Game Design Project for University Bicocca - Milan, Grade: 30L
- Elio Gargiulo
- Stefano Rigato
The project focuses on the development of the game "Party Mayhem."
The game consists of a demo of a party game featuring two mini-games and two players:
- Obstacle Race / Parkour: Players must reach the end of the obstacle course as quickly as possible before time runs out.
- Last Man Standing: Players have two lives and must stay alive in the arena, avoiding falling into the water until the timer expires. Players can use punches and power-ups/items to hinder their opponent.
The goal for each player is to collect the highest score at the end of the two mini-games.
At the end of each mini-game:
- 8 points are awarded to the first player or in case of a tie.
- 6 points are awarded to the second player.
The scores are displayed on a leaderboard, where the winner (in this demo, only after the first mini-game) can choose a permanent power-up:
- Heart: adds one life.
- Ham: increases punch strength.
- Soda: enhances jumping ability.
If time runs out, points in the Parkour mini-game are assigned based on the distance from the finish line.
The demo includes:
- A Main Menu, where the player can start or exit the game and access the settings, including:
- Volume
- Fullscreen or windowed mode
- Player names
- Input device type (Controller or Keyboard & Mouse)
- A Tutorial Scene, shown before each mini-game. It presents a preview, the name, and a description of the mini-game, along with the objectives and controls.
- A Parkour Scene, featuring various obstacles:
- Platforms: move through the air, requiring precise jumps.
- Fish: follow a fixed trajectory. If the player collides with one, they enter a "ragdoll" state and are repositioned at the collision point after one second.
- Circular Saws: behave similarly to the fish but move like the platforms.
- Spikes: pairs of pressure traps with parallel spikes. For each run, one of the two traps in each pair is randomly activated.
- Goats (NavMesh Agents): chase and charge the player, knocking them back and stunning them for a few seconds.
- Opponent: the opponent can interfere by punching and stunning the player.
- A Last Man Standing Scene, featuring several power-ups and an item:
- Heart: adds one life.
- Ham: increases punch power for 10 seconds.
- Bomb: can be picked up and thrown by a player to make the other explode.
- A Final Scene, which presents the authors of the demo and allows returning to the main menu.
In addition to assets from the Unity Asset Store, several custom shaders were implemented:
- Pixel Shader: a fullscreen shader that applies a pixelated effect to the entire scene.
- Glowing Outline: a shader applied to players and items that renders a glowing colored outline.
To assist players with jumping, a simple Blob Shadow is used to indicate the player’s relative position to the ground, which helps during mid-air movement.
To indicate when a player has been hit, a gray flashing effect is displayed.
- Player: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/fantasy/polygoncharacters-labourer-273660
- UI Elements:
- Main Menu Music: https://jdsherbert.itch.io/minigame-music-pack
- Sound Effects:
- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/sound-fx/free-casual-game-sfx-pack-54116
- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/music/fun-happy-beats-vol-1-freebie-315851
- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/music/electronic/fun-happy-beats-vol-3-freebie-316456
- https://pixabay.com/
- Authors:
- https://pixabay.com/users/floraphonic-38928062/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=189853
- https://pixabay.com/it/users/freesound_community-46691455/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=6339
- https://pixabay.com/it/users/jofae-2612324/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=110410
- https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/young-man-being-hurt-95628/
- Authors:
- Level Design:
- https://kenney.nl/assets/platformer-kit
- https://kenney.nl/assets/food-kit
- https://kenney.nl/assets/castle-kit
- https://kenney.nl/assets/mini-arena
- https://kenney.nl/assets/survival-kit
- https://kenney.nl/assets/nature-kit
- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/animals/animated-goat-and-sheep-3d-low-poly-free-251910
- Shaders: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/ocean-lake-shaders-urp-303983
- Skybox: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/free-skybox-extended-shader-107400
- Goat (for NavMash Agent): https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/animals/animated-goat-and-sheep-3d-low-poly-free-251910
- Visual Effects: