used 3 projectiles for laser beam, and wall detections.

• Spawned muzzle particle to spartan laser.

• Added ring pulse decal to plasma discharge ability.

• Implemented Mental Blast ability.

• Implemented Oversized Shuriken ability.

• Add movement penalty on oversized shuriken after throwing projectile.

• Implemented Sucker Punch ability.

• Added end ability on canceled to head abilities.

• Fixed projectile replication for head abilities.

• Implemented Dragon Breath ability.

• Adjusted Splinter Storm montage rate.

• Testing a Leet Utility to calculate the launch angle of a projectile.

Backend

• Started working on the launcher to login users, open client(game) and auto-update both when a newer version is release.

• Finished the actor which listens to server calls.

• Implemented the endpoint/call to equip items from the server.

WEEK 26: 2022-06-27

Design

• Finished all of the references for the HEAD skills.

• Playtesting sessions for new batch of polish.

• Final tweaks to all of the movement skills (ANTENNAS) to complete their development.

• Feedback for the latest hands skills.

Art

3D

• Worked on Enviroment_Stands Trim texture and assets.

• Worked on the high poly model of the modular arches.

Tech Art

• Created Automaton & Sentient chest material instances.

• Adjusted chest roughness of the master material by adding a parameter.

• Reorganized materials/textures engine folders.

• Created a new level for testing purposes.

• Imported diverse HDRIs.

• Adjusted HDRI lighting.

• Imported chest & face assets.

• Created chest & face material instances as well as respective sequences for renders.

• Created glass master material & adjusted level sequence.

UI

• Started working on the hands icons.

• Second iteration (modular) of menu to fit new documented systems.

Animations

• Plasma Ray Gun attack.

• Pickaxe idles.

• Pickaxe attack.

Programming

Gameplay

• Made an adjustment to the damage and projectile of the taxman ability.

• Reworked the plasma ray gun ability.

• Fixed the stun and particle effect of the landing of berserk leap ability.

• Fixed a bug that allowed the players to move in the middle of jump of the berserk leap ability.

• Reworked the baseball bat 3-combo.

• Added the half-circle attacks and the third box attack.

• Reworked the gamepad 3-combo.

• Polished Simulate Weakness: freeze leet while casting, projectile origin center of leet, reduced space between projectiles.

• Polished Boosted Thrust: Added thunder particle, removed self-power, applied damage to an overlapped character, reduced dash velocity, and increased dash distance.

• Implemented Head ability, Spartan Laser.

• Implemented Plasma Discharge ability.

• Reworked Splinter Storm ability.

UI implementation

• Added the next Game HUD elements created by the UI Artist:

  • Art font.

  • Health bar.

  • Energy bar.

  • Skill icons display (including the cooldown number).

Backend (UE)

• Created an actor to listen to all API calls. Calls such as:

  • Login process.

  • Add/Remove items from the user.

  • Request joining a match.

  • Update inventory.

  • Checked/added endpoint to add items to user’s inventory in-game.

• Inventory is updated both server-side and in-game when adding a new item.

• Users can now check their inventory in-game.

Backend

• Started working on a discord bot that will help us to start, stop and give a status about the multiplayer server and API server in order to test and restart both when is necessary.

• Fixes and refactor for some endpoints like:

  • Inventory.

  • Equip items.

  • Close match.

WEEK 25: 2022-06-20

Design

• Created an addendum to the skill costs and energy rework.

• UX design meetings due to the changes in skill costs (UI changes to the game HUD).

• Created a section for health and energy pickups (they will be eventually placed inside the level).

• Started documenting head skills (projectile skills).

Art

• Created concepts for chairs, stands, archs, stands divisions, inner walls and tiles.

• Finished Chest Fractured.

• Finished Matrix Screen texture.

• Finished Electron Line texture.

• Finished Camo Texture.

• Finished Artic Cammo Texture.

• Finished the Diamond Chest texture.

• Finished the Cracked Screen textures (Matrix).

• Started working on the tileable arches (arena).

• Status effect: Power icon finished.

• Status effect: Haze icon finished.

• Status effect: Intangible icon finished.

• Status effect: Invisible icon finished.

• Status effect: Knockback icon finished.

