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JUNKLAUNCHER

ROLE

Gameplay designer, programmer, audio designer

PLAY

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A platformer in a procedurally-generated junkyard. Pick up junk and chuck it at enemies!

🎞️ Grabbing and tossing stuff

I designed a system where the player can pick up objects and move them around in mid-air. Left-clicking will throw the object in the direction of the cursor, and right-clicking will drop the object. You can throw junk objects at the robots to destroy them.

2D screenshot showing 2 screenshots in split-screen. The first screenshot shows a white robot near a trash can, and a cyan cursor over the can. The second screenshot has the same robot and trash can, but the robot is farther away, and the cursor is red.

UX and visual communication

To help players know if an object is in range of the Physics Fist, I set the cursor to be cyan if in range, or red if out of range.

2D screenshot of a junkyard with a white robot, and a green robot in mid-air. A truck is near the white robot and an explosion is directly underneath the truck.

Unexpected player feedback

A big surprise with this project was the positive feedback of players using objects as *melee* weapons - they were swinging objects around at speed to destroy bots, instead of throwing the objects! And that was some of the most positive feedback!

While that was against the original combat design, because of that feedback, if I were to continue this project and its combat further, instead of 'fixing' it by removing it, I would leave that ability in the game, and revise this melee system to be more balanced and user-friendly to use.

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