Unity Game Project #1
This is the working prototype for the game I want to put together. In the future, Id like to come back to this project and turn it into a full idea. But for now this set of features and demo is the minimum viable product (very minimum), and allows for playtesting of the games features in a meaningful way.
Collect all 7 collectibles without dying.
The game has a standard WASD movement scheme, a gun shot with left control, and a sonar used with right alt. This game has the following core features:
The sonar is the core of the gameplay. It reveals all the major game objects so the player. The enemies, the walls, and the collectibles are revealed by this object. You press left control and it send out a pulse. This pulse hits objects and reveals them on the minimap for a short time. Any enemies hit by the pulse are now active and if within range will come running at you.
The enemies have a few features. When they leave your sonar range they get a temporary boost to keep up with you and they only start moving when hit by the sonar for the first time. There was a bug with the game where the enemies would bug out trying to move forward so I added a slight delay when they leave the sonar range. This allows the scripts to catch up to the next state. This is just quality of life to keep the protoype moving.
Collectibles are invisible till hit by the sonar. They add to your score when collided with and are destroyed after. In this case, when you collect 7 the game is over.
The gun shoots little balls that only destroy the enemies in a certain range. This allows the enemies to chase after the player for a long time, forcing the player to turn around and kill the enemies. In the future, this will have an ammo limit, making the choice much more meaningful. But for testing purposes, unlimited ammo was best.
In the future, Id like this project to build upon the sonar and gun features. The gun given ammo and the sonar system more standardized. I would refactor most of the code because prototype code was useful but not very well designed. Overall, I think spending more time in the architecture phase of development would benefit this project greatly. But just pushing out a prototype was very helpful also. It allowed for testing and feedback. Now, when this game is rebuilt, it will turn out much better thanks to this information.
Also it needs graphics.