8/1/22 - 8/12/22
- Added in Platform Interactable Types
- Updated damage from falling to now be referred to as Kinematic Damage
- Got a new domain for my personal site which will contain all to know about me and devlogs for my projects
- Continued with controls for moveable objects
- Updated Camera Dynamics to provide more of a bounce / bob based on motion and velocity
- Added in movement restrictions for Movable Objects, allowing the possibility to have track based interactions
- Updated input axis detection to be mathematically correct, even when Velocity is 0'ed
- Updated Deadzone Detection to account for all 4 directions for Movable Objects, preventing ramming
- Continued working on my personal site

8/12/22 - 8/24/22
- Released my personal site to the public, to show updates in realtime on game development, along with an About Me
- Added in Newton Buttons
- Added in Step Detection for the controller
- Added in new controls for temporary usage of continuous velocity for Physics actions
- Upgraded deadzone detection to better handle upper hits, above what Cole will be able to step over
- Upgraded deadzone detection to be less computationally expensive, and attempted follow Newton's Third Law of Motion
- Removed Newton's Third Law as the collision detection upgrade was already working, and Force really didn't do anything
- Updated the deadzone architecture to properly calculate collisions on a lightweight level and much more reliable behavior
- Updated the Player Physics Collider to a reusable component for interactable objects
- Restructured the Physics Collider to now be able to handle collisions correctly… FINALLY!
- Updated Cubic Collisions… again, so now they work as intended

8/24/22 - 8/27/22
- Added in rotational calculation for moving interactable objects around
- Began restructuring the controller architecture after finding inefficacies, resulting in bad Physics behaviors, including collisions
- Restored all Locomotive and Physics System components, now mathematically correct and lightweight without the need for any complicated calculations or tweaks

8/27/22 - 8/31/22
- Updated jumping to now allow the player to charge their jumps ahead of time, but only perform the jump if they move
- Made the Trajectory Visualizer turn red if the player doesn't move and charges their jump, showing that they can't jump unless they move
- Updated Force to be Physically correct, so Force Level is now Net Force based on weight and velocity: (Net Force = Normal Force + Gravity Force)
- Adjusted state checking for the controller, allowing correct control and interface
- Attempted a few theories and methods for controller stepping
- Reconstructed the Physics Collision component to handle ground states and stepping
- FINALLY got controller stepping to be smooth and minimally structured

- Fixed a collision detection issue with the controller where extra flag bits would be add, despite the area of collision not meeting the proper conditions
- Fixed a bug where axis restrictions would prevent mixing axes, preventing special Movable Object track types
- Fixed a bug where deadzone detection of Movable Objects would not have their vectors in the right directions
- Fixed a bug where deadzone detection would not work correctly if Cole faced Quadrants other than 1
- Fixed a bug where Moveable Objects would have their positions update on player rotation, instead of staying in their original spots
- Fixed a bug where deadzone detection wouldn't handle corners correctly, allowing the player to ram through walls
- Fixed a bug where the step detection would not detect a viable surface if the ground floor was tilted
- Fixed a bug where stepping over obstacles would keep Cole moving continuously, despite already being on the ground and needing the player to handle input manually
- Fixed a bug where Cole would hit a surface, and then even after he turned away, he would halt in place multiple times
- Fixed a bug where Cole would not detect an upper surface keeping him from moving, despite there actually being one he's interacting with
- Fixed a bug where Newton's Third Law was over calculated, causing Cole to launch instead of feeling recoil
- Fixed calculation issues with collision angles and deadzones, making interactions unstable
- Fixed a bug where Physics Collisions would not calculate the closest point, preventing the proper accountability of deadzones
- Fixed a bug where the Dot Product of collisions would not return the proper value
- Fixed a bug where Cole would still ram through the wall even though a collision occurred that's supposed to stop his velocity
- Fixed a bug where Cole would be able to ram and phase interactable objects through walls, despite a collision happening, preventing movement, and then for some reason disabling the halt
- Fixed a bug where interaction halting would not occur, despite Cole being in the proper scenario
- Fixed a bug where ground checking would be incorrectly unflagged, despite the ground still being below Cole
- Fixed an architectural issue where collision calculation would case cubic collisions to still cause temporary halting, then phasing if movement was still continued in the direction of the collision
- Fixed a bug where the Trajectory Visualizer would not reset if Cole fell before the player could move and release the jump button
- Fixed a bug where Cole would remain stuck on a wall if he jumped and crashed into one
- Fixed a bug where Cole would face the wrong direction if the player rotated perspective
- Fixed a bug where Cole would stop jumping after the player released the jump button, after charging their jump and tried to run
- Fixed a bug where Cole would freeze in place when trying to step over objects
- Fixed a bug where a slight jitter would occur when Cole is trying to step over a platform
- Fixed a bug where Cole would get stuck in place on a wall if the player was on the ground, charged a jump, tried to sprint, and tried to jump
- Fixed a bug where Force would build up, even though conditions would not allow Velocity to get above 0, such as trying to ram a wall
- Fixed a test build mishap where the layout, settings, and physics calculations would pretty much not run and just flat out disappear

