Edvin Nordangård - Blood Rush

One ill-timed nap later, Mortimer finds himself sprinting through his own crypt—dodging axes, leaping over tombs, and desperately searching for an empty coffin before the sun finishes rising. For a centuries-old creature of the night, he’s remarkably bad at this. Still, he’s done it before. Probably.

Blood Rush is an endless runner about one very old, very unprepared vampire. Inspired by Temple Run, it’s simple and immediate: jump, slide, and don’t stop moving. Leap over tombs, duck under swinging axes, and weave through whatever the crypt throws at you. The controls are easy. The sun is not forgiving. Every run ends the same way — just maybe a little further.

This was our first project at TGA, and it showed. A lot of the time went toward getting to grips with the tools — Perforce, YouTrack, and for most of the team, Unity itself. My contributions were the tutorial, player movement, and the animation tree, though the code quickly grew into something of a god class. For a project this small it was manageable, but it's not something I'd let slide today.

I came in with prior Unity experience, so rather than focusing on the engine I tried to get a handle on YouTrack and understand the project criteria we'd be working to throughout the course. In hindsight I wish I'd spent more of that time helping teammates who were finding their footing in Unity — that would have been more valuable to the group.