• Status effect: Slow icon finished.

• Status effect: Stun icon finished.

• Status effect: Vulnerable icon finished.

• Status effect: Refreshed icon finished.

• Status effect: Resistant icon finished.

• Worked on changes on the Hud, skill cost and energy bar.

• Adjusted greyboxing for references.

• Deleted unused items.

• Modified walls location (gameplay test map).

• Created Matrix master material.

• Added faced materials, organized them in folders.

• Created different lightning master materials for IntelliDome.

• Adjusted IntelliDome’s final version, deleted unused materials.

• Adjusted Matrix cracked textures with alpha.

• Material configuration for Leet color change.

Programming

• Updated user’s inventory endpoints.

• Close match and set winner endpoint done.

• Equip items functionality added.

• Augmented ping thrust knockback velocity.

• Fixed party rock particle not visible on player.

• Fixed set name not showing on character.

• Allowed rotation and augmented time on Glitch Out ability.

• Fix cool pistols ability not ending.

• Added delay for party rock decal.

• Fixed berserk leap particle spawning before the player hits the ground.

• Added landing decal to Berserk Leap.

• Faster cool pistols shoot, slowed character while casting ability.

• Changed diamonds are forever particle.

• Stop knockback task on hit wall. Fixed pong thrust jitter on hit character.

• Fixed damage cue flash, and made adjustments to alternate states to change the Battle Leet color.

• Changed the knockback effect to restrict it going through walls.

• Added a check in gameplay cue count (in case it is equal to 0 it will to remove it).

• Players are now able to see their own damage counters.

• Second iteration of the plasma ray gun ability.

• Changed post die time handle to character, to allow the respawn button to restore stats.

• Cool Pistols:

  • Decreased movement speed by half when casting the ability.

  • Reduced projectile life-span by half.

  • Reinstanciated combo for the ability (two projectiles).

• Boxing Gloves:

  • Added VFX to each hit.

  • Adjusted the timing to better feel the 3 hit combo.

• Doubled melee hitbox size.

• Added a Cheat Menu with checkboxes.

• Added an infinite health cheat.

• Fixed a bug where NoClip cheat could only be activated once.

• Unreal Engine API implementation:

  • A player ID must be sent to the server when a player either logs in or registers to the platform.

  • When Matchmaking starts, the user is now notified about their match status (waiting, joining, has a match open).

  • Both players connect to the same IP when a match.

  • Added a login screen that retrieves user data and then forwards the player to the matchmaking screen.

WEEK 24: 2022-06-13

Design

• Focusing work on the polish to nail 8 skills.

• Started documentation on drops, a new energy system for more dynamic combat.

Art

• Worked on Chest Fractured.

• Finished "Face_Shades".

• Finished "Face_Death-Cross".

• Finished "Face_Glowering".

• Finished "Face_Loading Screen".

• Finished "Face_Red Ring of Death".

• Finished "Face_Signal Bars".

• Finished "Face_Safe Hero".

• Worked on the Diamond Chest Texture.

• Finished the asset Game Thrash T.

• Started working on the Matrix texture crashed screen.

• Finished Skill decals.

• Worked on UI buffs/debuffs.

• Worked on Victory, defeat and Next rounds UI screens.

• Worked on status effects icons.

• Created a new level for rendes, added lighting and first camera.

• Added render requences for items.

• Changed alpha channel support to "Allow through tonemapper".

• Added experimental map for greyboxing.

• Fixed arena’s blended center.

• Added static meshes to experimental level.

• Replaced textures of saber and thruster.

• Adjusted greyboxing for references.

Programming

• General fixes to knockback.

• Fixed Party Rock Visual effects not showing to other players.

• Fixed an issue that was causing duplicated particle effects on certain skills.

• Added knockback to chest and head abilities.

• Katanas with VFX as semicircles.

• Implemented camera zoom.

• Incremented radius, added particles and hit montage to robe robin.

• Implemented Utility Function: Get BLCharacter.

• Implemented Utility Function: Get BLCharacterMovement.

• Implemented add particle cue on gameplay ability.

• Implemented rotation on particle systems, changed particle rotation as rotator input.

• Implemented Utility Function: Create Decal Cue.

