Quest for Dominion

Devlog

• Button Sounds
  March 01, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 2/29/2024 Overview of Work: - Editing button hover and click sounds - Boss Icon - Tweaks to Debuff indicator size (looked slightly squished before resize) Problems I... Continue reading

  
• Bug Battles: Last Showdown
  February 29, 2024 by acefizz

  [2-29-2024] Stacy Felde The auditory landscape received a boost with the integration of music and UI sounds, complemented by an update to the dungeon level music for a more immersive backdrop. Additio... Continue reading

  
• Feedback and Final Debugging touches
  February 24, 2024 by RaGinCagin

  Overview: Quest for dominion is coming to an end. As we are approaching are soon to be final blog let's get going... Problem 1: This week they're really isn't any problems. It's more like debugging an... Continue reading
• Tutorial Trials
  February 23, 2024 by acefizz

  [2-23/2024] Stacy Felde Firstly, bugs related to multiple tutorial prompts have been tackled, ensuring a smooth progression when more than one tutorial is in play. The game map underwent meticulous ed... Continue reading

  
• Tab Menu Bug
  February 23, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 2/23/2024 Overview of Work: - Editing buttons to make them into gems - Rearranging the layout of a few buttons/screens because of button change - Changing the font of... Continue reading

  
• Tutorial Trigger
  February 17, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 2/16/2024 Overview of Work: - Orc Mage and Orc Swordsman Icons - UI Font Changed | Fonts with all UI changed from old font to new font (Examples of UI changes) - Fixi... Continue reading

  
• Tutorials and Bug Fixes
  February 17, 2024 by acefizz

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  [Stacy Felde] 2-16-2024 Tutorials have been integrated into the combat level, offering a smoother learning curve. Alongside this, several pesky bugs have been squashed to ensure a glitch-free adventur... Continue reading

  
• Teaching the User Combat
  February 16, 2024 by RaGinCagin

  Overview: Hey, everybody we are, 2 more weeks away from our deadline. I could bore you and tell you all I am doing is debugging... which is what I am mainly doing but I did one thing to which you will... Continue reading
• Coming to an End
  February 10, 2024 by RaGinCagin

  Overview: Welcome everybody to another fun blog post. Lets get started: Problem 1: So this week's problem was kind of interesting. The issue was now that we're coming to the end of this lovely project... Continue reading
• Nothing Much 2.0
  February 10, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 2/9/2024 Overview of Work: - Debuff Icon - Fixing music file levels and setting soundclass - Tutorial panel backs (Very simple looking) - Game Icon Problems I Ran Int... Continue reading

  
• Unlocking Progress: From Stats to Tutorials
  February 10, 2024 by acefizz

  [2-9-2024] Stacy Felde In the latest strides of development, my collaboration with AJ has proven fruitful, ensuring the correct transfer of stats and resolving lingering issues. To enhance the player... Continue reading
• Conversion
  February 02, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 2/1/2024 Overview of Work: - Combat level lighting along with a teammate - Win screen - Lose screen - Fellow teammate Icon for credits - More converting blueprints Pr... Continue reading

  
• Nothing much
  January 27, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 1/26/2024 Overview of Work: - Convert portions of UI options blueprint (Example of the code (.h file)) Problems I Ran Into: - None I honestly didn't run into any prob... Continue reading

  
• Finally Done with Stats and A NEW ATTACK PATTERN
  January 27, 2024 by RaGinCagin

  Overview: Welcome everybody to another weeks blog post let's get started. Problem 1: So I had one final problem with stats. And men wasn't an easy fix yet. Also a pain to find because it was such a sm... Continue reading
• Volume Finally Fixed | Small Music Issue
  January 20, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 1/19/2024 Overview of Work: - Combat UI Updates (Visual): New Swordsmen Icon - Volume Values being carried over (FINALLY) Blueprints (some of the functions) Problems... Continue reading

  
• Stats Easy Right?
  January 20, 2024 by RaGinCagin

  Overview: Hey, everybody, I'm welcome back to another blog post here about Quest for Dominion let's get down to the meat and potatoes of it today. Problem 1: So this week's problem is basically a carr... Continue reading

  
• Coding Gems: Crafting Doors, Shaping Choices, and Collaborative Challenges
  January 20, 2024 by acefizz

  [1/18/2024] Stacy Felde In my recent coding adventures, the primary focus has been on enhancing game mechanics and overcoming collaborative challenges. A significant achievement was the successful imp... Continue reading

  
• UI Progress
  January 13, 2024 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 1/12/2024 Overview of Work: - Combat UI Updates (Visual): New Acher and Cavalry icons for combat turns - Converting some UI blueprints to code (Example) Code (.h file... Continue reading

  
• Converting Blueprints
  January 13, 2024 by acefizz

  [1/12/2024] Stacy Felde In the initial coding phase, I laid the groundwork for the GameInstance and PlayerCharacter, establishing the foundation for subsequent development. A significant achievement w... Continue reading

  
• Options Sliders Values not Carrying Over( aka Volume 3.0)| Icon Swapping
  December 15, 2023 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 12/14/2023 Overview of Work: - Combat UI Updates (Visual): New TEMP icon (archer) for testing purposes - Combat UI Updates (Functionality): Work on a different way of... Continue reading

  
• Crashing
  December 15, 2023 by RaGinCagin#Debugging

  Overview Hello, everybody and welcome to another week's blog post. This week I had an interesting problem which took the entire team by surprise. But nevertheless you gotta overcome them to get to mov... Continue reading

