Documentation + User Guide

3 years ago by HarryHz

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Comparison (with concept statement)

Compared with concept documents and original ideas, there are many detailed functions that cannot be completed in time. So midway, the entire original design was replaced with new game art and content. Due to my ability problems, I cannot realize many ideas, so I can only rebuild the project in a very short time with the help of the online tutorial.

Game content

In the concept document, I wanted to use Kindom Rush as a blueprint to develop a game with a similar style and content. Unfortunately, after several weeks of experimentation and development, a variety of errors have finally been caused so that the game itself has huge flaws. It was impossible to do more experiments under objective constraints, so the entire game style and content were changed midway. With the help of the online tutorial, although a lot of content is borrowed from others, I have learned a lot through my own rewriting. Nevertheless, due to time constraints, I couldn't apply what I learned to the original blueprint, so I developed the current version.

Player skills

In the concept document, the original design allowed the player to spend a certain cost to release additional skills to kill the enemy. Furthermore, the environment of the map can also benefit the damage of skills. However, due to a lot of time during the initial development stage, the system was not realized and it was abandoned.

Weather system

Although it is not possible in the game, I can talk about my initial thoughts. First of all, in the early design of the weather system, there is an algorithm that can randomly trigger changes in the weather during the game, such as rain, wind, etc. In addition, another algorithm will be used to calculate the duration of the current weather and increase the damage of the tower building. This algorithm also needs to reduce the probability of weather crossing. In the original idea, this system was placed in the later stage of game development, but this content was abandoned due to slow and unsatisfactory progress in the early stage of development.

Test section feedback

Based on users' feedback, the game content has been revised as follows:

Game difficulty

The effects of different towers have debuffs on enemies of the same attribute. For example, the direct damage and continuous reduction of health caused by the fire tower to the red enemy will be less. In addition, the enemy's health will increase appropriately every three waves.

Enemy movement

In the current version of the game, the enemy will move along the set pathway.

Tower diversity

The fire tower will have a certain chance to burn the enemy and cause it to continuously reduce the health value.

The Storm Tower will have a certain chance to freeze the enemy in place.

The ice tower will have a certain chance to freeze the enemy and reduce its movement speed significantly.

The poison tower will have a certain chance to poison the enemy so that it will continue to reduce its health and leave a buff in place after killing the target.

Asset List

Sprite

Name	Uses	Crete by
Blue monster	Sprite used to create the blue monster	inScope Studios
Red monster	Sprite used to create the red monster	inScope Studios
Green monster	Sprite used to create the green monster	inScope Studios
Purple monster	Sprite used to create the purple monster	inScope Studios
Blue portal	Sprite used to create a portal to spawn the enemies	inScope Studios
Red portal	Sprite used to create a portal to decrease the health value of the player	inScope Studios
Grass	Sprite sheet of tilemaps as the game background	inScope Studios
Sand	Sprite sheet of tilemaps as a pathway for the enemies	inScope Studios
Fire tower	Sprite used to create a fire tower	inScope Studios
Ice tower	Sprite used to create an ice tower	inScope Studios
Storm tower	Sprite used to create a storm tower	inScope Studios
Poison tower	Sprite used to create a poison tower	inScope Studios
Fire projectile	Sprite used to create a projectile for the fire tower	inScope Studios
Ice projectile	Sprite used to create a projectile for the ice tower	inScope Studios
Storm projectile	Sprite used to create a projectile for the storm tower	inScope Studios
Poison projectile	Sprite used to create a projectile for the poison tower	inScope Studios
Health bar	Sprite used to create a health bar for the enemies	inScope Studios
Menu background	Sprite used to create the main menu of the game	inScope Studios
Menu buttons	Sprite used to create menu buttons for the main menu	inScope Studios
TooltipBackground	Sprite used to create a board to display details of towers	inScope Studios
Tower button	Sprite used to create icons for tower	inScope Studios
Sell button	Sprite used to create a sell button for the towers	inScope Studios
Upgrade button	Sprite used to create an upgrade button for the towers	inScope Studios
Arrow	Sprite used to debug	Created by me
Cursor	Sprite used on cursor	Created by me
Waypoint gizmo	Sprite used on waypoint gizmo	Created by me

Animation(Animator)

