Pit Boss

Devlog

• Scripting on Pit Boss: Learning AI Behavior Trees the Hard Way
  December 01, 2021 by DanPan

  Now that we are most of the way through development, it seems like a good time to reflect on all the ways I did an awful job planning out the scripts for Pit Boss! While there are some major successes... Continue reading
• Art and Environment: Creating the Main Staircase
  November 30, 2021 by Johan Rodriguez

  When deciding the layout of our level before white boxing, our team had come up with the idea of having a big, grand staircase on one side of the room to get between floors as well as it stands in as... Continue reading

  
• Art and Environment After Open Beta
  November 29, 2021 by Johan Rodriguez

  Over the Thanksgiving break, we launched our Open Beta to get some extra feedback before we finish our game. After looking over the results for the Open Beta, we got a lot of useful feedback. On the A... Continue reading
• Pit Boss: Pre-Mortem - The Final Update
  November 28, 2021 by DanPan

  Well... that's (almost) all, folks. Pit Boss is wrapping up it's development. We've now gone through a 2 rounds of playtesting, an open beta, and MANY iterations on everything from control schemes to... Continue reading
• Final Beta build (Noah)
  November 28, 2021 by fateofreality

  Well, this project was a trip. I learned a lot about what a team needs in game development. It's not just having the ideas, it's also about communication, the ability to perform the tasks at a constan... Continue reading
• Scripting on Pit Boss: Reaching MVP
  November 03, 2021 by DanPan#playtest, #student, #scripting

  Welcome back to the Pit Boss scripting dev log! We are approaching the second playtest and I'm working diligently to get all essential functionality in ASAP. We've run into a few speedbumps and have t... Continue reading
• Art and Environment After Playtest 1
  November 03, 2021 by Johan Rodriguez

  After completing our first playtest, we got some very great feedback that will help the team and me as we continue developing this game. On the art and environment front, the next step is to flesh out... Continue reading
• Pit Boss: First Playtests
  November 02, 2021 by DanPan#playtest, #bugs

  Pit Boss’ first playtest is now complete! We received some incredibly helpful feedback, and are very thankful for all of our playtesters and are glad they enjoyed the WIP title. The aesthetic, sound... Continue reading
• Playtest 1 results
  November 02, 2021 by fateofreality

  After our first playtest, I learned a lot about how people perceived our sounds in the game. I added a music track and a few ambiance noises to help sell the atmosphere of the player being in a casino... Continue reading
• Art and Environment Overview
  October 20, 2021 by Johan Rodriguez

  Art Style & Environmental Design: The art style of this game will be a low-poly, 3D game, semi-reminiscent to the game Grim Fandango. The area the game will take place is a futuristic casino with a ba... Continue reading

  
• Scripting on Pit Boss: Planning and Prototyping a Portfolio Piece
  October 20, 2021 by DanPan#early career, #portfolio, #school, #student, #scripting

  Scripting on Pit Boss //TL;DR at the end. Welcome to the first batch of DevLogs for Pit Boss ! I’m Dan Panfili (@DanPanVR), scripting lead and co-level designer for the project. Pit Boss is a 3rd pe... Continue reading
• Whitebox: Floor 2 (Bar)
  October 19, 2021 by DanPan

  First Iterations Pit Boss is a 3rd-Person Action Simulator, where players manage a casino while catching cheaters. We wanted the level to provide lots of social space for NPC crowds, while offering ma... Continue reading
• White Box for 1st Floor
  October 18, 2021 by Johan Rodriguez

  I created the layout for the 1st floor to be open while not feeling empty. The first floor is the main casino area with all the game tables and machines. There's an elevator at one end, while at the o... Continue reading

  
• Sound and Narrative Design overview
  October 18, 2021 by fateofreality

  For the sound, I want the game to have a futuristic aesthetic to it, so I'd like to include a lot of synthesized sound effects and music. Things like robotic chatter, machines whirring, there's always... Continue reading
• Whitebox for 3rd Floor
  October 18, 2021 by fateofreality

  I created the layout for the 3rd floor to be simple and easy to navigate to each end of the building. The 3rd floor is meant to serve as the surveillance room, you need to observe the NPCs from the ca... Continue reading