Wizard of Oz
University
2023
01. The Overview
A 2D, top-down, level-based Action RPG. Players control a archer and knight characters, navigating through distinct levels and engaging in combat with AI-controlled enemies. The core gameplay revolves around movement, dashing, and combat.
02. The Challenge
The primary technical challenges in this project were:
- ▹Designing and implementing a flexible and scalable combat system using Scriptable Objects. This allows for easy creation and modification of attack and damage types without changing the core logic.
- ▹Building a robust Behavior Tree system from scratch to create complex and intelligent enemy AI.
- ▹Engineering a decoupled, event-driven architecture to ensure that different game systems can communicate without direct dependencies, making the project more modular and maintainable.
03. The Approach
The project is built on a highly modular and component-based architecture, following software engineering best practices. Key architectural patterns include:
- ▹Leveraging Unity's component system to create reusable and self-contained functionalities.
- ▹Using a central 'Blackboard' pattern for decoupled state management, allowing different systems to share data without direct dependencies.
- ▹An event-driven system for communication between different game components, which enhances modularity.
- ▹A data-driven approach using Scriptable Objects (e.g., AttackType, DamageType) for the combat system, enabling designers to modify gameplay by changing data instead of code.
- ▹A custom Behavior Tree implementation for sophisticated and complex enemy logic.
04. Key Features
- Core player actions include movement, dashing, and attacking
- Melee and ranged, projectile-based combat system
- A data-driven combat system with various attack and damage types that can be easily extended
- AI-powered enemies with complex behaviors managed by a custom Behavior Tree
- A level-based progression system
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Technologies Used
UnityC#