Independent Work Project

Introduction

We were tasked with making a game from scratch using any engine we liked in 6 months.

Some of the main features in this project:

• Infinite procedural terrain generation
• 2 Player classes (Warrior and Archer) with basic levelling systems
• 2 Player Multiplayer Co-op
• Zombie AI

Terrain

Features:

• Infinite terrain generation (As much as the user’s memory allows)
• Uses Compute Shaders
• Main method of generation: Layering different types

This article by Red Blob Games helped a lot.

Player Classes

Warrior

Features:

• 2 types of attacks using sword. One of is a combination attack which the player can stop midway
• Shader graph for sword trail

Archer

Features:

• 1 attack using the bow and arrow
• Player can load arrow, draw bow and fire. Arrow speed, damage and knockback will depend on the amount of time the player draw bow
• Animations support aiming the bow properly.

Other Features

• Level system
  • Gives experience when the player defeats a zombie
  • The player can upgrade their stats (health, speed and attack damage) using stat points which are given when the player level ups
  • Warrior and archer has different base and max stats (Warrior has more health and is slower)
• Zombies AI
  • 8 different zombies models with slightly different speeds
  • Spawning zombie hordes
• Post-processing
  • Use various effects
• Multiplayer (Using Photon)
  • Supports Singleplayer (Offline)
  • Lobby (Create and join rooms)
  • Syncing player and zombie movements, animations, terrain generation, etc
  • Spectating camera when one of the player dies
• Settings
  • Save system
  • Change settings for Gameplay, Graphics, Input and Sound