Combat Colloseum
A group project game created in Unity for a University assignment
Overview
In my first year of Computer Science for Games at Sheffield Hallam we had a project to create a game in Unity alongside designers and artists. We created a top down 2D wave-based combat game, where you would be a gladiator in a colloseum fighting waves of enemies. We had plans for boss fights but due to time constraints had to scale back and went with an extra enemy type instead to increase variety in waves. In our group we had myself, one other programmer, 2 artists (later reduced to 1 due to one of them changing courses, but still gave very good assets for the project), and 2 designers. I was primarily responsible for the combat / levelling system and the enemy AI, whilst the other programmer did the menus, UI and the wave system.
Key Features
- A variety of abilities and upgrades
- Endless wave progression
- 3 Enemy types with unique AI
Technologies Used
Screenshots
Challenges & Solutions
This was my first time using Unity fully. I had previously installed it once or twice but was primarly an Unreal Engine 4 developer at the time, so learning a new engine and going from 3D to 2D development was a challenge, especially with how much time we had to complete the project. It was my first time working in a larger team as well with this time constraint so at times I wouldn't know what we would have time to or not have time to add into the final product. For example, we wanted to add a second weapon type and bosses, which I thought we should be able to add in time but due to unforseen issues with merging at the time we were unable to find the time for. However for the levelling system we were advised against adding it due to the time constraints, but it had already been made and implemented before being told that and only took around a day of work.
What I learned
Throughout the project I learned about the amount of time it takes to create certain features, so that I could better manage my time in future projects. I also became a lot more familiar with the Unity engine and found that I really enjoy creating 2D games more than I did 3D, whilst previously believing I enjoyed 3D more just because that's what I was taught to use in College with Unreal Engine 4.