What Got Finished Last Week

Development Team

• Arrow key movement is working for desktop/laptop players.

• This means our player character can now move around the game world easier for our laptop/desktop folks. 

Sound Team

• Intro music started and sounding really promising!

• Next step is finishing the track and making sure it loops smoothly for the title screen.

• (Reminder: the awesome trash monster walking sound was completed last week — great job there!)

Art Team

Completed:

• Mushrooms

• Portal shards

• Monster brains

In progress:

• Main character sprite (working on walking animation frames)

Story Team Update

The story team has finalized the intro narrative direction for the game.

Intro Scene

The game will begin with:

• Title screen showing WASTELANDER

• Player presses Start Game

If first playthrough:

• The player wakes up underground next to a broken portal

• Friendly scavenger NPC finds the player

• NPC explains the portal explosion and scattered shards

• NPC leads the player aboveground to the trash hut

Main Story Goal

Players must:

• Explore underground

• Defeat trash monsters

• Collect portal shards

• Repair the portal and return home

Collectables

Item- Effect

• Mushroom- restores 2 hearts

• Banana- restores all hearts

• Portal Shards- 10 needed to repair portal

• Monster Parts- used for crafting upgrades

Weapons

Upgrade path:

• Spatula

• Frying Pan

• Spiky Frying Pan

Sound Designers

Amazing walking trash-monster sound and great teamwork last week

This week we still need:

Intro Music

• Finish the intro song

• Make sure it loops smoothly for the title screen

Dialogue Sounds

• Short garbled talking sounds for:

  • Friendly NPC

  • Human main character

  • (These should sound like muffled speech rather than real words.)

Collectable Sounds

• Pickup sounds for:

  • Fridge chests opening

  • Portal shards

  • Bananas

  • Mushrooms

  • Glass / sea glass

Optional idea:

slightly different sounds for nutritious vs poisonous items