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Credits: Ariel Lima

Overview

The Gameplay team is responsible for working on the core game mechanics, the player character and controller.

Player Movement

There will be limited player movement in Cosmic catch. The majority of the movement inputs from the player will come during the fishing phase where they are able to move the fishing hook horizontally. Then during the cooking phase, the player’s movement will be automatic, tied into animations after clicking on certain cooking stations

Fishing Mechanics

The core mechanic of Cosmic Catch is fishing. The player will cast their rod downwards into the depths of the cosmic ocean in search for rare fish to be served later in the cooking phase.

The gameplay team will be focusing on:

• Design and implement simple fishing mini-game
  • When a fish is caught, send a message to the game mode so the game mode can update player score and fish count
• The spawning of the fish (Gamemode team not us)
  • Type varying by depth
  • Fish information will be populated using Data Assets
• Design fish AI and behaviors
• Having the hook descend downwards at a constant speed with controllable horizontal movement
• Having the hook interact with the fish
  • If the hook collides with a fish than it will automatically reel it up
• If the hook travels too far without catching a fish than the line will snap (Ending fishing phase)
• Testing and balancing

Cooking/Preparing/Serving Mechanics

The second most important mechanic in Cosmic Catch is the cooking. During the cooking phase players will be able to prepare the fish they caught during the fishing phase to the customers liking.