• Implemented one hit per click on Katanas ability and half-circle collision.

• Removed damage through walls.

• Added validated get to ground decal.

• Changed particle and decal gameplay cue to add particles and add decal functions.

• End abilities on canceled or interrupted.

• Triplicated scroll velocity.

• Added knockback to antenna abilities.

• Addes custom respawn when die in test.

• Increased cast speed, remove decal and change particles to diamonds are forever particles.

• Set gameplay cue folder n settings.

• Added second decal to berserk leap ability,

• Added flash effect to damage cue.

• Respawn only restores your own stats.

• Added fade out to particles of diamond are forever.

• Fixed collision with walls, destroy max range decal and jump have the same velocity for * different distances in berserk leap ability.

• Added NoCooldowns, InfiniteEnergy, SlowMotion and NoClip cheats.

• Added and removed Knockback from hand skills.

• Cool Pistols:

  • Adjusted projectile spawn point.

  • Decreased fire rate.

• Katanas:

  • Increased range.

  • Fixed an issue where the target was hit when out of ability range.

• Adjusted combo feeling to feel more natural.

• Fixed a problem where the particle cue kept stacking.

WEEK 23: 2022-06-06

Design

• Playtesting for bugs and unintended behaviours.

• Focusing work on the polish to nail 8 skills.

• Documented status effects.

Art

• Worked on Chest_Fractured.

• Re-worked Halo-met to fit all antennas.

• Finished Headguard.

• Started the Game Thrash T asset.

• Worked on Hover for skills and items information.

• Worked on Ingame HUD.

• Added gradients and glow to finished UI screens.

• Added a sub level for Landscape modifications.

• Created Master Material and Material Instances for Landscape and Vertex Painting (enviro).

• Added tiling & UV custom rotation nodes for texture modifications.

• Loaded antennas static meshes, textures and created material instances (character).

• Loaded hands static meshes, textures and created material instances (character).

• Loaded head static meshes, textures and created material instances (character).

• Boxing gloves idle animation.

• Boxing gloves attack animation.

• Baseball idle animation.

• Baseball attack animation.

• Katana idle animation.

Programming

• Changed taxman decal to gameplay cue.

• Fixed boosted thrust dash, now it dash towards mouse location instead of players forward direction.

• Increased the damage hit box of booster thrust by 100%.

• Fixed gameplay cue of damage not working.

• Fixed boosted thrust dash replication.

• Removed stop from cool pistols.

• Fixed blind navigation not working close to player.

• Fixed efficient circuits ability not ending, added montage.

• Modified dash abilities to avoid jittering.

• Added collision to walls.

• Fixed the teleport of neo landing to make sure it is properly executing.

• Fixed snapjaw jump and the placement of the area decal.

• The decal of the high roller ability was made dynamic in order to accurately represent bouncing from the walls.

• Fixed a bug were the decals of the skills remained even after casting it.

• Fixed berserk leap skill.

• Fixed a bug that allowed particles to remain after the skill ended.

• Made an adjustment to the shared splinter decal in order to properly represent the skill.

• Added an animation montage and particles effects to harvest laser.

• Player’s name is now visible above the Leet health bar.

• Fixed a bug where a player’s death was canceling other players skills & casts.

• Fixed a bug where dying and then respawning would make the mouse cursor disappear.

• Fixed a bug where party rock consumed more energy on the first use.

• Changed the way movement works in skills to make it more responsive.

• Changed knockbacks to feel more responsive.

• Some minor fixes for the pipeline that creates and deploys the web server.

WEEK 22: 2022-05-30

Design

• Meetings with the programming team to provide feedback about each of the skills.

• Playtesting for bugs and unintended behaviours.

• Focusing work on the polish to nail 8 skills.

Art

• Head_VrHeadset - Finished.

• Chest_Cracked - Started.

• Worked on tile and trim textures for Stands.

• Marmoset integral scene for assets display.

• Halo-met asset finished.

• Assemble screen finished.

• Emotes screen finished.

• Leets screen finished.

• Play screen finished.

• Settings template.

• Level dressing tests.

Programming

• Switch to Unreal Engine 5.

• Leets debug menu crash fix.

