ABOUT
Cyberhazard is the game me and the members of team DuckDuckGo created for the spartasoft September 2024 GameJam. I was a programmer and audio designer for my team
Programs Used
- Unity
- FL Studio
- C#
The Player Controller
The player controller for cyberhazard posed a unique challenge. As opposed to a standard player controller that works with a gravity source I needed to create a controller that works in zero gravity. Initially I used the WASD key bindings to manually move the player which worked, however it didn't feel as smooth or realistic as the team liked. This lead me to shift to a momentum based movement system.
With the newer system even if a player releases a key they continue to follow the path that their momentum would take. Additionally the force applied to the player now gradually increases to give the effect of a player speeding up and slowing down. To ensure that players cannot go infinitely faster I also implemented a terminal velocity. When it came to implementing up/down movement the strategy was similar to WASD, I just mapped a similar axis to the Shift, and Spacebar Keys.
The team also wanted to implement a rolling mechanic to allow the player to re-orient themselves. For this in stead of the standard movement method I used the same method that I used for the camera movement. Rather than basing it off of values from the mouse position i used the Q and E buttons to allow for rolling.
UI
On this project I was in charge of designing and implementing all of the UI, but I would like to highlight the Heads Up Display (HUD). I designed the HUD with information that's useful to the player while not providing too much information, and remaining dynamic. Working with the UI gave me a better understanding of unity's canvas system and how to code with it in general. The HUD can be seen in the gameplay video above.
Where I Succeeded
This project taught me a lot about working in a team, using version control and pushing code. My team was very good at helping each other out to get the desired outcome and create the game we made.
Where I Can Improve
In future projects I hope I am able to take a larger role in the team, I was relatively new to programming C# when working on the project, so I was unable to do as much as I would've liked.
(WASD, Shift, Space, and mouse are the controls)
