October 2023 — March 2024
Team Size: 24 | GDIM 167: Capstone Game Project
Wartorn is a narrative-driven adventure game that puts you in the shoes of a young child caught in the chaos of war. After being separated from your parents, you are left alone in a once-familiar city, now reduced to rubble and silence. With no clear path forward, you must navigate this devastated city while collecting the supplies needed to survive and uncovering clues that may lead to your parents' whereabouts. Every decision you make will shape your journey through a world forever changed by conflict. Will you discover what happened to your parents?
April 2023 — June 2023
Team Size: 12 | GDIM 27: Intermediate Game Design
Late Night at Uni is a survival horror game where you play as a sleep-deprived student trapped on campus after a late-night study session. Inspired by the UC Irvine campus, the game locks you on the top floor of the Science Library where a malignant threat lurks in the darkness. You must quickly search for the key that will unlock your only exit before your life ends in a blink of an eye. Throw nearby objects to distract the looming threat and hide under tables to stay out of sight as you navigate the maze-like, claustrophobic corridors. Can you find the right key and escape the library before it's too late?
January 2023 — March 2023
Team Size: 6 | UCI Video Game Development Club
Zot Zoomer is an arcade racing game inspired by F-Zero GX. Select your vehicle, select a track, and race against the clock to get the best time possible. Most tracks feature tight corners and long straightaways, so to assist you in getting around them, there is drifting and boosting. Drifting will not only help you avoid bumping into walls but it also fills up your boost meter. Once your boost meter is filled, you can use the boost to zoom around the track at high speeds to get faster times. After you finish the race, remember to submit your best times to the global leaderboard and compete against your friends!
March 2022 — June 2022
Team Size: 12 | GDIM 61: Intro to Game Development
Meep's Maintenance is a semi-casual single player game where you play as a friendly ghost named Meep, whose job is to complete various tasks to keep a human family safe from harm. In this world, ghosts are here to protect instead of haunt, so Meep was sent to watch over the family. After noticing the family engaging in dangerous activities, Meep gets involved to protect them. Your job is to move through each level fixing appliances and cleaning up messes in a timely manner before they become a hazard to the house or the family. However, you must complete these tasks without being seen or else the people living there will become fearful of ghosts and leave!
May 2022 — June 2022
Team Size: 2 | GDIM 33: Coding in Game Engines
Super Pong is the modern evolution of the classic game Pong, featuring unique power-ups that can change how the game is played. Each player can use four different power-ups to alter how they hit the ball or modify the physics of their paddle. Although the gameplay is different, the goal remains the same as the original game: two players go head-to-head, aiming to score eleven points before their opponent. Strategically using each power-up will give you the best chance to come out victorious!
October 2021 — December 2021
Team Size: 1 | GDIM 31: Intro to Game Programming
Dummy Run is a first-person speedrunning platformer set in a world where an unknown entity has abducted you to serve as a test dummy for an unrevealed reason. You awaken in an undisclosed location among the clouds with no memory of how you got there, forced to navigate through a series of parkour levels before you can get back to your daily life. While falling results in death in the final version, you’ve been provided with a special suit that prevents you from dying during testing. Precisely timing each jump from one platform to another will be crucial to your return home!