One Bullet Game Jam

So this week's update is slightly different. I haven't actually worked on Squillamorph this week as I was both running and taking part in the course game jam. For those who don't know, I'm part of an incubator and a graduate teaching assistant on the computer games arts course at UCA.

Anyway, the theme of the jam was 'One Bullet'. I decided to make a bullet that can be picked up again to fit the theme. The game itself is a wave based survival. I didn't want the week to be wasted in regards to progressing Squillamorph, so I worked on a game that I could use to experiment with things for it. 

The main aspect I tried out was using my custom physics to drive the movement of Unity's native rigidbodies. I got it working really nicely which meant the collision is done for me! While this may take slightly longer to implement into Squillamorph than I'd like I believe it will save me more headaches in the long run. The number of issues my raycast collision system has brought makes this a worthwhile change.

I also tried something I personally haven't used for over a year. I animated the enemies and spawner sprites using Unity's animation system. It creates a really nice look without taking much time, so I may end up doing certain animations like this from now on rather than doing everything in code.

So there isn't much else to talk about other than I refined some of the maths relate methods I use in almost every project. I made everything myself within the week. I really enjoyed making this game and I do intend to take it further.

​If you want to play the game you can download it below!
My high score is Wave 8, see if you can beat it!

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