GT (Gene Therapy) at Dare 2005
Work, work, work
5th August 2005
We had had a visit from the Minister of Finance, to see what sort of work was going on here. Besides this flying visit, there were no talks or information sessions this week. This combined with the fact that we have our functionality well defined meant that there was an immense amount of work completed this week.
Since the functionality was well defined and the framework in place, all members knew exactly what tasks they had to perform. The programmers were slightly upset, as their placeholder art was replaced by ‘proper’ artwork. The shop is looking far better with the new artwork, and even though the functionality has not changed, it is far easier to navigate. This does show how important a good interface design is. We also added placing and removing ornaments into the shop.
One of the most important features implemented this week (that also got the team excited) was the tank getting dirty and grimy. If the tank isn’t cleaned properly, it starts to look absolutely horrible.
With this and fish getting hungry, we also got the fish getting cheesed off if they are not cared for. This is also represented in their movement. At the moment, there is basic functionality, such as moving slower etc. but this is to be built on.
Since the emotions are coded, now the fish start to visually look how they feel. At the moment, only sadness is in the game, but more are to be added…
We also tried to figure how many different fish variations are available. We didn’t realise how many there actually are. Combing colours and genetics together, there are 113,336,795,588,871,485,128,704 per fish. For those who are interested, that puts us in the range of 113 sextillion variations. That’s 20 billion fish for each person on the planet. Multiply this by 4 for the 2 species we have and for both sexes. Hopefully, this will add some re-playability to the game.
Besides all these tasks, we also got our flyers for the festival next week designed and printed. We are all very happy with how they turned out.
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