tally-ncsu-viz

To do

• Setup
  • Create repo
  • Create Unity project (2020.1.2f1)
• Data
  • Update API with basic feed data
  • Get Feed data in Unity
  • Convert Feed data to JSON object
  • Create EventManager
  • Update API with detailed feed data
    • Change format of feeds table to use JSON_OBJECT()
    • Update feeds on website to use eventData object from each row
    • Update API to use eventData object from each row
  • Build Feed data testing / monitor UI
• Timeline
  • Time UI class
    • Button: Change refresh time
    • Button: playback restart
    • Scrubber: playback speed
  • Create playback
    • Coroutine to play event at specific time
• Visuals -> Monsters
  • Create addressables system for sprite animation slicing workflow
  • Create MonsterPool
  • Create add / subtract from pool methods
• Visuals -> Players
  • Initialize
    • Use Feed data to build GameObjects and display in "Universe"
    • Ensure players aren't added twice with new feed data
  • Player -> Actions 👈
    • Create a series of actions (physics controlled from methods) that visualize different event types on playback
      • Stream
        • Click
          • Player movement: velocity and Y position increases, random X direction
          • Sound: ping
          • Extra effects: expanding concentric rings similar to "radar" effect but with better colors
        • Like
          • Player movement: Pulses bigger then glows, similar to "light bulb" effect
          • Sound: ?
          • Extra effects: hearts particle system like trailer?
      • Attack
        • Awarded
          • Player movement: ?
          • Sound: ?
          • Extra effects: ?
      • Badge
        • Awarded (changes depending level)
          • Player movement: accelerates right along the x-axis or concentric circles emanating from player’s icon
          • Sound: ?
          • Extra effects: badge animation, drawn like "this icon", use Miquels icons in leaderboard's feed
      • Consumable
        • Found (changes depending type, stat)
          • Player movement: accelerates right along the x-axis or concentric circles emanating from player’s icon
          • Sound: ?
          • Extra effects: consumable animation, drawn like "this icon", use Miquels icons in leaderboard's feed
      • Disguise
        • Awarded
          • Player movement: Opacity Shake, CSShake
          • Sound: Spell/magic sound like https://freesound.org/people/suntemple/sounds/241809/
          • Extra effects: Concentric triangles like player passes through a prism OR disquise animation, drawn like "this icon", use Miquels icons in leaderboard's feed
      • Tracker
        • Blocked
          • Player movement: ?
          • Sound: ?
          • Extra effects: tracker animation, drawn like "this icon", use Miquels icons in leaderboard's feed
      • Battle
        • In-progress
          • Player movement: "rumble" CSShake little shake
          • Sound: Light battle music (on zoomed in)
          • Extra effects: Rumble animation appears over player (dust clouds or too much?)
        • Launch Attack
          • Player movement: CSShake hard shake
          • Sound: ?
          • Extra effects: Attack animation GIF
    • Receive Hit - Player movement: CSShake hard shake - Sound: ? - Extra effects: Rumble glitch GIF, see "this pigeon"
      • Win
        • Player movement: does a celebratory flip
        • Sound: ?
        • Extra effects: Show win screen from game OR tracker animation, drawn like "this icon", use Miquels icons in leaderboard's feed
      • Lost
        • Player movement: Y-value increases +50 px (down on screen)
        • Sound: ?
        • Extra effects: Goes grey or loses opacity
      • Leaderboard
        • Position in leaderboard changes
          • Player movement: Higher in leaderboard —> longer tail
          • Sound: ?
          • Extra effects: Long tail inspiration: https://dribbble.com/shots/11776498-Dachshund-Skater
  • User -> Movement 👈
    • Create user (physics controlled) floating movement (Jellyfish?)
  • User -> Trails 👈
    • Create "Nyan Cat" trails (particle system?) (some examples on google)
      • Each trail is a product marketing category from streams
      • Colors
      • Add/remove trails based on streams updates
      • Add/remove monsters from data trail based on streams updates
• Visuals -> Anaglyph3D
  • Add / test Anaglyph3D shader
• Visuals -> Effects
  • Particles 👈
    • Use particle system to create small floating objects to give the visual display depth
      • Snow similar to the upside down floaty bits
      • Detritus in undersea life a.k.a "marine snow"
      • Stars in cosmos
• Visuals -> Lighting
  • Lighting 👈
    • Change project to URP (Universal Render Pipeline)
    • Setup 2D renderer and lights
    • Point lights on GameObjects
    • Light emitters on user trails
    • Environmental lighting
    • Changes to lighting depending on time of day
    • Baking, etc. performance considerations
    • Fog examples 1, 2, 3
  • Background
• Test in space
  • 8 cameras
  • Figure out user control device

Notes on the setup of this Unity project

• How to get Good Graphics in Unity (8:13)
• REALTIME LIGHTING in Unity (15:47)