English is Hard_

English Is Hard_ is an academic project from my freshman year at DigiPen Institute of Technology. For this project I worked in a group of 3 designers and we developed the game over a 5 month period.

It is an arcade style Missile Command typing game which includes 4 distinct enemies, a meteor boss wave, and 4 powerups. Players must type words to power up their cannon in order to fend off waves of cow-stealing aliens.

Team Size: 3

Combat

Bolt Scripting

Unity Engine

Project Length: 5 Months

Role: Designer, Gameplay Programmer

Type: Academic

Contributions:

- Created and maintained a healthy Unity project and SVN source control repo

- Designed and programmed "bullet-bar" core mechanic

- Implemented idle, death, and abduction animations for 4 enemy types

- Composed, mixed, and programmed all music in the game

Project Design Goals:

- Create a polished, and engaging arcade-style game in a 4-month period

- Design a core gameplay loop with short arcs and high re-playability

- Encounter and overcome typical development struggles for the first time

Play

Detailed Info

Bullet Bar

Philosophy:

- Not engaging in the typing mechanic should result in swift defeat

- The more a player types, the easier the shooting mechanics become

Desired Outcomes:

- Players prioritize a yellow-green power level

- Players attention is adequately split between typing and shooting