🎮 Erik’s Game Design Portfolio

Solar System

Attempt of simple Solar System recreation inside Unity3D simulation. Demonstrates very basic Unity knowledge.

Prototype 1 (Racing) + Bonus Features

Knowledge, acquired in this course:

• Move comfortably in 3D space and in the Unity Editor;
• Add and manipulate objects in the scene to place them in desired positions, including the camera;
• Customize the Unity Editor layout according to your needs;
• Create C# scripts and apply them to objects;
• Use JetBrains Rider and some of its core features;
• Add Rigidbody and Collider components for realistic collisions;
• Properly declare variables and initialize/assign them with appropriate access modifiers.

Bonus Features added:

• Easy: Obstacle pyramids;
• Medium: Oncoming vehicles;
• Hard: Camera switcher;
• Expert: Local multiplayer mode.

Challenge 1 (Airplane)

Strengthened Skills & Concepts:

• Using the Vector3 class to move and rotate objects along/around an axis;
• Using Time.deltaTime inside the Update() method for smooth, frame-rate-independent movement;
• Moving and rotating objects in the scene view to position them as desired;
• Assigning variables in the Inspector and initializing them in code;
• Implementing input variables to control object movement/rotation based on user input.

Prototype 2 (Feed The Animals) + Bonus Features

Knowledge, acquired in this course:

• Create an if-then statement to implement basic logic, including greater than (>) and less than (<) operators;
• Transform a GameObject into a prefab that can be instantiated in the scene;
• Work with prefabs to improve workflow efficiency;
• Get user input with GetKey and KeyCode to detect specific keyboard presses;
• Use arrays to create accessible lists of objects or values and randomly select from them;
• Randomly generate values to randomize spawn positions;
• Change the camera’s perspective to better suit your game;
• Repeat functions on a timer with InvokeRepeating;
• Write custom methods to make your code more readable;
• Detect collisions and destroy objects that collide;
• Display messages in the console with Debug.Log.

Bonus Features added:

• Easy: Vertical player movement
• Medium: Aggressive animals
• Hard: Game user interface
• Expert: Animal hunger bar

Challenge 2 (Play Fetch)

Strengthened Skills & Concepts:

• Assigning variables and arrays in the inspector;
• Editing colliders to the appropriate size;
• Testing xyz positions with greater/less than operators in if-else statements;
• Randomly generating values and selecting objects from arrays;

Prototype 3 (Run and Jump) + Bonus Features

Knowledge, acquired in this course:

• Use GetComponent to manipulate the components of GameObjects;
• Influence physics of game objects with ForceMode.Impulse;
• Tweak the gravity of your project with Physics.gravity;
• Utilize new operators and variables like &&;
• Use Bool variables to control the number of times something can be done;
• Freeze or constrain the Rigidbody component to halt movement on certain axes.

Bonus Features added:

• Easy: Randomize obstacles;
• Medium: Double jump;
• Hard: Dash ability and score;
• Expert: Game start animation.

Challenge 3 (Balloons, Bombs & Booleans)

Strengthened Skills & Concepts:

• Declaring and initializing variables with the GetComponent method;
• Using booleans to trigger game states;
• Displaying particle effects at a particular location relative to a GameObject;
• Seamlessly scrolling a repeating background.

Challenge 4 (Sumo Battle "Play Fetch")

Strengthened Skills & Concepts:

• Defining vectors by subtracting one location in 3D space from another;
• Tracking the number of objects of a certain type in a scene to trigger events;
• Using Coroutines to perform actions based on a timed interval;
• Using for-loops and dynamic variables to run code a specific number of times;
• Resolving errors related to null references of unassigned variables.

Challenge 5 (Whack-a-Food)

Strengthened Skills & Concepts:

• Working with text and button objects to get them looking the way you want;
• Using Unity’s various mouse-related methods appropriately;
• Displaying variables on text objects properly using concatenation;
• Activating and deactivating objects based on game states;
• Passing information between scripts using custom methods and parameters.

Labyrinth Of Nightmares

End of the 1st semester work, showcasing basic Unity skills in a videogame of choice. I decided to go with Horror genre. Labyrinth Of Nightmares was made using Unity asset store free assets. Full asset list is provided on the game page.

Animation: 12 Animation Principles

Animated comic about self-identified female Robot fighting aliens. Each frame demonstrates one of 12 animation principles.

Spritesheet: 32x32 Warrior

Idle

Run/Walk

Jump

Crouch

This Spritesheet was fully drawn by me using Aseprite as part of the homework.

2D Skeletal Animation

This project features a simple scene, consisting of Player, very basic enviroment with hurt triggers for animation testing. As an outcome of the project there is animated 2D character with Idle, Run, Jump (with blend tree) and Hurt animations.

Techniques I used to complete the assignment:

• Cinemachine Setup;
• Managing bools, triggers, and float params in Animator based on physics + input;
• Importing Layered PSB Files and prepping character assets for animation;
• 2D Character Rigging using Unity’s Sprite Skin & Bone tools;
• Bone Hierarchy Setup and parenting in Unity’s Sprite Editor;
• Mesh Generation & Weight Painting;
• 2D IK Rigging using Unity’s official 2D IK package;
• Animation with Animator & Blend Trees.