Category: Building In Public

The premise of our game is to knock other players off of a platform without falling off yourself. Players are either in a 1v1v1v1 or 2v2 scenario. I’ve never trained an AI before in a game context using reinforcement learning, so I’ll outline the major iterations we went through to get a usable AI. We… Continue reading Update #4 – Joys of Reinforcement Learning

The past few weeks, we’ve been focused on building an AI for the game. We’re using ML-agents to try to build an agent that will provide a compelling competitive experience. We’ve experimented with various reinforcement learning best practices, e.g., tuning hyperparameters, adjusting rewards architectures, and experimenting with training data features. As the graphic shows, the… Continue reading Update #3

Development has been progressing slowly but surely, while design has stalled. Kate is busy studying for pharmacy school exams so she cannot focus on designing as much. Highlights: Implemented server-side logic using Playfab: placement increases variable number of trophies and coins based off of performance Set up Cloud Build and tested on iOS, WebGL, Mac,… Continue reading Update #2

A bit of a later update, but we’ve gotten a lot done. Highlights: Built a basic menu in the game Set up Unity cloud build Integrated PlayFab custom account login, currencies, and other player statistics Learned about anchor presets Learned about prefabs vs. instances Learned about Canvas Scalers Set up Singletons for game management Designed… Continue reading Week 1 Update

Every week, we chronicle the small steps we took in the journey to build a series of great multiplayer games. Kate is still in pharmacy school while I have a full time job, so our progress may not be as fast as some may expect. Highlights: Investigated Universal Rendering Pipeline I read about the pros… Continue reading Week 0 Update

Our goal is to build a multiplayer game in 6 months.  We have never built a 3D game before and have never used Unity.  We know we want to build a real-time multiplayer game inspired by Bumper Balls in Mario Party.   Here’s what I want to do this week: Spec out the game flow Learn how game… Continue reading Building our first Unity game