Name	Uses	Create by
Fire tower	Animation used to create the fire tower	Created by me
Ice tower	Animation used to create the Ice tower	Created by me
Storm tower	Animation used to create the Storm tower	Created by me
Poison tower	Animation used to create the Poison tower	Created by me
Fire Attack	Animation used when fire tower attack	Created by me
Ice Attack	Animation used when ice tower attack	Created by me
Storm Attack	Animation used when storm tower attack	Created by me
Poison Attack	Animation used when poison tower attack	Created by me
Fire idle	Animation used to create an idle fire tower	Created by me
Ice idle	Animation used to create an idle ice tower	Created by me
Storm idle	Animation used to create an idle storm tower	Created by me
Poison idle	Animation used to create an idle storm tower	Created by me
Fire projectile	Animation used to create a projectile for the fire tower	Created by me
Ice projectile	Animation used to create a projectile for the ice tower	Created by me
Strom projectile	Animation used to create a projectile for the storm tower	Created by me
Poison projectile	Animation used to create a projectile for the poison tower	Created by me
Puff	Animation used to create a hit effect on the enemies	Created by me
Blue death	Blue monster death animation	Created by me
Blue down	Blue monster go down animation	Created by me
Blue right	Blue monster go right animation	Created by me
Blue left	Blue monster go left animation	Created by me
Blue up	Blue monster go up animation	Created by me
Red death	Red monster death animation	Created by me
Red down	Red monster go down animation	Created by me
Red right	Red monster go right animation	Createdby me
Red left	Red monster go left animation	Created by me
Red up	Red monster go up animation	Created by me
Green death	Green monster death animation	Created by me
Green down	Green monster go down animation	Created by me
Green right	Green monster go right animation	Created by me
Green left	Green monster go left animation	Created by me
Green up	Green monster go up animation	Created by me
Purple death	Purple monster death animation	Created by me
Purple down	Purple monster go down animation	Created by me
Purple right	Purple monster go right animation	Created by me
Purple left	Purple monster go left animation	Created by me
Purple up	Purple monster go up animation	Created by me
Red portal	Animation used to create a red portal	Created by me
Red idle	Animation used to create an idle red portal	Created by me
Red open	Animation used when the enemies touch the red portal	Created by me
Blue portal	Animation used to create a blue portal	Created by me
Blue idle	Animation used to create an idle blue portal	Created by me

Scripts

Name	Uses	Create by
Enemies Movement	Script for enemies movement	Created by me
Waypoints	Script for pathway	Created by me
Bar	Script for health bar of the enemies	Edited from inScopeStudios tutorial
Camera Movement	Script for camera movement	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Game Manager	Wave control, money control, player health, pick a tower, buy a tower, select a tower, deselect a tower, main menu, pause menu, enemies spawn, enemies remove, restart the game, quit the game, sell tower, show tower details, update tower, place tower.	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Level Manager	Place map tiles, create background map, portals control, camera movement.	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Hover	Control the hover tower icon follow the mouse	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Main menu	Call the main menu	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Monster	Spawn enemies, Scales a monster up or down, add debuffs on enemies, remove debuffs on enemies, enemies damage control, enemies animation control.	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Object pool	Projectiles and enemies spawn control	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Point	Struct used for indicating X and Y positions GameWorld	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Portal	Portal trigger	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Projectile	Projectiles move to enemies position, projectiles hurt enemies, add debuffs on enemies.	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Singleton	A generic singleton class for creating the singleton	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Sound manager	Manager all sounds	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Stat	The current value of the stat	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Tile script	Script used for all tiles in the game	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
A star	A dictionary for all nodes in the game	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Node	Nodes control	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Debuff	Total debuffs control	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Fire debuff	Fire debuff effect	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Ice debuff	Ice debuff effect	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Storm debuff	Storm debuff effect	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Poison debuff	Poison debuff effect	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Poison splash	Poison splash after enemies die	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Fire tower	Fire projectile control, damage control, percentage trigger debuff, debuff duration, attack cold down, tick time, debuff damage.	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Ice tower	Ice projectile control, damage control, percentage trigger debuff, debuff duration, attack cold down, debuff factor.	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Storm tower	Fire projectile control, damage control, percentage trigger debuff, attack cold down	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial
Poison tower	Fire projectile control, damage control, percentage trigger debuff, debuff duration, attack cold down, tick time, poison splash, debuff damage.	Edited from inScope Studios tutorial