Project Setup

Date: February 25, 2022 5:00pm EST (Discord)

Attendance

• Audrey Schmitt
• Austin Sopha
• Foenix Szot
• Kevin Cornell

Agenda

• Commit empty unity project to repo (2020.3.18f1)

• Ensure everyone can pull & run project on their machine

• Brainstorm game state design (anything to show progress for Tuesday’s assignment)

• How will game state be stored?
• How will nodes be programmed?

Meeting Notes

• Splitting up tasks

• Scenes & buttons

• Main menu

• “Play” button  > Overview
• “How to Play” button > Map with Labels
• “Options” button > Options

• Options

• “Main Menu” button > Main Menu

• Credits

• “Main Menu” button > Main Menu

• Gameplay screen

• Export button
• Import button
• “Main Menu” button > Main Menu
• Play Simulation button
• Add node
• Delete node
• (Maybe a button for connect nodes option?)

• How to Play

• Map with labels
• “Main Menu” button > Main Menu

• Overview

• Comes right before gameplay
• Explains supply chain (how lumber moves throughout UP) (information provided by Meara)
• “Main Menu” button > Main Menu
• “Play/Begin” button > Gameplay screen

• Game State

• Supply & Demand nodes will be configured the same way each time the game starts (the map will look the same every time a user starts a new supply chain network)

• Randomize button option (stretch goal)

• Nodes

• Distribution Nodes

• Trains / Trucks / Boats

• Planes (stretch goal)

• Variables

• Environmental impact (calculated by application)
• Cost (calculated by application)
• Incoming supply (List of supply nodes, max 3)(configured by user) (max could vary between different transport methods?)
• Outgoing supply (List of demand nodes, max 3)(configured by user) (max could vary between different transport methods?)

• Supply Node

• Variables

• Supply rate (how much lumber is supplied per ‘tick’)
• Outgoing supply (List of distribution nodes)

• Demand Node

• Variables

• Demand rate (how much lumber is consumed per ‘tick’)
• Incoming supply (List of distribution nodes)

• Roles

• Programmer (total: 3) Kevin, Audrey

• Data handling (import / export) (1 person)
• Gameplay (node calculations / user input) (2 people)

• Artist (total: 2) Austin, Foenix

• Map
• Boats / trucks / etc (fun icons) (2 person)
• Button style
• UI visuals

• UI / Canvas (total: 1)

• Ensure buttons go to correct screens (1 person)

Action Items

• Programmers to make scripts for each node (submit commit link as submission for project assignment 14)
• Artists to sketch out basic elements