• Server moved to a new one with more space.

• Pipeline Fix due to the new server.

• Fixed stacks on slow gameplay effect.

• Fixed movement penalty on efficient circuits ability.

• Added knockback to handheld console.

• Fixed arctic aura particle not replicating.

• Changed input on diamonds are forever ability.

• Removed movement penalty on pickaxe ability.

• Incremented knockback distance in knockback effect.

• Removed stop gameplay effect from projectiles, added energy gain.

• Increased taxman projectile range and added decal for explosion.

• Adjusted zealous leap landing location.

• Added lifetime to efficient circuits wall.

• Added replicated decal for bouncing thrust and taxman.

• Fixed chameleon not committing ability.

• Removed penalty movement to zero hands ability.

• Added decal to shared splinter.

• Implemented Robe Robin decal as gameplay cue.

• Spawn plasma cannons particle at hand instead of root.

• Added dead tag to avoid knockback on dead characters.

• Increased handheld console projectile.

• Removed collision response. Changed bouncing thrust decal to gameplay cue.

• Fixed neo landing damage area.

• Arctic aura only made apply effect to enemies inside of area.

• Reduced effect slow of arctic aura.

• Reduced slow effect of arctic aura.

• Made adjustment to box collision of diamonds and forever ability.

• Added VFX to diamonds and forever ability.

• Set decal of 360 no scope ability to max range.

• Particle change of 360 no scope projectile.

• Added an announcement when a player does not have enough energy for an ability.

• Placed leets in level once again.

• Placed HP/EP pickups in level.

• Added a cast montage to Splitter Storm ability.

• Removed energy cost from remaining hand skills.

• Added damage to thruster ability.

• Changed knockback applied to ZeroFace ability.

• Fixed a bug where static discharge would disappear the cursor after ability.

• Implemented a method to deactivate collisions when using root motion.

• Spawning particles and decals in abilities is now done through cues.

• Fixed HighRoller not properly applying ability cost.

WEEK 21: 2022-05-23

Design

• Meetings with the programming team to provide feedback about each of the skills.

• Playtesting for bugs and unintended behaviours.

• Adding more information to the Skill Listing document.

• One more layer of feedback added (colors to the skill listing in order to ensure what is complete).

Art

• Finished Chest_TChain.

• Finished Antenna_Plume.

• Finished Chest_Removed.

• Finished Baseball_cap asset.

• Finished Hachimaki asset.

• Reworked Pistols, Sabers and Inevitability_Glove (added extra geo and loops for animation purposes).

• Halo-met asset in progress (high poly).

• Three color pallets concepts.

• Four element/background concepts.

• Three button concepts.

• Finished the rig of the katanas, sabers, pistols, inevitability glove, boxing glove, baseball kit.

• Started replacing some of the assets of the greybox battle arena.

Programming

• Free for all testing map implemented.

• Applied stage effect to all abilities.

• Fixed having multiple status effects that involve materials make the character stay stuck with one of those materials.

• Added value tag to vulnerability time.

• Set deep thinking as hold release.

• Implemented correctly assured self destruction ability.

• Fixed hands abilities not gaining energy.

• Correct input in abilities, implemented piercing on simulate weakness.

• Added constant damage to efficient circuits, fixed wall not getting destroyed.

• Added knockback to robe robin ability.

• Ignore collisions on forward thrust.

• Removed spline point in 0,0,0.

• Fixed deep thinking projectile getting stuck.

• Added delay to pistols.

• Added particle and montage to shared splinter ability.

• Added Application Tag Requirements for exact damage.

• Refactor for the whole project in order to make easy maintenance.

• Sockets for matchmaking and creation of web server once two players match.

• ZeroFace knockback now always pushes the opponent, will not pull them.

• Fixed plasma ray gun not making damage.

• Fixed a VFX bug of ZeroFace ability.

• Thrusters ability VFX size increased and target selection shape changed to cone.

• Harvest laser ability now pierces through all opponents.

• Radar navigation ability travels more distance and does it faster.

• Fixed a bug that made the game crash when using Harvest Laser.

• Reworked snapjaw ability.

• Update handheld console ability, speed of projectile was increased and its range was decreased.

