Week #5 #

Feedback #

Sessions #

We conducted three sessions with our potential users and gained the following insight:

Participant	Pros	Cons	Suggestion
Maxim - an experienced gamer who mostly plays on PC	Quickly understood the controls, liked the idea of using lamps	Graphics felt “unfinished”, didn’t understand the purpose of the NPC	Make the lamps more noticeable and “interactable”
Artyom - a game designer interested in philosophy and indie games	Found the setting intriguing, liked the atmospheric lamps	Gameplay felt too short and overly simple	Add more interactive objects and expand on the idea of light as a symbolic element
Andrey - a hobbyist developer	Appreciated the bridge and energy mechanics	Lacked feedback during interactions (no sounds or visual effects)	Add visual and audio effects to enhance interaction feedback

Analyze #

Problem	Priority	Comment
Underdeveloped graphics	High	Affects first impressions and overall atmosphere
Short and simple gameplay	Medium	Needs at least 2–3 levels or some form of progression
Lamps are not clearly key elements	High	Should be visually and narratively emphasized
Lack of interaction feedback	Medium	Enhancing it will improve immersion
NPC lacks narrative purpose	Medium	Add dialogue, a quest, or some hint of a storyline

Implemented features based on feedback #

In progress:

NPC dialogue: Dialogue with light philosophical undertones is written and ready, but not yet added to the build
Graphics enhancement: We’ve started reworking the background and interactive objects, focusing on a “paper-like” visual style

Will be added in the next runs:

Visual and sound effects: We’re planning to add animations for lamp activation and other mechanisms
Level expansion: We plan to add 1–2 more scenes with new puzzles and interactions

Performance & Stability #

Metric	Current Value	Improvement Potential
FPS on standard PC	60+ FPS	Stable, but not tested on low-end devices
Level loading time	< 1 second	Acceptable, though resource optimization is possible
Stability	No crashes	Stability level is acceptable
Number of bugs	0 found	—

Documentation #

We have multiple documentation documents for various parts of our project:

Technical documentation
- Game Design Document. Contains general description, team information, the main mechanics ideas and plot summarisation. This document is the main reference for all game components
- Level design in Figma. We had to keep the clean and consise workspace with a collaborative opportunities for the level design formulation and we chose to do it in Figma
Detailed plot with all dialogues. The document is up to date with all relevant changes and provides an opportunity for quick reviews, feedback and sharing
README with the project description. The DEADME currently only contains the descriptions but will be elaborated with the game local setup instructions in the next runs

Weekly commitments #

Individual contribution of each participant #

Dmitry Korletynu:
- team organization
- organised the sessions with the potential users and assessed the metrics
- worked on the level 2 design
Lev Ivanov:
- code revision
Ulyana Yanovitskaya:
- worked on the level 2 design
Veronika Levasheva:
- put the report together
- worked on the dialogues for the second level
Bulat Shigapov:
- worked on backgrounds and overall style

Plan for Next Week #

Things to code #

code the shutters (doors and platforms)
put the second level together

Narrative and level design #

finalise dialogues

Visual Design #

animate walking
make the backgrounds for the next scenes
refine and animate objects for interaction
lamp animation

Sound design #

add sound feedbacks

Organisation #

group call to discuss the process
keep consistent chat communication

Confirmation of the code’s operability #

We confirm that the code in the main branch:

In working condition.
Run via docker-compose (or another alternative described in the README.md).