[SoloDev] "LifeDev" My game about overcoming CPTSD

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Devlog 14

New build is available!
New Chapter available!

This is the 1st pass of the 3rd chapter (#02). It’s a bit stub. But it’s a big update!

Try it at : LifeDev by Nande!
Wishlist at: LifeDev on Steam

Sprint log:

Explanation and demo

------ Game

General

  • New: Started using the .ini config files more heavily. New LifeDev.ini file.
  • New: Started working on the save-game. Basic structure and methods in place.
  • New: Started working a bit on custom control mapping.
  • Started working on reducing the visual stress for people that needs/wants it.
    • Disabled Lumen by default. Mostly since it did not made a lot of sense, secondly to improve performance. (It can be enabled with the .ini config files).
    • Removed depth of field post process effect.
  • Performance pass
    • cleanup on things loaded
    • significance plugin working! Added to a bunch of objects in the scene.
  • Lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and improvements all around.
    • Removed unused assets, variables, and code.
    • Updated collisions.

Chapter 2

  • New: New chapter.
  • New: New room.
  • New: New character.
  • New: New types of interactions. Including cards.
  • Attempt to improve the lighting.
  • パラメーター adjustments.

Chapter 0 and 1

  • Added some new objects.
  • Improved some interactions.
  • Some tweaks and improvements in many aspects.

------- Subsystems and plugins

Flashbacks

  • New: Added feature flag for strobe lights to disable flashing lights.
    • It can be toggled at the start, but also can be toggled on the .ini files.
  • Added duration to SetMax and SetMin.
  • LD/New: Created new flashback post process. Less visually confusing, more meaningful.

Dialogs

  • Not much.

Story

  • New: Feat to remove items at end of step.
  • New: Feat to ensure items at the start of a step.
  • Fixes on finishing step on item received.
  • Fix item rewarding.
  • Fix incorrect transition on last step of sequence.
  • Reworked the whole step cycle. Start, Stop, StartSequence. Much improved, such determinism, no bugs, good wow.
  • Improved character teleport.
  • LD: reworked chapter load cycle.

Inventory / Flags

  • New: Added ensure items, which makes sure there’s at least 1 of the item.
  • New: Added remove items, which removes completely an item.
  • New: Added ItemLogic class and CardLogic. Not much use yet, but allows for having custom logic instance for each item.

Interactions

  • Fix not being able to modify the root component in blueprints.
  • LD: Added UseItemDlgs. Which allows to define a map of items/dialogs, so that when an item is used it will trigger the specified dialog. Speeding up development considerably.
  • LD: Improves on animation management.
  • LD/New: Improves on flicker on flashback.

Sound

  • New: New sounds for drawers and lamps.
  • New: New music.
  • New: Added audio volumes for reverb and stuff.
  • Updated sounds groups and levels.

Art

  • New: New objects: Calendar, wide chair, bathtub, wide cabinet, stand lamp, books, toilet, hall, wide doors, picture frame.
  • New: New character!
  • New: Started experimenting with skeletal animations and voxel art hybrid.
  • New: Started experimenting with a new palette system for assets.
  • Improved, cleaned, and improved performance of voxel materials.

Utils

  • New: Added material and material functions for palette with vertex colors.
  • New: QuickMesh can set collisions.
  • Moved a bunch of voxel color related materials to JUtils plugin.

New! Significance

  • New: Finally working significance plugin. in a separate plugin to have clean dependencies.
  • Configurable through .ini files.
    • Use Background thread.
    • Update interval.
    • Number of player controllers to process.
  • Subsystem to control everything globally.
  • Component to easily control each actor individually.
    • Can be subclassed. LifeDev has a custom one that works in tandem with animations.
    • Everything is per instance configurable.
    • Auto register.
    • Simple to use.
    • Can override the significance calculation.
    • Delegates for changes and events.
    • Can adjust tick enabled and intervals.
    • Can control hiding components.
    • Significance depending on:
      • Actor being hidden
      • Last time rendered (visible). Configurable timeout.
      • Distance to camera. With different levels.

Try it at : LifeDev by Nande!
Wishlist at: LifeDev on Steam

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