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A little about the game
A little about the game
You controls an alien whose spaceship have crashed on earth. During the emergency landing the alien got thrown out the window and into Area 50-1. The crash alerted the scientists around and they have seized the alien's ship. Your role is to get the alien back into its spaceship without being caught by the evil scientists, by sneaking pass the scientists and using the alien's power, the ability to transform into any items... by eating them first.
How I came up with the game
How I came up with the game
It was right before the last semester of school started. I didn't really have any idea of what to do for my portfolio and I stumbled onto this comic.
The moment I saw this picture, I knew that it was a fun idea for the game. From then on, I spent a total of 3 months working on the prototype for this game.
- The first month, I spent with Playmaker, the visual scripting tool for Unity3D.
- The second month, I spent thinking about the level design. I wanted to create something simple and intuitive for people to learn.
- As for the last month, I spent on polishing the script and adding small visual feedback to help improve the quality of this mini-game
Level Design
Level Design
I wanted the player to master the game before moving onto new feature therefor I set up multiple level to help with the learning curve.
My levels are split into the flowing:
- Navigation - In the first level the player is only required to move the character around by simply pressing the left mouse button
- Threat - In this level the game introduces the element of threat. The player will have their first encounter with an enemy and they will learn how to hide and avoid them.
- Ability - Once the player reaches this stage, they will be introduced to the character's special ability. The ability to transform into objects that the character have swallowed. The third level have the exact same layout as the second level but without a hiding spot. The player can only pass the level by transforming into a prop.
- Dynamic AI - This level starts with the player being blocked by an enemy AI and there is no way to pass. The player have to interact with a terminal and that will activate a trap door which will have an impact on the AI's behavior, which allows the player to win the level.
- All of the above - The last level is a small recap of everything from the previous levels. In addition to that, the player will find out that they are not the only one who could interact with terminals, the enemy AI also have that ability.
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