• Reworked lightweight leap ability.

• Was reduced increased speed and reduce duration time of seek shelter ability.

• Added visual feedback to 360 no scope ability.

• Reworked seeing red ability.

• Reworked diamonds are forever ability.

• Was made chameleon material more translucent.

• Increased bounce in walls with high roller ability.

• Was made adjustment in spawn of area damage, and increased cooldown of snapjaw ability.

• Reduce speed of pickaxe ability.

• Made adjustment of cooldown to shared splinter ability.

• Reworked berserk leap ability.

WEEK 20: 2022-05-16

Design

• Meetings with the programming team to provide feedback about each of the skills.

• Playtesting for bugs and unintended behaviours.

• Adding more information to the Skill Listing document.

Art

• Finished: SM_Antenna_WarHorn.

• Finished: SM_Chest_MetalHawk.

• Started working on SM_Chest_TChain.

• Finished Plasma_Detectors.

• Finished Maul_Horns.

• Finished Baseball_Bat, glove, ball models & textures.

• Finished Headset.

• Finished Intelli-dome.

• Updated Inevitability_Glove textures.

• Started: SM_Plume.

• Finished the Battle Leet rig.

• Started working on weapons rigs.

• Started moodboards for the UI.

• Finished four design and four color concepts.

Programming

• Simulate weakness second iteration, three projectiles.

• Plasma cannons second iteration, double shot.

• Taxman second iteration.

• Neo landing second iteration.

• High roller second iteration.

• Handheld console second iteration.

• Lightweight leap second iteration.

• Seek shelter second iteration.

• 360 no scope second iteration.

• Sabers second iteration.

• Bouncing thrust second iteration.

• Satellite crash second iteration.

• Artic aura second iteration.

• Deep thinking second iteration, parabola target is mouse position.

• Static discharge second iteration, toggle input.

• Second iteration plasma cannons, shooting combo.

• Implemented efficient circuits ability.

• Set battle leet 7 on map.

• Splitter Storm second iteration.

• ZeroFace ability rework.

• Readjusted VFX of Harvest Laser and Splitter Storm.

• Adjusted initial slow effect of ZeroHands combo.

• Changed spawn point of the thrusters projectile.

• Implemented a first iteration of the game flow / user journey.

• Ran a QA pass to find bugs in the skills.

WEEK 19: 2022-05-09

Design

• Meetings, looking for bugs and unintended behaviours.

• Removing non-interesting skills from documentation.

• Proposal for matchmaking rules.

Art

• Finished: Antenna_WarTagged.

• Finished: Antenna_Bent.

• Finished: Antenna_SateliteDish.

• Finished: Antenna_BoosterSignal.

• Finished: Antenna_Snapped.

• Finished: Antenna_JoyStick.

• Finished: Antenna_Improvissed.

• Finished: Antenna_DiamondTipped.

• Working on: Plume.

• Finished inevitability glove asset (Hands category).

• Finished gold crown asset (Head category).

• Finished silver crown asset (Head category).

• Finished obsidian crown asset (Head category).

Programming

• Implemented pickaxe ability.

• Fixed being able to make actions on glitch out ability.

• Fixed hands abilities not implementing energy gain.

• Correction on abilities movement penalty.

• Apply movement penalty effect on commit ability.

• Removed movement penalty effect on start ability.

• Implemented inevitablity gloves ability.

• Implemented pong thrust.

• Implemented harvest laser ability.

• Implemented spliter storm ability.

• Implemented update and get inventory.

• Working on multiplayer match.

WEEK 18: 2022-05-02

Design

• Organizing playtesting sessions with internal team in order to improve and tweak dashes’ skills.

• Added final references and combo movements to the skill listing.

• Worked on polishing skills with the programming team.

Art

• Plasma ray gun finished.

• Thrusters finished.

• Plasma cannon finished.

• Inevitability glove WIP.

• 60% of the rig completed.

• Entrance2 completed.

• Baseball bat items WIP.

Programming

• Implemented Forward Thrust ability.

• Implemented Deep Thinking ability.

• Implemented Boosted Thrust ability.

• Implemented custom cooldown effect.

• Implemented custom cost effect.

• Implemented editable damage.

