Progress Report 6

18/12/2023

Work on Boomerang

• Made boomerang script more comprehensive
  • Allows for multiple boomerangs
  • A boomerang action (i.e. returning the boomerang) will be executed on the eldest boomerang
• From here I will try to continue to add features as planned based off of 🪃Boomerang Blob Character

Duplication

• Added the ability for the boomerang character to duplicate themself
• Theiduplicate lasts 5 seconds, and has 1hp
• Their duplicate DOES have the ability to duplicate themself further
• When the player turns their boomerang into a duplicate of them, the boomerang is destroyed
  

Re-Working the Animator

I originally made my Animator super basic because we are using a traditional, frame-based animation system, since the game is stylized around Claymation. At the time I didn't really consider how the animation state would change, just wanted to get an idle and walk animation working for prototyping.

Since I now have some animations to work with from my animator Noah, I wanted to implement a revitalized animation system that will work for the rest of this project (and possibly be re-usable for future projects🥺)

Here is the layout of how I plan to structure the new animator:

The key points are as follows:

• Switches

  • Always are bool statements
    • Green = true
    • Red = false
  • Contain no animations, simply move the tree along

• Animations

  • Contain the actual sprites that are played frame-by frame
    • Contain frame events
      • UnityEvents which are called at that frame
      • Used for animation frames before an attack, SFX, etc.
  • Contains the frame rate

• Event Overrides

  • One of the main features of my animator
  • Called with special events (such as punches, kicks, abilities, etc.)
  • Will play its child animation once, overriding anything that is going on in the tree

Added Animation System

The system uses an empty animator to play and make the animations
The animation names are defined in the player controller and called automatically
Overrides are called as a function, passing the animation name
Here's how it looks in action