The Final Slice
The Final Slice was developed for Junior/Senior Collaborative Games Development 2022. In this Roguelike you play as a slice of bread on a quest to become the Ultimate Sandwich. I took on the role of Senior Tech for this project.
Itch.io: https://beasley-justin.itch.io/the-final-slice
My Contributions
Created player character systems and abilities.
Created a semi-procedural room spawning system that could be altered through data tables by designers.
Assigned tasks to Junior Tech members and assisted them when necessary.
Communicated with Design and Art Leads about scope and engine implementation.
Rigged and Animated some characters with very basic animations.
Outcomes
I got to create a room system that spawned in rooms within certain parameters. The experience of creating this and ensuring it was exposed to designers was nice.
I got to take on a senior role in a team and I now have more perspective on how teams should be run.
As we lacked animators, I got the opportunity to learn more about the animation pipeline from creating some basic animation assets.
Critique
The player character was set up with prototype abilities and controls while waiting on animations, as they never came and the systems weren’t replaced the player feel is slightly clunky.
When handing the room system to the Art team, I should have accompanied it with videos on how to use it and show how it would be during gameplay. There were some minor issues with meshwork visibility because of this.
