Combat Feel
Project Type: Unity Project
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Timeline: February 2025
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Location: Redmond, WA
Video: https://youtu.be/YsyQ9rDgif8
Project Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CQwZjracO9mAJbuGGMux-uCOgHtco1Fd/view?usp=drive_link
For a project in a previous class, we were asked to take an already existing combat template in Unity and implement a high-quality aesthetic to the project to best demonstrate our understanding of combat feel. What I came up with was a black-and-white world with shades of red where the player uses a lead pipe and revolver to beat the enemies.
When conceptualizing what I wanted to do for this project, my mind immediately jumped to the visual style of the Sin City comics, which have a black-and-white color palette with hints of red in it, while the overall feel of the combat I was aiming for was similar to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in terms of the melee combat. We did also have to implement a special weapon, which I looked to Splatoon for inspiration while making sure it stayed relatively realistic for the time period this project was set in, and that's what resulted in a retro sci-fi set of lasers to use.
The reason I picked this project to show off is that I wanted to show that I am capable of working on projects with varying art styles and in different engines, while also showing that I am also capable of refining and changing an existing system to make it engross the player even more than it already does.
When I look back on this project, I do feel that despite some shortcomings initially, I am proud of the work that I put into this project and feel that showing where I got my start in this area of expertise is something worth presenting. This is also when I started really focusing on making sure my work was documented for people to see what was going through my head when working on this project, as well as how I was able to address feedback given to me by testers.
