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Game Prototypes
The Runaway Groom
A 2D Endless Runner game made in Unity Game Engine in compliance to Women Game Jam 2022 that was held on August 19th to August 21st. The game's features include running and jumping from randomly generated obstacles, slowly increasing speed as you progress and collectibles that let you see the ending of the game.
You can play and view more details about the game through itch.io.
https://cozhart.itch.io/the-runaway-groom
Unreal Engine Projects
The following prototypes show the progression of my knowledge and skills in Unreal Engine during my first two terms in Red River College.
Hour of Code - Introduction to Unreal Engine
In this project, I was able to get ahold of the basics of level design and blueprinting in Unreal Engine with the help of the Hour of Code tutorial that was provided to us. The following video is a discussion and analysis of the game design with my friend, Keneth Cayas, a Computer Science student and game enthusiast.
Demonstration of gameplay mechanics of the Space Invaders Prototype
Twin Stick Shooter Tutorial Project
For this particular project, I was able to create a twin stick shooter by following the Unreal Engine Tutorial Guide. In addition to the features available in the guide, I have added some teleportation mechanics in which the player is able to teleport from one portal to another within the map for gameplay complexity. The design of the game is inspired by the retro-themed games.
Custom Twin Stick Shooter Review and Analysis with Special Guest
Explanation of Blueprints and Coding Conventions
What Lies Beneath - Twin Stick Shooter Project
What Lies Beneath is a Single Player 3rd Person Twin Stick Shooter combined with Survival Horror and Building Escape elements. The main goal of the player is to fight their way out of a secret underground lab facility and successfully escape alive. The player will combat against oncoming waves of laboratory test subjects, destroying the sinister organization’s creations and facility in the process towards finding an exit.
I worked on the teleportation mechanics, the door systems, UI implementations and the tutorial sequence for the game. This is by far my favorite prototype of the bunch and I am proud of what me and my group had accomplished.
What Lies Beneath - Screencast
Explanation of Blueprints and Demonstration Implemented Game Mechanics
Tutorial and Custom Paper2D Project
In compliance with the project, I had created two Paper2D-based games. Both games serverd as my introduction to Unreal Engine's Paper2D system.
For the tutorial project, I simply followed everything in the Unreal Engine Paper2D guide and added some obstacles and implemented a menu system that slides in and out of the screen. The player is forced to explore and reach the goal which is on the far right side of the map.
On the other hand, I have created a timed-based level, inspired by the speedrunning community, in which the player needs to collect all cherries (collectibles) scattered across the map. The player is able to achieve a certain number of stars depending on how fast they were able to finish the level requirements.
Explanation of Blueprints and Demonstration of the Prototype - Tutorial Level
Explanation of Blueprints and Demonstration of the Prototype - Custom Level
Drainage Dreams
Drainage Dreams is a 2D puzzle-platforming game about a young girl, Erin, who attempts to run away from home and falls deep into the city's ancient underground sewers.
In this prototype, you get to play three different levels that are composed of chase scenes, puzzles, collectible items and many more!
I have been the generalist programmer responsible for the several mechanics including the time stop, the pick up release mechanic and the dialogue system. I also programmed the UI and animations that are included in the game.
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You can play and view the prototype version of the game through itch.io: https://cozhart.itch.io/drainage-dreams
Conway's Game of Life
A version of Game of Life made in OpenFrameworks (C++ Language)
An interesting mathematical model of the evolution of a group of simple organisms is the Game of Life invented by J.H. Conway. Think of an N x N matrix as composed of cells. Each cell may contain a simple organism or be empty. Initially, as the first “generation”, some of the cells in the center of the matrix contain organisms and the rest are empty. Organisms are born and die depending on the contents of their eight neighboring cells, according to the following rules:
A. If in one generation, an empty cell has exactly three neighboring cells containing organisms, then a new organism is born in that cell in the next generation.
B. If in one generation, an organism has fewer than two neighboring cells containing organisms, then it dies from isolation before the next generation and its cell becomes empty.
C. If in one generation, an organism has more than three neighboring cells containing organisms, then it dies from overcrowding before the next generation and its cell becomes empty.
D. All other organisms survive unchanged to the next generation.
A version of Game of Life made as a console app made in C language
Space Invaders
A recreation of the retro-arcade game Space Invaders using OpenFrameworks (C++ Language). The prototype gameplay features include:
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Ability to control the ship in side to side motion using two keyboard keys (ARROW KEYS).
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The player can fire a laser using SPACEBAR. The laser can destroy a single target on impact.
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5 rows of 11 aliens move back and forth as a group where they collectively move down each time they reach an edge.
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The aliens' movement speeds up slightly each time one is destroyed.
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The player’s score increases each time they destroy an alien:
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10 points for each alien in the bottom two rows.
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20 points for each alien in the next two rows up.
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30 points for each alien in the top row.
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The game ends when:
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The player destroys all the aliens. (Player Wins)
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The aliens reach the bottom on the screen. (Player Loses)
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Demonstration of gameplay mechanics of the Space Invaders Prototype
Dress-Up Flash Game
A point and click game that I made specifically for our final presentation for our Animation Class. The flash game was meant as a tribute to one of our beloved clubs in the university which is Tinik ng Teatro and its corresponding educational department, the Cultural and Arts Department. I used Adobe Animate to create the game and ActionScript was used as the object-oriented programming language. All the art was also digitally drawn by all four of us in the group.
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