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Devlog

• Shopping AI [part 2]
  August 14, 2024 by IndividualKex

  People now have an inventory and can purchase items from stores. You can view someone’s items by selecting them. Currently it’s just a list with no impact on gameplay, but they may impact gameplay... Continue reading

  
• Shopping AI [part 1]
  August 09, 2024 by IndividualKex

  Shopping AI has been partially revamped. Shops are now selectable and have names. The shopping AI currently works like this: Each shop has a popularity and gender bias People don’t revisit shops the... Continue reading
• Toilets
  August 07, 2024 by IndividualKex

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  People now use toilets... Continue reading

  
• Person View
  August 02, 2024 by IndividualKex

  The person selection panel now shows a small view of the person. It also shows a status, which is currently just the health status (healthy, infected, cured, dead). However, I’d like this to later b... Continue reading

  
• Last Names
  August 01, 2024 by IndividualKex

  People now have last names! The names and corresponding demographic distributions (gender, ethnicity) are extracted from US census data from the epitome of mall culture - Arlington, TX in the year 200... Continue reading

  
• People Info Panel
  August 01, 2024 by IndividualKex

  A people info panel has been added. You can sort by name and health status, and click one to quickly select and view the target... Continue reading

  
• Message Toast
  July 31, 2024 by IndividualKex

  As you can see in the top right , toasts have been added. I just learned that the name for the notification that pops up at the top of your phone is called a toast . Toasts have been added for message... Continue reading

  
• Names!
  July 25, 2024 by IndividualKex

  People now have names! I’ve also added a details panel that for now just has gender and height. The names are sampled from a list of ~2500 names, which are extracted from 1995 US baby name data. Hei... Continue reading

  
• Food Court & Bathrooms
  July 22, 2024 by IndividualKex

  Initial blockout of shops (navigation, colors) finally finished! I’ve also started on the food court and bathrooms. Next, I’ll take a pass over the food court, bathrooms, and walkways to add initi... Continue reading

  
• More Shop Visuals
  July 22, 2024 by IndividualKex

  A lot more shop visuals have been blocked out. This will be in 3 phases: Block out with colors, navigation (current) Interactive elements (during coming simulation update) Small details (later) Also,... Continue reading

  
• First Shop Visuals
  July 18, 2024 by IndividualKex

  The first shop visuals have been added! (you can probably guess what it’s inspired by) I also experimented with different solutions to roofs: Hiding them when the pointer is over them Hiding them wh... Continue reading

  
• Info Views
  July 12, 2024 by IndividualKex

  It looked weird when people were detailed and colorful, then suddenly turned solid red/gray. Now, they turn skin tone turns slightly desaturated/green, they hunch over, and they walk much slower. Howe... Continue reading

  
• Updated Colors
  July 11, 2024 by IndividualKex

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  The colors have been updated for more vibrance, contrast, and readability. The characters have dark, saturated colors that contrast with the neutral background. It loses some of the “unsettling” f... Continue reading

  
• People Visuals
  July 10, 2024 by IndividualKex

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  People now have hair. I’m using meshes from Advanced People Pack 2 . However, I can’t use it out-of-the-box, since Plague Architect is built with ECS. In order to take full advantage of ECS, all m... Continue reading

  
• Early Prototyping
  July 10, 2024 by IndividualKex

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  Initial prototype: ECS-based infection spreading, inspired by Plague Inc. Updated to support pathfinding between rooms. Visual improvements. Frosted glass mockup for UI. Initial mall layout (inspired... Continue reading