And so, it begins...

Looks like everything we set out to do in pre-production has been completed and we're on track to start full-bore today.

Screen Shot

First screen shot showing Andy's placeholder recoloring/leaves and Wade's tree/ledge:

Meeting Notes

Boss battle idea

• Necromancer boss
• Survive six of the seven bells
• Astarael takes everyone into death where Abhorsen waits to rescue the player and banish the necromancer
• After each bell a wave of zombies
• Each bell may be interrupted or rung
  • Interruption gives the player time to prepare for zombie wave
  • Successful ringing casts a detrimental effect which has a significant chance of causing the player harm indirectly
• Art concerns (too much!)
• Boss battle will improve the game greatly, but time will be a factor

Chase scene

• Example of mirrored level design
• Run from Mordicant
• Battle Mordicant
  • Fire melting ice to defeat?

Charter Marks

• Much discussion on how many to include
• Spells should be aimed with mouse
• Propel mark for force in direction of cursor
• Symmetry in level design should be mirrored in mark effects
  • Tree "circle of life"
    • leaves set on fire with fire
    • fire put out with ice
    • leaves regrown with grow

Physics

• Built-in Torque physics are insufficient
• Use Box2D instead (C# port Box2DX)
• Integration might be challenging without Torque source
  • Builder collision editor requires T2DCollisionComponent
  • We can parse collision vertices and replicate in Box2D
  • Turn off Torque collision, but still there to hold data

Concept Art

First piece of concept art by Wade: