References


References
How to create a Unity Rhythm Game Part 1: Parsing the .SM file. (2016). [Blog] It's all Code and Games. Available at: http://blog.phantombadger.com/2016/05/23/how-to-create-unity-rhythm-game-part-1-parsing-the-sm-file/ [Accessed 18 Nov. 2017].
Not only did these prove that a rhythm game is entirely possible, it is also easily accessible in the sense of making changes if necessary with no real issues.
Kale, E. (2015). Arduino Drum MIDI | Rock Band Guitar Hero Mod. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-w_WqJjzQ [Accessed 19 Nov. 2017].
The creation of this drum suggests the possibility of mine own physical tools creation. It is essentially evidence that such an object can be made with no issues suggested issues.
Kotaki, G. (2014). Duelyst - Concept art to Pixel art. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3swQeUJ5gM [Accessed 18 Nov. 2017].
His video, from Concept art to Pixel art offers insight into the creation process of these characters that would later be implemented into the game.
Medeiros, P. (2016). Pixel art tutorials. [online] MiniBoss. Available at: http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart [Accessed 19 Jan. 2017].
Pedro offers, a large library of tutorials and references regarding reference art and not only teaches how a pixel art should look, but also the offers the principle of animation in pixel art.
PDP North America Support. (2016). Product Overview & Manual. [online] Available at: https://support.pdp.com/hc/en-us/articles/230523328-Product-Overview-Manual [Accessed 22 Nov. 2017].
The pdf within the website offered me knowledge of how the guitar of Guitar Hero/ Rock Band works, and not only that it offered a mechanical understanding of how why keys and buttons are placed in such a manner.
Technologies, U. (2017). Unity - Scripting API: Vector3.MoveTowards. [online] Docs.unity3d.com. Available at: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.MoveTowards.html [Accessed 21 Jan. 2018].
The use of this script allowed my objects to disregard the aspect of gravity enabling it to fall at a constant speed.
Technologies, U. (n.d.). Unity. [online] Unity Answers. Available at: https://answers.unity.com/index.html [Accessed 10 Dec. 2017].
A good amount of time found its home in Unity Answers as many problems would not often be found lying within Unity's framework. It had become important that I read the problems of other users in order to find solutions to my own problems.
Velarde, O. (2017). The Meaning of Shapes and How to Use Them Creatively in Your Designs. [online] Visual Learning Center by Visme. Available at: http://blog.visme.co/geometric-meanings/ [Accessed 5 Jan. 2017].
This article offers a little insight into the psychology of shapes and as seen in the article, squares, in this case diamonds, offer a sense of stability and order which is the intended design choice.
Wilson, M. (2018). Tutorial 01 - Character Rigging. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xipgyv4f2rc&t=7s [Accessed 19 Jan. 2018].
A comprehensive tutorial into how Duik is used and how to use it. It was necessary is the making of this projects.
YouTube. (2016). Damage Popup Text in Unity 5. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbUOG7f3jq8&t=721s [Accessed 25 Jan. 2017].
This is the point of reference for the floating text mechanism which is implemented to display the damage taken, dealt and recovered in the game.
YouTube. (2016). How to Convert After Effects Animations into a Spritesheet for Unity (Free and Quick). [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTBOahrXTBE [Accessed 20 Jan. 2018].
This helped me learn how to convert a file on After Effects, instead of becoming a video, essentially becoming spritesheet.
YouTube. (2016). Unity 5 - How to Make a Guitar Rhythm Game- Part 1. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyp3Ks5a6to&list=PL4UezTfGBADCvlKD3i_sePBgVd2qDOTtO [Accessed 4 Dec. 2017].
This tutorial offers another option in the creation of the rhythm mechanic of my project. The tutorial is by no means perfect and a level of thinking is required in order to develop this tutorial into something desirable.
YouTube. (2017). 《Sdorica》Featured Character人物解析之章 ─ 娜雅【Naya】. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9OBenmSkJ4 [Accessed 30 Nov. 2017].
The artistic reference of this game being the main inspiration and influence of my game made this video important in my understanding of animation.
YouTube. (2017). Character Rigging, EASY Character Animation Tutorial In After Effects, Illustrator And Duik Plugin. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJgAUkjsomA [Accessed 19 Jan. 2018].
Learning how to rig using this video mde it easy to understand how Duik works.
YouTube. (2017). How to make a Dialogue System in Unity. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nRzoTzeyxU [Accessed 25 Jan. 2018].
An easy to use dialogue system, easily editable and easy to understand.

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