Clayventure

Brief description:

Clayventure is a 2D action platformer game in development as a student at University of Abertay Dundee. The main character is made of clay and thus is able to transform his body to various form: (default) ball, melee, ranged and bird. Each transformation has its own peculiarities. For example the melee form deals more damage when hitting an enemy, but is the slowest form; bird form can glide and jump higher, but it has a very weak defense; the ranged form is able to shoot from distance, but the damage dealt is not so powerful; the ball is fast, but it can only jump and roll. The player has to choose wisely which transformation to use in order to defeat enemies and to solve puzzles. The clay can absorb other clay pieces and grow in size: this will increase the character health and the player’s score.

Features:

Finite state machine for enemies
Form changing, abilities
- Ball: good for its speed and its jump capabilities
- Melee: strong physical attack, movement reduced
- Ranged: weak ranged attack, slower than ball form
- Bird: glide ability, cannot attack
Clay, power-up collection
PS4 controller support
Level loaded from xml, easy to expand the game without recompiling
Event-driven architecture
Separation of the graphics layer and the logic layer of the game

Role: Programmer, Game Designer

University/Company: Team Plastilina, University of Abertay Dundee

Year: 2014

Technologies: c++

Team Plastilina:

Art & Game Design by Rebecca Nix, Audio by Artems Bockarjov, Produced by Brett Murray