Devlog #7

New Features:
In Video Tab

• Fov Slider
• Brightness Slider
  
  In Graphics Tab
• Fog Toggle
• Glow Toggle (makes everything slightly brighter)
• Ambient Occlusion (adds shadows to corners for depth)
• Anisotropic Filtering
  
  MISC
• Turned physics interpolation on
  
  All settings are now saved to a config file which automatically creates and copies itself over from res:// with default settings if it doesnt exist. Settings are only saved when pressing the save button, now I dont need to keep changing settings everytime it runs for testing. (everything works currently, but there will be a video when every setting is done)

New Devlog Style :D

New features:

Pause Menu

• Resume Button
• Options Button (basically settings)
• Main Menu Button (temporary quit)
  
  Options Menu
• Graphics Tab (empty)
• Video Tab
  • Fullscreen Toggle
  • V-Sync Toggle
  • Custom Resolution Dropdown
  • Max Framerate input
    
    QOL
• Everything except the gui is paused while one is active
• Pressing escape pauses the game and also unpauses, as well as going back to the pause menu if inside the options menu.
  
  The options menu is designed as its own unique scene so it can be accessed from the main menu as well when that gets added, all of the options will be saved to a config file later but for now they are just predefined variables.

FINAL DEVLOG:
Added the new parts; Echo and Amplifier, added another part slot, increasing it to 4 since all world records use 4 parts now instead of 3. Took 4 hours to insert the world record setups (only all vehicle world records) for all 197 tracks as of 25/9/2026.

Fixed a bug where inserting setups with a negative number were getting through because they are the only inputs not validated by sqlalchemy. Changed the validation to use the database data instead of the lists at the top of the .py, and therefore also added every single vehicle, part, and track to replace it in the db. Installed pylint to help my code look cleaner and changed everything it was complaining about. Also cleared the database so its empty and added all of the in game tracks and vehicles to replace the test data.

If the animatronic doesnt move for 3 seconds its considered “stuck” and switches to roam (fixes them getting stuck on doorways), changed their collisions to ignore each other so they dont push each other. Doors start open and dont need 2 clicks to open the first time. Prepared the speed values and events for each night. Got rid of the ugly super strong lights from each animtronic. Added ambient lighting so the player isnt entirely reliant on the flashlight.

The animatronics get stuck on edges like doorways and tables less, added a stage for the animatronics to start on. Fixed a bug where you had to be standing exactly in the direction the animatronic was facing for it to chase. Added Freddy and Foxy with different mechanics. Freddy has a 15% chance to pathfind to the office (all of the others can but the chance is low at 1%), but gets stuck if the doors are closed. Foxy is as fast as the player (12 instead of 10). Debugging feature: can now switch between the 3 animatronics cameras by pressing 1, 2, or 3. Added a camera shake when the doors are closed.

Finally finished the first animatronic (functionally).
It has basic pathfinding around the whole map, its speed is 10 when chasing and 3 when roaming (players speed while sprinting is 15). There are 2 modes: chasing and roaming, while chasing it locks onto the player and won’t stop until the player is out of sight for 5 seconds, while roaming it will move to random points in the map. It only chases when the player is in the cameras view and the exact center where the raycast detects it, the walls block the raycast so it can’t see through walls. Added some basic blue table and red arcade machine placeholders for future objects.

Hackatime decided to be funny and log the first 2 hours under my root directory instead of the project folder so its more like 3h 23m

Added columns to hide the gaps between walls at corners, the player now has view bobbing to make walking and sprinting more natural. Sprinting now only affects forwards speed, not strafing or backwards anymore. F now toggles the flashlight on and off, added left and right doors that can be opened and closed by pressing the buttons beside them. Also added a raycast to interact with things, like the buttons.

Made the base map design with no decorations and basic player movement, as well as a flashlight for lighting.

Made a second better version of the PCB with a rotary encoder and the OLED screen added, also made the case in fusion 360.

Finally finished the PCB (this is not very beginner friendly…)

Changed the tuning parts on setups and search page to icons, reversed the order of setups on the setups page so recently added ones are shown at the top, added a max time limit (32 bit integer limit). Tons of bug fixes: the search filters now handle more than one value, checking “World Records” doesnt wipe other filters, filters arent wiped when the page reloads after searching for a setup, rows per page defaults to 50, fixed the settings returning the error statement if rows per page is empty.

Small tweak to the backend validation for the settings inputs, database path is now relative instead of absolute, added a second SQLAlchemy error catcher on top of the python ones, removed the .venv so a new one is made when the repository is cloned. (now it should be runable)

Changed most of the lists to now use list comprehension, made the error handler handle every error code from 400 to 599. Updated the error page to not break the flow. The app is now fully runable (hopefully) with instructions on the readme.

Added a clear filters button to the insert form, added a shadow to the home page title. Changed the backend for time to not allow times > 32 bit int limit, changed the rows per page setting to be able to type custom amounts while still suggesting 5,10,20,30,40,50 with back end validation. Added a small section in information about insert field parameters. The setups table order is now reversed so new inserts are shown at the top. Settings errors are now shown on pages. Cleaned up some backend validation, the error messages now dont show for empty fields, created a requrements.txt and a readme on how to run the app.

Added a 404 error handler and images of tuning parts to replace the text.

Finished most of the home page, added a information section with a video, added 3 containers with quick navigation links, statistics, and fastest times on the home page, also added a background.

Made the button borders brighter to be more visible, changed the content backgrounds to a gradient. Changed the setups table to look identical to search. Added a delete button to the all setups table to easily delete specific setups.

Big Update:

Moved links to the right and added a settings menu, added a title, made all inputs and filters have hover effects.

Settings menu has a toggle for light/dark theme, and a way to select how many rows are shown in all tables (default is 10).

Changed all of the css colors to variables for the settings.