Kamastrakas Curse

Time Frame: 07.2017 - 08.2017


Kamastrakas Curse is a 2-Player-LAN-Multiplayer Steampunk Space Shoot ‘em up where you take control of the spaceship “Nachtwärts” from the book “The Crown of the Stars” by Kai Meyer on a mission to destroy the spawns of the evil Black-Hole-Deity Kamastraka. Work together to shoot as many aliens as possible and don’t let them kill you!

The author got aware of this game and was enthusiastic about it after playing it.

Responsibilities

Game design of a networked multiplayer shoot ‘em up with two players and rudimentary AI

Implementation of a peer-to-peer multiplayer model using Unity’s UNET framework

Implementing simple enemy AI

  • Behaviors implemented as finite statemachine

  • Uses the A* Pathfinding Project to move towards players

  • Attacks players using melee or ranged

Design and implementation of two game modes

  • Finite mode with fixed enemy count and a boss battle

  • Infinite survival mode with respawning enemies

Implementation of a player controller

  • Can move in 2 dimensions, using an optional boost

  • Enemies can be attacked by shooting ahead

  • Health is reduced by enemy attacks and can be replenished with pickups

Designing and setting up particle effects for gameplay and menu

  • Implementing a custom particle attractor that can affect many particle systems at the same time

Modeling and texturing the player spaceship model

Setting up the audio mix using Unity’s builtin audio system

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