Blog Post #18

Original Post Date: 3/22/26

Firstly Some Regular Updates:

• I currently have more people interested working on my project in the Fall. I’m also talking to a student who is audio and one more programmer, but I’m still giving them a better rundown of the project before they commit. Additionally, there is a lot of time until I end up having to fill out the form for my MFA Studio and for who I would want to be on my team.

  • 3 Artists

  • 1 Lead Programmer

  • 1 Narrative

• I did not have as much time to work on Net Rider this week as I got pretty busy, and with PAX East coming up next week I won’t be able to work on seminar as much as I hoped, but I plan on getting the bulk of my planned done by Wednesday.

• Tasks for This Week

  • I was talking with a friend who was curious about my studio project about what things need to be implemented first in terms of priority AND what systems would need to be implemented.

    • Some of them are pretty straight forward, but the main ones are Combat System, Dialogue System, the Components as a System and a Logbook System. I will be going more in depth on these in next weeks blog post.

  • Continue Working on some Technical Descriptions for Net Rider (These will be complete by my Milestone Presentation on the 1st of April)

In Addition, I added some edits to my design doc regrading traversal and Controls. You will be able to roll and double jump for no cost. There is also a Battery Pack feature that will be added. This has the same function as your regular health potion. As “Null” your base abilities are pretty straight forward. You are able to walk in any direction, jump, roll, attack with either your first equipped or second weapon. You can use TAB to see your inventory and any components you selected. Clicking F activates your Battery Pack (Health Pot) healing you for 35% of your current HP. You only have 3 charges in each environment.

W - Up/Jump

A - Left

S - Down/Crouch

D - Right

Space - Jump and Select

Ctrl - Roll

Left Click - Attack 

Right Click - Use other Weapon

TAB - Inventory/Inspect Weapons. (This menu will also open up if you are trying to swap a weapon for another weapon)

E - Interact

F - Battery Pack (Health Potion, Hold to use Potion)