Collier

All of Collier's art was done in the 24 hour period, including 5 full backdrops, 80 frames of animation, and all of the hazards/platforms
In addition, Collier also features story cards that were also made within the timeframe that appear before their corresponding level
The Main Screen "Hub" has falling snow and a beautiful town with portals leading to 1 or 4 levels made for the demo
Level 2's Card: Collier must defeat enemies along his path to earn full marks
Map 2 with some of the hazards and enemies shown
Level 3's Card, a bit more of a challenge this time...
Lots of hazards in this one!
Every level has a custom backdrop, platform, walls, and ground associated with it
The last level, the Demon Realm, is quite the dozy. Even the devs have some trouble with this one, but it's still possible to beat!

Inspiration

After showing off previous projects on touchscreen, we loved to see people getting excited about touch-input controls and decided to pursue a mobile game! It ended up looking pretty awesome, and we're all excited to get a chance to share it!

What it does

Collier is a mobile game where players control a dog with a sword and dash between obstacles to hit enemies. Enemies are set up in patterns and pose threat to the player and their decided route.

How we built it

Collier was built exclusively in Unity 2D. We split up the work between Evans, Lyn, and myself as Backend, Frontend, and Art. We started with a technical spec and some mockups, and as the night went on we started pouring together all our work into the final project! Our first goal was to get gameplay up, as well as the base animations for the dog in, and then we spent most of the early morning hours getting the UI to work nicely.

Challenges we ran into

Despite all three of our members having UI experience, we all still found Unity's UI system to be less than ideal for our situation. We also encountered some issues with global/local particle effects. However, with some collaborative work and by trying every knob and dial til' we found what we were looking for, we were able to push through our challenges with relative ease.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We set out to make a refined game, and we're rather proud of what we were able to make! Our assets were all made during the hackathon, and we thought they looked pretty cool! The gameplay itself also feels incredibly intuitive, sporting both some challenge for the user but also the simplicity of a mobile game.

What we learned

Most of our time was spent examining the UI system and Particle System in Unity. The Player class also included some interesting methods that raised its complexity but payed off in refined gameplay.

What's next for Collier

We hope to refine Collier for app release once we finetune some of the levels!

Built With

c#
piskel
unity

Submitted to

MadHacks 2018
- Winner Judges Choice

Created by

I designed the game's mechanics and handled the art for this project, spending a great deal of time making sure that the Collier character's animations matched up with our backend's expectations and that levels felt refined and unique. While most of my time was spent handling the heavy load of art needed to make the project, I also helped out on polishing up levels and UI Design near the end of our timeline.

Private user
I started out by working on the UI system and futilely attempting to keep our assets organized. We had a lot of UI work to do and eventually the rest of my teammates joined me in making sure everything looked fantastic. I specifically worked on setting up the title and story scenes as well as the HUD, overlays, particle effects, and making sure that everything was hooked up and we could progress through the game appropriately. I was the person on my team with the least Unity experience, so I was able to learn a lot about front-end development, the UI system, and Unity development in general.

Skylyn Worzalla
Evans Chen