(re)New feature | Video Gallery

During the development of a game, I have a general plan of what to do and its deadlines... but it's a dynamic thing, sometimes I change the order of a story or have the idea of doing something new that wasn't planned.

In this case, I know I promised delivery last week, 😬 but while finishing Eric's story, I decided it was worth taking a few extra days to redo a feature that I felt was underutilized and didn't fit the style of the game.

The video gallery on the computer

Until then, this feature was basically like this:

The player would click on one of the items that appear in the menu on the right side and repeat the scene.

As you can see, the way this was done was not only a little confusing, but also quite limited... a few more videos and the menu would take up the entire screen.

This bothered me and restricted me... so I decided to change everything. 😮

Now, when clicking on the video gallery, the player will have a screen more suited to what this feature proposes

In addition to having a preview of the scene, this new screen greatly increases the number of videos that can be included

The idea going forward is that all videos that the player receives from other characters, such as Cody's, will be available in this gallery. Also videos recorded by drones and security cameras.

I also intend to include in some stories videos that Hunter himself records... in this case, showing the same scene that happened in the story but seen from a different angle, from the angle at which Hunter recorded the scene.

Another feature included was the option for the player to “close” the video at any time during the scene and return to the initial gallery.

Previously, once the player started "watching a video", they had to wait until the end of all scenes to return to the computer menu

Of course, the rule still applies that the videos that appear in this gallery will depend on the paths and choices the player makes. Some videos are only shown for example for the slave path, and if the player decides to follow a path (such as Luke and Bear, for example).

To help the player know if any new videos have been added to the gallery, I created a new notification in the game with this message.

Now I'm just finishing up adjusting the old stories, including notifications, and adapting the “videos” to this new format.

The new video gallery will be available starting with release 10. 😎

I'm sure you'll forgive me for going a little over the deadline... because this new feature brings many new possibilities to the game.