NPC Animations

[mattbezett]

Description

Task: NPC Animations Feature: Team 11 NPC Creation

NPC animations are a feature planned to improve immersion and detail within Atlantis Sinks. NPCs require animations for moving in different directions and for interactions. Animations are controlled by the AnimationController class.

Examples

• Movement: NPCs will change sprites in order to reflect which way they are moving.
• Interactions: NPCs will play unique animations when interacting with the player e.g. holding gold after the player pays for something.

Dependencies

• [ ] Create & Spawn NPCs (#274 )
• [ ] NPC Interaction (#275 )

Milestones

List of steps that need to be completed for this task.

• [x] Step 1: Research animations for NPCs in other games (Sept. 17)
• [x] Step 2: Start planning & implementing animations (Sept. 20)
• [x] Step 3: Have all backend completed (Sept. 24)
• [ ] Step 4: Get animations working in game (Sept. 28)
• [ ] Step 5: Finalise implementation (Oct. 2)

Completion Deadline: Oct. 4

Documentation

• NPC Summary
• NPC Designs
• NPC Code
• NPC User Testing

Members

• Reuben Jonathan Joseph (@ReubenJOJO) (Reuben Jonathan Joseph)
• Matthew Bezett (@mattbezett) (Matthew Bezett)
• Wanqi Ma (@lalala66888) (Wanqi Ma)
• Yincheng Wu (@tinymuscle) (Yincheng Wu)