In this game, the player plays as a crane operator, contracted to move a statue from one end of the city to another. To maximize their payout, the player must minimize the damage they do to the city while safely delivering the statue to its destination. This job will not be easy as everything in this city is fragile and expensive; anything from birds, cars, and buildings will become obstacles between the player and payday.
Created by Hannah Knox
Created by Hannah Knox
After meeting and discussing, we initially decided on this multiplayer cooking simulator game idea. However, after much deliberation (time and ability constraints), we decided to scrap it and make City Traversal instead! On the right are some brainstorms we did for it.
Whiteboard brainstorm
Cooking game simulator game concept
Profile view of map
A park on the map
A street on the map
Destination
Full map view
Target statue before starting
Predemo map
Predemo test
Preliminary timer and point system
Tree asset and sounds for the game
Destructible item class (sound, particles)
Detection of landing on the destination platform
Prototype chains and platform
Crane control via keyboard/Controller
Bird movement
Traffic movement and car honk sound
Built city assets in Blender
Created broken versions of assets
Designed level layout
Created scaffolding assets
Built background buildings
Citizens point of view
Final, golden landing platform
View from inside crane
One player's dilemma
Cleaned up win/lose conditions
UI during the game (points, time)
Game over screens (receipt, confetti)
Citizen asset and animation of bird
Floating text near each broken item
Managed Trello board
Added jazz music (created by my brother)
Remade chains with new assets from Hannah
Added limit to how far crane could move
Added distance from landing counter
Wandering AI
Bird death particle effect
Bug fixes
Host game on Itch.io
Textured assets
Adjusted lighting
Made landing platform gold
Created opening scene
Built Car and Bus assets
Built chain link assets
Rendered images of scenes in Blender