• Modified abilities cooldowns, cost and damage.

• Implemented Snap jaw ability.

• Implemented new stun gameplay tag state.

• Implemented seeing red ability.

• Implemented shared splinter ability.

• Implemented sabers ability.

• Implemented satellite crash ability.

• Modified testing room and added interaction box to add abilities for each battle leet.

• Implemented artic aura ability.

• Implemented bouncing thrust ability.

• Implemented handheld console ability.

• Implemented lightweight leap ability.

• Implemented Gamepad ability.

• Implemented Berserk leap ability.

• Added Clear all abilities button to Leet debug menu.

• Implemented Thrusters ability.

• Currently working on Harvest Laser ability.

• Functionality to register and login created on backend (API).

WEEK 17: 2022-04-25

Design

• Playtesting and improving skills.

• Expanded size of the greyblock (design & art task).

• Detected polish tasks for the programming team.

• Added references for every skill on the skill list.

Art

• Entrance1 texture finished.

• Platform texture finished.

• Wall1 Texture Finished.

• Handheld console asset finished.

• Saber asset finished.

• Pickaxe asset finished.

• Boxing gloves asset finished.

• Changed the dimensions of the greyblock.

• Plasma ray gun WIP.

• Thrusters WIP.

• Started the rig for the character.

Programming

• Implemented nunchucks ability and added rotation penalty to baseball bat ability.

• Added show leet (piece picker / skill selector) debug menu button.

• Implemented zealous leap ability.

• Implemented diamonds are forever.

• Implemented simulate weakness ability.

• Implemented Zero hands ability.

• Implemented Zero chest ability.

• Implemented Zero dash ability.

• Implemented Zero face ability.

• Implemented Nunchucks.

• Implemented Diamonds are forever.

• Implemented Simulate Weakness.

• Implemented Boosted thrust.

• Implemented Plasma ray gun.

• Implemented Snapjaw.

• Implemented Seeing red.

• Implemented Shared splinter.

• Implemented Plasma cannons.

• Implemented Taxman.

• Implemented forward thrust.

• Implemented Deep thinking.

• Made combo system to melee abilities.

• Fixed damage counters with damage execution calculation.

• Implemented Plasma ray gun ability.

• Added Leet Debug Menu Cheat.

• Changed ability icons.

• Checked ability tags to be assigned correctly.

WEEK 16: 2022-04-18

Design

• Playtesting Pipeline.

Art

• Entrance2 - Low poly model w/ Bakes.

• Stands - Low Poly model w/ Bakes.

• Platform - Currently working on hp.

• Gamepad asset finished.

• Handheld device high poly stage ongoing.

• Chest robe low poly and texture.

• Boxing gloves high poly.

• Nunchucks model and textures.

Programming

• Implemented skill boxing gloves.

• Implemented skill static discharge.

• Implemented skill party rock.

• Implemented skill baseball bat.

• Implemented skill chameleon.

• Implemented skill neo landing.

• Implemented skill high roller.

• Added BoxOverlap, SphereOverlap and CapsuleOverlap functions.

WEEK 15: 2022-04-11

Design

• Added variant units and placeholder values.

• Added skill references for the chest tab.

• Added chest skills.

Art

• Created the "stands" 3D model.

• Created the "stands divisions" 3D model.

• Created the "Entrance2" 3D model.

• Finished the pistol asset (model, bakes, textures).

• Started work on the gamepad model.

• Created the robe high poly model.

Programming

• Implemented interact to equip skills.

• Resized room 1 and 2.

• Polished room 2 with:

  • A mechanic in which the game will hold on until 2 players connect to start the match.

  • In case some player disconnects, the match resets.

  • Round won placeholder message.

  • Round timer to start.

  • Delay between rounds.

  • Delay between matches.

  • Match won placeholder message.

  • Put players back into initial position after each round/match.

• Replaced and renamed stat modifiers areas.

• Added interact prompt for each triggerable on the floor.

• All the projectile skills now hide the mouse cursor.

• Changed the camera distance to properly test the range of skills.

• Added area of effect with point and release skill.

• Modified projectile skills to be activated with right click.

• Modified acquisition of abilities so it removes the ability with the same input.

