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Catalogue, Sound Effects, JSON for Instructions

This week I updated the image for the catalogue and added it to the Living Room environment as an image plane (~2hrs). I am currently adding smaller clickable planes on top of it to represent the different furniture options to choose to build. A screenshot of this can be seen below.


I also looked for some sound effects to use for user feedback (~2hrs) when pieces are combined together correctly, incorrectly, pieces are dropped, etc. These sound files have been added to the shared drive and will be implemented in the code in the next few days.

Some example sounds can be listened to at the following links:
I also worked on adding JSON for the builder.js and finder.js files to store the required information for the instructions (~1hr). An example of how I set up the data is shown in the screenshots below. However, a function still needs to be written for the actual progression of the instruction steps.

The instructions JSON for the Warehouse environment requires extra information about the quantities of pieces.


The instructions JSON for the Living Room environment requires extra information about the number of snaps that will be expected given the pieces added to the scene.


Other items I will be working on in the next few days include adding solid walls to the Warehouse environment, creating a function for firing furniture IDs on click for the catalogue (to start the instructions steps), and playing sound effects on events. 

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