Where's my cheese? - Overview 

Created initially as a sixth form project in a 2 week time frame, this project was refurbished withing 2 months as a solo developer to show off what I've learnt while also re-learning Unity and C# scripting

System work examples - Diagrams

Player movement/world interaction

  • Player moves using WASD, W & S for back and forth, A & D to turn; this also turns camera attached to the player
  • Same applies to mobile controls with touchscreen joystick
  • If player collides with a wall, players will slide across, allowing smoother movement
  • If a wall comes between player and camera, the wall texture will change to create a hole in the wall to avoid obstruction

Enemy behavior

  • Enemy loops between designated points on map
  • Enemy has a field of view (FOV) visualized with a red cone
  • If player enters FOV, enemy will derail from set pathing to chase player
  • If enemy collides with player, player is caught and loses 1 life
  • If player is caught OR player stays outside enemy FOV for over 2 seconds, enemy will return to nearest pathing point 

Tunnels

  • Player will enter tunnel hole if close enough
  • Players can exit tunnels by moving forwards
  • Players are undetectable and un-cactchable inside tunnels
  • If player pressed Space bar, player will travel to another tunnel entrance connected to each other
    • Button appearing on screen can be tapped on mobile version

Cheese collection & Win/lose condition

  • Exit is blocked at start
  • Exit will unlock when player collects all 3 cheeses
  • Player collects cheese my colliding with it
  • When cheese collected, player obtains speed boost for 5 seconds

Timer

  • Timer begins once the level loads
  • If player loses 1 life, 10 seconds added to timer
  • If player loses all 3 lives, level is reset along with timer
  • When player exits level, timer for that level is stopped
  • When all levels passed, times of all levels are added up to give final time

Level design - Mapping & In-engine view

Red: Enemy | Yellow: Cheese | Mouse: Player | Blue: Tunnel entrance | Green: Exit

Level 1: Kitchen

Level 2: Hallway

Level 3: Attic

Reflection notes
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UI work examples - Initial and final designs

Player HUD

Pause/Options menu

Game start and end screens

World UI

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Previous version v/s New version

Reflection notes

With a 3 year time of experience and a more flexible time frame, the differences between the version of the game are striking.