• Updated health slots on health increase.

• Removed mannequins from battle level.

• Implemented cost effect for abilities.

• Added instant regeneration to the dummy and changed its texture to red.

• Added ability tags and implemented energy stat modifier.

• Added an option to equip the skill, being reflected in the keyboard input and UI skills showcase.

• Added DoT mechanic.

WEEK 14: 2022-04-04

Design

• UX - made changes to account for Emotes.

• Documentation of Emote system, updated control scheme.

• Proposal for "Body" skills.

Art

• Finished modeling and baking "Wall_Asset".

• Finished High and Low poly of "Entrance" asset, currently doing UVS.

• Finished "Katana" asset (model and bakes).

• Started "Katana" textures and "Pistols" model.

Programming

• Fixed a bug where the parabola wasn’t being activated in multiplayer.

• Implemented the damage counters.

• Fixed head item.

• Fixed parabola dropping fps.

• Added particle in line travel behaviour.

• Added particle in ground select.

• Added numbers to health and energy bars.

• Implemented ESC/P menu.

• Implemented target dummy.

• Added skill cooldown display.

• Fixed hand skills being replaced.

• Added a second room to try multiplayer with timed combat.

• Capped framerate at 60 FPS to avoid GPU overheating.

• Fixed a bug where the camera changed to first person.

• Fixed death bugs.

• Removed the second HP&MP bars.

• Added numbers to the current HP&MP bars.

• Added build hash to keep track while doing QA.

WEEK 13: 2022-03-28

Design

• Skills for cases where a piece is missing.

• Status effects reference chart.

• Account progression system, first cut.

• Emote system, first cut.

Art

• 3D production of the environment started (walls).

• 3D production for weapons (katana).

Programming

• Added win condition by time, the player remaining with the most health wins.

• Timer added to the HUD.

• In-game scores are saved after each round, displayed in the HUD (On-time condition)

WEEK 12: 2022-03-21

Design

• Zero Leet proxy designs, with temporal values.

• Game flowchart documented.

• Game UX documented.

Art

• Finalized stadium concept.

• Blocking of the stadium implemented on engine.

• Individual concepts of the stadium assets (WIP).

Programming

• Implemented click and confirm ability.

• Added range to ground select.

• Implemented line travel ability.

• Reduced build size for server deployment.

• Added utility functions to know when a player acquires a certain skill.

• Modified Win Condition: Rounds (After any player wins 3 matches, the game stops resetting).

• Added Buff/Debuff areas for Health and Energy.

WEEK 11: 2022-03-14

Design

• UX for Main Menu: Play, Assemble, and Leets Screens.

• UX for battle and round rewards, victory and loss.

• Meeting with the leets team to solve some questions about game systems.

Art

• Finished Battle Leet textures.

• Fixed Battle Leet skeletal mesh structure and reworked some aspects of the model, UVs and textures.

• Rigged the character with the UE skeleton.

• Started the stadium concept: image concept, basic 3D blocking to imagine spaces and proportions.

Programming

• Implemented Katana Skill.

• Implemented Attribute Head and pickup abilities.

• Moved pistol skill to item.

• Gameplay HUD to see hp and Energy.

• Equip mesh on item pickup on top of adding ability/stats.

• Added placeholder Icons for abilities to the HUD.

• Added Max Health and Max Energy parameters.

• Implemented Pistol skill.

• Added the winning condition.

WEEK 10: 2022-03-07

Design

• Updated winning conditions (combat page).

• Increased skills database.

• Completed the "Zero Leet" design.

• Started Game Flow chart.

Art

• Retopology for base Battle Leet.

• Textures for base Battle Leet.

• Level greybox for space and sizes testing

Programming

• Completed Technical Design Document.

WEEK 9: 2022-02-28

Design

• Player movement and camera.

• Control scheme overview.

• Player values and parts (Battle Leets attributes) - WIP.

• Combat mechanics - WIP.

• Skills - WIP.

Art

• Started retopology for one Battle Leet.

• Exploring visual styles for the Battle Leet (in-game).

Programming

• Started Technical Design Document.

• Created project’s repository.

• Started prototype: basic movement, isometric camera, added a couple of decals for visual representation of skills indicators.