Sprint 0: Android, I choose you!
Posted on November 9, 2018
The adventure begins!
The team got ready to tackle the project by installing the required software. Unity, ARCore SDK for Unity and Android SDK got installed, with everyone on the team having the same versions to ensure compatibility.
The Unity gym leader Olli Arkko taught the aspiring Unity devs the basics of unity and the usage of mixed reality package for Unity.
Aalto's version control was chosen as the team's go-to code center, where the code can rest and recover. Discord was chosen as the team's primary voice communication service, and Slack as the text communication service.
For backlog management the team chose Trello for its simplicity and efficiency.
How many androids?
Sprint 1: Unity, how do you work?
Posted on December 03, 2018
The adventure continues
Now that the team is all set up and ready to go, they start developing a simple version of a maze and the character in it.
The Trello backlog consists of a basic character and its movement, working on missing / flawed course documents, image recognition and a very basic implementation of randomized level generation. Walls are built and lessons are learned as the team works together.
The team was able to estimate a reasonable scope for the backlog and all planned tasks were done. Now we have a working demo!
That's a nice maze
Sprint 2 & 3: Holidays and relaxo
Posted around Januray, 2019 :)
Holidays have arrived and the game got gamier
Everyone was sleeping and little progress was made. That didn't mean the Team Reality's game didn't get better!
The team finished the 3D modeling the floor of the maze, and creating a particle system for flame traps and initial version of spike traps.
Preparations for menu were also made! Clicking the cog icon in the left upper corner of the screen opens a menu which is used to enable and disable features.
Krooh pyyh
Sprint 4: Aesthetic improvement
Posted on 25.2.2019
Barbarian enters the maze
The gang set out to give the maze and its player a visual makeover. It was a great success but due to the complexity of the team’s beautiful creations, phones now struggled to keep a steady framerate.
Work on cloud rendering officially started but progress proved to be even slower than expected.
A barbarian model for the player, performance metrics, wall textures and shaders were the main features the team finalized during this sprint.
Emmä tiedä
Sprint 5: Almost on cloud nine
Posted on 25.2.2019
Flying high
The fifth development sprint was not quite as prolific as the former sprints. This was mainly due to cloud rendering being a big obstacle and taking up most of the team’s time.
Cloud rendering still isn’t done, but the team was able to render something resembling a maze through the cloud. Progress is still slow but the people working on the implementation now have a much better understanding of it.
Germaanit sanoo koo vee ku on kuu uu
Sprint 6: Huge leaps
Posted on: Sometime in March
There's not that much time left, which lead to a motivation boost!
The maze generation was improved drastically to generate the maze accurately on the detected plane. This lead to a problem though, now the maze could be generated to be a gigantic one!
The High Definition Rendering Pipeline got fixed by the team's Unity Wizard. This means that the server can render the game's models and materials well in the pipeline, and then send the image to the mobile phones, providing a smooth experience.
HDRP toimii
Sprint 7: Time is running out!
Posted on: 1.4.2019
Time is running out, can the team finish in time?
Many things were done in this sprint. Cloud toggling now 'works', the menu got more readable from HCI thinking and many bugs were fixed!
There were many new additions! New models, new algorithms, new colliders! Now the game is even more fun to play, and the traps and objects in the maze look stellar. This was certainly a triumph!
Even though a lot got done, there's still a lot to be done! The team has to prove themselves in order to claim the victory.
Se on nopee fiksi
Sprint 8: The Ffinish line
Posted on: 15.4.2019
Cloud pun
Cloud rendering and toggling is finally finished! The team was able to achieve the scope set by the project owners, and their cloud rendering techonology can now be demoed.
The final sprint also included a bunch of code clean-up and bugfixing, making the project more polished.
Peer team testing results came very late, and thus didn't help the team, but that didn't stop them! Everything tied up nicely in the end. The team lived happily ever after.
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