🗓️Schedule Outline

#Capstone

Game concept and design - Oct 14

Create a loose game design document to base each gameplay decision around
Write specific goals for the game and features that must be included
Ask around family & friends what they would like to see in a game like this

Character Controllers - Oct 27

Implement character controllers for both single and local multiplayer
Create a basic AI for NPC fighters in the game

Combat System - Nov 15

Create a modular combat system that allows for player hitbox reduction, single frame or multi frame-time hurt boxes and animation queues
Create a combo system to allow players to chain specific attacks which have synergy

Character Design & Prototyping - Nov 25

Create a basic 5-character roster
Make a unique visual outline for each character, focusing on silhouette to easily recognize characters from one another
Give each character a unique skillset in terms of health, mobility, strength, defence, and special moves

Levels / Environments - Dec 5

Create a system to easily create levels within the Unity editor
Create a handful of level elements to be able to place on levels, making sure they are recognizable so the players can easily predict what they do
Put together a unique set of levels ~7?

Character Animations - Dec 15

Finalize all character appearances
Finalize all character move sets
Create a large sprite sheet for each character that encompasses all their animations for attacks, walking, idle, etc.
Assign the correct animation queue events for their respective triggers (e.g. when a character punches, make the animation punch)

GUI - Dec 20

Create stylized general buttons that can be freely scaled (using the 9-slice method)
Main menu with multiplayer, single player, options, & quit game buttons
Make all the HUDs (heads up displays) conform with the new GUI style
Create multiplayer menu with character and level selection, including random option for both

Music & Sound - Jan 5

Research common music genres and themes for fighting games
Figure out if I should pay someone or make the music myself
Implement music sequencing and transitions
Implement sound effect queuing system
Expand character animations to queue sounds so the animations are synced with the sound effects

Bug Fixing & Optimization - Jan 13

Hard to predict specifics
Convince friends to stress test the game with me
Try my best to fix the problems

Video Presentation Creation - Jan 25

Create a script based around the devblogs
Gather footage of the stages of the game from the Github repository

Final Presentation - Jan 26