Breakout

A small Breakout/Arkanoid-style game prototype built with Unity.
Control a paddle, bounce the ball, and clear all the bricks while experimenting with classic arcade mechanics.

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🎮 Overview

Breakout is a learning / prototype project focused on recreating the core loop of the classic brick-breaker genre:

• Paddle that follows player input.
• Ball with basic physics / bouncing.
• Bricks with different hit points or behaviors.
• Simple game flow: start → play → win/lose.

The project is implemented as a standard Unity project, with gameplay logic in C# and visuals largely driven by ShaderLab/HLSL shaders.

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✨ Key Features

• Paddle & ball gameplay
  Move the paddle horizontally to keep the ball in play and aim your shots.

• Brick grid
  A wall of bricks to break; can be easily reconfigured to create new layouts.

• Physics-based bouncing
  Ball reflects off the paddle, bricks, and walls using Unity’s physics.

• Win/Lose conditions

  • Win: destroy all bricks.
  • Lose: let the ball fall below the paddle too many times (or once, depending on the rules).

• Extensible design
  Project structure makes it easy to add:

  • Multi-hit bricks
  • Power-ups (multi-ball, larger paddle, slower ball, etc.)
  • Score multipliers or combo systems

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🧱 Project Structure

At a high level, the repository follows a typical Unity layout:​:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

• Assets/
  Main game content:

  • Scenes – Game scenes (e.g., main level, menu).
  • Scripts – C# scripts for paddle, ball, bricks, game manager, UI, etc.
  • Prefabs – Paddle, ball, brick, and other reusable game objects.
  • Materials / Shaders – Visual look of the game (ShaderLab/HLSL).:contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}

• Packages/
  Unity Package Manager configuration.

• ProjectSettings/
  Unity project configuration (input, physics, graphics, etc.).

• .vscode/
  Optional VS Code configuration for editing and debugging.:contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}

• .gitignore
  Git ignore rules for Unity.

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🧰 Requirements

• Unity – Any recent Unity version compatible with the project (ideally an LTS version, e.g. 2021/2022 LTS).
• Git – (Optional) for cloning and version control.
• C# IDE – (Optional) e.g., VS Code, Rider, or Visual Studio.

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/mangelsr/Breakout.git
cd Breakout