  
• Combat Controls Panel Creation
  December 09, 2023 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 12/8/2023 Overview of Work: - Combat UI Updates: New icons switcher backing and moved the End Turn button closer to the player icon. - Combat Controls UI: Moved comba... Continue reading

  
• Spawning debris and starting turn based system
  December 08, 2023 by Jkeith

  Joshua Keith The Issues: The problems I was tasked with completing this week were spawning debris tiles and starting to work on getting a functional turn-based system. Why was generating debris a prob... Continue reading

  
• Where do we place the rules?
  December 08, 2023 by RaGinCagin#Turn-Based Controls

  Overview Hello, everybody and welcome to another week's blog post. This week I had an interesting problem which I didn't see coming. But nevertheless you gotta overcome them to get to move forward. Bu... Continue reading
• Volume 2.0
  December 01, 2023 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 12/1/2023 Overview of Work: - Combat UI Updates: Updates to the Combat UI, such as an altered enemy icon, health bar, icon switcher backing, and visibility toggling f... Continue reading

  
• Code Chronicles: Team UI
  December 01, 2023 by acefizz

  This week has been dedicated to significant strides in our project. Early on, I successfully implemented the inventory system, setting the stage for the item base. The goal was a smooth integration in... Continue reading

  
• Grid Movement and Launching the Game Instance
  December 01, 2023 by RaGinCagin

  Overview: Hello, everybody and welcome to another week's blog post. This week I tackled the few things starting with the movement for a player on the grid which was easy yet painfully memorable. Then... Continue reading

  
• Movement and attack indicators
  November 30, 2023 by Jkeith

  Problem with indicators Joshua Keith 11/30/23 The issue I came across this week. If you have been following the posts, you will notice a big visual lift to the tiles. The tile change was due to an iss... Continue reading

  
• Toggling Teammate Stat Menu
  November 25, 2023 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 11/24/2023 Overview of Work: - Combat UI: Showing he player the current attackers turn in the upper left corner - Teammate UI: Allow the player to see their own and a... Continue reading

  
• TabMenu Triumphs
  November 24, 2023 by acefizz

  Author: Stacy Felde Date: 11-24-2023 This week's focus in our game development effort centered on crucial tasks. Notably, I achieved success in enabling the menu to deactivate seamlessly using the tab... Continue reading
• Turn Base Manager
  November 24, 2023 by RaGinCagin

  Hey everybody welcome to another weekly blog! Overview This week I decided to tackle turn controls. Or better said "How can I end my players turned and start my enemies turn?" Let's get started. Probl... Continue reading

  
• Camera Rotation
  November 17, 2023 by Quest for Dominion

  Author: Robert Dionian Posted on 11/17/2023 Overview: I am working on implementing some more controls to the camera. Currently we only have a top down view, which can make it hard to see everything in... Continue reading

  
• Generalist Journey
  November 16, 2023 by acefizz

  Level Design Focus: The week began with a focus on level assets. I meticulously improved functionality for doors and chests, addressing player orientation and camera issues for a smoother virtual expe... Continue reading
• Debugging Hexagonal Grid and Time Management
  November 16, 2023 by RaGinCagin#Debug, #Management, #Grid

  Author: Armando J. Cardoso Posted on 11/16/2023 Hello all name's AJ lets jump into this weeks blog. Overview: So this week I had 2 new issues occur and of course 1 of them was the simplest of fixes an... Continue reading

  
• Volume Adjustment and Pause Menu
  November 16, 2023 by PhantomIsobel

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 11/16/2023 Overview of Work: - UI Menus: User interfaces the player will use while playing our game. This includes; Main menu, Pause menu, and Options menu. - Volume... Continue reading

  
• Pathfinding
  November 16, 2023 by Jkeith#Pathfinding

  Author: Josh Keith Posted on 11-15-2023 Issue: Pathfinding The pathfinding was not updating or generating a path to the node correctly. When moving the mouse over other tiles, the pathfinding would br... Continue reading

  
• Level Loading
  November 11, 2023 by rdionian

  Problems triggering level loading when it should not be Author: Robert Dionian Posted on 11/10/2023 The Problem: The initial transition from the overworld map to the combat map works as intended. The... Continue reading
• Grid Connections and Managing
  November 10, 2023 by RaGinCagin

  Author: Armando J. Cardoso Posted on 11/10/2023 Hey everybody my name's AJ and thanks for coming back for another blog post. Problem 1: So this week finished our system build which had us worried but... Continue reading
• Textures
  November 10, 2023 by Quest for Dominion

  Author: Isobel Hammonds Posted on 11/10/2023 Introduction: Hello y'all! I'm Isobel, part of the Gouda Games dev team. I, as a member, have focused on the Level Design, UI Design/Functionality, and But... Continue reading

  
• Components
  November 10, 2023 by Quest for Dominion

  Author: Stacy Felde Date: 11/10/2023 Introduction: Hey devs and gamers! This week, our game dev team hit some exciting milestones. I focused on key components – from weapon stats to player controlle... Continue reading
• Grid Making
  November 03, 2023 by Quest for Dominion

  Hello everyone my name is Armando J. Cardoso, but please call me AJ, I have taken up the challenge to make the grid for combat levels. So I will be giving a break down as to where I am at and how I go... Continue reading