7/1/22 - 7/9/22
- Updated LVIS to better handle Lighting and Shadows with the help of time and math
- Spent the 2nd up to the 4th for my 21st birthday
- Returned to development, ready and armed with higher gears and mojo
- Added in Manual Jumping into the game, allowing small jumps or charged ones, but only when moving
- Added in an icon indicator to show if the player can interact with an object or area with Physical actions
- Added in a new responsive design for objectives and tasks, allowing ease of adding and updating tasks
- Improved the controls for Sprinting, allowing better ease of motions for controllers (Currently only PS5 controller supported)
- Added a new basis for Interaction UI
- Updated Cole's Running animation to imply better motion and visual appeal
- Finished mapping out the keybinds for the game
- Updated the Stamina display to use math instead of incrementing and decrementing, resulting in possible accuracy issues

7/10/22
- Spent the whole day repairing and rebuilding the lighting data by having to transfer all assets to a new Unity project, which thankfully all works as it should without issue

7/11/22 - 7/23/22
- Added in Storypoint and Task UI to show the current chapter and what to do, given the current situation
- Started designing a new pause menu to have a cleaner interface and architecture
- Created a new style to add into the "Mechanical" look for the
- Updated more Hexagonal UI to make halves contain height and consistent slants
- Finished the basis for the Audio settings, creating a mixing board instead of purely sliders
- Finished creating the functionality of the Audio Settings
- Updated settings to use Unity's built in Playerprefs for options, making them easier to access and much more lightweight than just reusing Custom Binary Formatting for file saving
- Created the interface for Screen & Display Settings
- Finished creating the new settings interface and pause menu, giving a nicer feel and look
- Created transition animations for the Pause Menu
- Wrote the template for a new script to have improved dialogue and progression
- Updated interaction prompts to have control over a shared single interaction instance, and only when needed
- Added in a new animation for popping up action prompts
- Updated the settings screen to display the correct information for Window Docking
- Game input schematics will be updated to support Steam Decks instead of PS5 controllers as PSN licensing and partnership is fairly complicated to get without having your own office space… and Wi-Fi… that your parents don't pay for because you're an adult in school and still live with them
- Updated the schematics to now support Generalized Gamepads, theoretically allowing the Steam Deck and any other controllers that can be used via USB

7/24/22 - 7/31/22
- Created EQ fixes for some sounds in the game
- Exported certain audio files to .mp3 from .wav to reduce their size, unless they were loops
- Removed old font files from the game
- Created a temporary design for a trajectory visualizer
- Scrapped the temporary visualizer to a new arc once the math was created
- Added in a visual arc to show how far and high Cole will travel based on velocity and jump power
- Spent a whole lot of time and chaos trying to get the math write on Trajectory Calculation
- Updated the Trajectory Visualizer to now be accurate and a line renderer, showing how far you'll travel and how high
- Added the proper rules needed to restrict Jumping logically, meaning that Cole will only be able to jump, given the context is correct
- Updated the Trajectory Visualizer to now have a dashed pattern, and disappear the closer you get to the end point
- Updated Jump build up to be influenced by weights, causing dampening that can make jumping at higher levels harder to achieve
- Added in fall damage, giving bigger incentive to be careful with actions as Cole will face quite the damage
- Adjusted Force to now use Forward and Vertical Force to determine Base Force Level
- Added an adjustment to Fall Damage, making sure airtime is properly accounted for, instead of just Force Level
- Continued with finish the main components for the Interaction System

- Fixed a bug where Vectorial Calculations would run again, despite only needing them to run once to calculate the proper data
- Fixed a bug where Neutral Vectorial Data would not reset if Cole stepped on an Iso-Rotation Pad
- Fixed a bug where Scrollable Panels would not prevent locomotive animations from playing
- Fixed a bug where Scrollable Panels would not prevent rotation and movement from player input
- Fixed game breaking issues with lighting that either resulted in no lighting being applied, or all materials being rendered as black on build
- Fixed a bug where the Pause UI would prevent the user from using the available options due to input system issues
- Fixed calculation issues when upgrading the Stamina meter to be math based instead of time based
- Fixed calculation issues with the peak meters in the audio settings by spending 5 hours of insanity learning math
- Fixed volume display issues after the math done to show the peaks at their maximum height was incorrect
- Fixed an issue where post processing mixes would not load correctly if only the data was needed, but not the UI elements
- Fixed an issue where multiple interactable designators would be activated, when only the closest one should be active
- Fixed an issue where setting the window type would cause UI to have inaccurate interaction with certain elements
- Fixed a curve accuracy issue where the expected trajectory and the actual performed force would be off by a few meters
- Fixed a bug where the Trajectory Visualizer would have its points set to incorrect spots
- Fixed a directional issue where going diagonally would cause the Trajectory Visualizer to have incorrect range
- Fixed a bug where Force Build Up would exceed towards the maximum Gravity Force, if the player held down the run button while in the air after jumping
- Fixed a bug where Ground Force would be retained when only fresh Gravity Force should be used
- Fixed a bug where Jumping and hitting a wall would cause Cole to get stuck
- Fixed a bug where Deadzone Detection would not prevent the player's collider from ramming through another one via brute force