Second try at developing a mobile game

     Ok, so my first entry to mobile game development wasn't as good as I hoped. So I tried ditching the complicated animations and character models for some simplistic geometric shapes to try and get the game to at least be playable first. 

    Foregoing character models and the animation I was able to focus more on the code and getting it up and running better than before. Though, the swipe to jump and tap to stop moving is still not tune properly but the game is more or less working as intended. 

    Making the obstacles was quite an exhilarating experience using different objects to make a rotating lever or a landmine that uses force to send the player flying. All in all, this was a good and fun experience in helping me learn how to develop a hypercasual runner game.

Link to game

 

Installation Steps

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1. Download the apk file either to an emulator or a phone

2. Install the apk

How to play

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1. Swipe up to jump, tap to stop moving

2. Avoid the obstacles blocking your way

3. Reach the end to clear the game

Trying out Unity for mobile

Trying to make games for mobile is on another scale compared to PC because now we have to take into consideration the specs and control scheme for the phone.Trying to get touch controls to work is harder than it seems as you have to find a way to detect the difference between tap, swipe and pinch. And what better way to try and test it out than to make an endless runner game, boy oh boy did I thought getting the controls to work was hard, I never expected getting the animations for the character to run would be even harder. Thankfully I did not have to make my own model and animations and I could get them from mixamo but still setting it up was tricky. At least some progress was made...

Link to game

 

Installation Steps

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Download the apk file either to an emulator or a phone

Install the apk 

How to play the game

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1. Swipe left or right to move the character

2. Avoid the obstacles

Learning Unity and making games for PC

 It is a fun experience learning about Unity and using the game engine to develop games on my own. To do so, one must always start with the basics and the overly used game genre to practice with will always be a shoot em up and the game in question will be based on space invaders. It is a challenge trying to get used to something new but hopefully in time I will be able to learn more and apply it to the games that I'm making as well. Currently, the game is very rough around the edges but I plan to improve it when I can.

 

 Link to game

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The second game I made whilst learning Unity was a platformer. It is just a simple linear platformer that requires you to get from point A to B whilst avoiding some hazardous obstacles. This was a fun experience, and I plan to continue learning more on Unity to see what new things or concepts I can use to apply to the games I am making to improve them for the better.

Link to game

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Installation steps

1. Download the rar files

2. Extract it wherever you please

3. Select and execute the game(s) .exe application file 

 

 

4. ?????

5. Profit