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TECHNOLOGY

BUILD

C#

TOOLS

Unity

PLATFORMS

Windows

macOS

ABOUT

DESCRIPTION

Weight is a infinite runner where you control the gravity shift in a room. You control the fate of a fox who has had some bad mushrooms and is therefore stuck in a dream. You must maintain the healthy weight to maximise your speed of avoiding evil alter-egos and strategically eating or avoiding mushrooms. If you run into your evil half, become under or overweight, the game ends.

MOTIVATION

The objective of Weight was to experiment with infinite runner game design and learn how to use Unity to create a simple 2D platformer.

CHALLENGES

This project was difficult as it was my first time trying out Unity and I'm the only programmer in the team. It was also challenging to procure game assets and meet the module requirements of an infinite run game.

DESIGN

GAME PROGRESSION

As the game progresses, evil halfs and mushrooms will spawn at an increasing rate. This increase the difficulty by reducing the safe spaces for the player and makes it harder to avoid the mushrooms and the evil halfs.

BALANCING MECHANISM

Evil halfs are spawned at random locations with a buffer period. Mushrooms can be avoided or eaten to adjust the weight of the fox. The reapers and mushrooms will disappear after some time to reduce the clutter. Obstacles in the dream room are randomised at the start of the game session.

TEAM

Ashley Tan Ashley was the writer and UI designer. She helped Bettina with asset creation.

Bettina Tan Bettina was our asset and content creator. She drew game graphics, procured music and fonts.

Koh Tze Hui Tze Hui was the producer and QA. She validated and documented the game development.

Huang Lie Jun I worked on game prototyping and implementation using Unity.

REFERENCES

2D Unity Tutorials Tutorials on building a 2D game in Unity.

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