Wish Survivor is a small
Vampire Survivor-like project.
It took place during a very short game jam organized by Gaming Campus before the academic year began.
The goal was to enhance a basic template created by "Théo Leicht."
The initial template included a player movement script, a shooting script, and enemies moving towards the player.
Vampire Survivor-like project.
It took place during a very short game jam organized by Gaming Campus before the academic year began.
The goal was to enhance a basic template created by "Théo Leicht."
The initial template included a player movement script, a shooting script, and enemies moving towards the player.
Improving the juice of the game :
The initial task was to incorporate visual and audio feedback for the player to enhance the game's enjoyment.
I introduced music for the game, along with sounds for shooting, healing, taking damage, and damaging enemies.
The pitch for repetitive sounds is slightly randomized to avoid overwhelming the player with the exact same sound.
Additionally, I included movement animations, camera shakes when the player takes damage, and some hit effects.
I introduced music for the game, along with sounds for shooting, healing, taking damage, and damaging enemies.
The pitch for repetitive sounds is slightly randomized to avoid overwhelming the player with the exact same sound.
Additionally, I included movement animations, camera shakes when the player takes damage, and some hit effects.
Adding a boss to the game :
The second task was to create a boss and implement it with the entity management system.
I decided to design a simple Bee Boss with a substantial amount of health that chases the player and employs an area-of-effect attack.
The Boss is intentionally not too difficult, as the goal is to then reuse it to create Bee squadrons, which will pose a greater challenge for the player due to the abundance of area-of-effect attacks.
I decided to design a simple Bee Boss with a substantial amount of health that chases the player and employs an area-of-effect attack.
The Boss is intentionally not too difficult, as the goal is to then reuse it to create Bee squadrons, which will pose a greater challenge for the player due to the abundance of area-of-effect attacks.
Adding an arena mode :
The final thing I did was to implement an endless arena mode with scaling difficulty.
The number of enemies spawning increases with the wave number, and their health and speed also scale.
After every wave, the player has the choice between three augments: a speed augment, a full life heal, or a weapon augment.
The number of enemies spawning increases with the wave number, and their health and speed also scale.
After every wave, the player has the choice between three augments: a speed augment, a full life heal, or a weapon augment.
Conclusion :
This project was a nice warm-up before the start of the academic year.
Given the super short time period, it required the ability to identify which features would make the game stand out from other games created using the same template.
Given the super short time period, it required the ability to identify which features would make the game stand out from other games created using the same template.
You can try the playable demo on itch.io !
(Computers only)
(Computers only)
Potential improvements :
- Add more enemies and levels
- Add more enemies and levels
- Add more weapons
- Take time to fix identified minor bugs
(music, shooting range)
- Rework the player stats code to make it more scalable
(music, shooting range)
- Rework the player stats code to make it more scalable