Journal Entry 3

Date: 08.04.2023

Activity:

• Attended the labs playtesting session (1.5h)
• Fixed all bugs and considered suggestions, and implemented some improvements (2h)
• Playtested some more (15m)
• Made a video for the game pitch (2h)

I think my game was quite successful at the group playtesting. I think nobody felt the game was unfair although it was quite hard for some. I tried to balance the difficulty and fix some weirdnesses. I also created a video for the game pitch but I still have to come up with a commentary.

Changelog:

• The first button was hard to get to. -> Lowered the bottom platforms, so that the jumps dont have to be perfect.
• The checkpoints were quite sparse. -> Added three more at appropriate places
• The player could get stuck by being showed into a wall by a platform. -> Added spikes to avoid the issue.
• The escape key broke the game (UI was removed). -> Escape does nothing now.
• The obstacles at the bottom right sections were not evenly spaced. -> Slightly rescaled the section to fix the issue.
• The pistons could be cheated by standing in between of the them. -> Added side spikes to the pistons.
• Added key to restart the whole level (F3)

Time: 5.75h

Outcome: attached final Project B and pitch video