Arcade Top-Down Shooter Mini-Game

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Genre: Top-down Shooter (Survival?)

**Visual: Arcade style **

This project:

This little mini-game project is a personal challenge, for learning.
After almost a year without using Unreal Engine, I need a project to get back into that passion.

This little game is a Top-Down Shooter (Survival?),
The goal is to survive waves of enemies and earn as many points as possible.

Objective of this project:

Create a correct, playable and enjoyable game.
I would like to finish this game at an almost "commercial" level, and eventually make an Android version. I would definitely publish this little game on Itch.io, but it's mainly a project for myself. Playing your own game on your phone makes me dream.

Start of project: 9/10/2024

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1166412784733528095/1295116133405560894/2024-10-13-19-07-17.gif https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1166412784733528095/1298682420094046218/GIFCloseFight_3.gif

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(09/10/2024)

Basic systems of the game, barely created
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEjTqje97w0&t=14s

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(10/10/2024)

Changes:

-Modifying HUDs
-Basic camera shakes
-New enemy added (Faster)
-Wave counter Added
-Some bug fixes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kIzyVzY5Qk&t=1s

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(11/10/2024)

**Changes: **

-Great improvement in HUD (interfaces)
-Added player upgrade system (basic)
*Can improve cannon firing speed
-Improved camera shake
-Lots of fixed bugs
-Improved playing comfort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHN-k2hMqfg

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(12/10/2024)

Changes:
None, rest.

Fixed bugs
-Spawn enemies into the ground and get stuck
-Enemies block each other
-Enemies can no longer deal damage to the player
-Enemies are not always the right color (changed from blue to gray sometimes)
-Main HUD display bug
-Sound bug

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(13/10/2024)

Changes :

-Many Bug Fixes
-Added sounds to buttons in UI
-Added basic VFX to bullets
-Added basic VFX to enemies
-Added basic VFX when player is hurt
-Fade in when starting a level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNw-trYuOmY

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(14/10/2024)

Changes:
None, sick.

Bug Fixes
-Spawn bug, enemies no longer spawn after a certain time
-Collision bug -> Player cannot shoot through enemies during death VFX

(15/10/2024)

Changes:
-Highscore Save/Load system
-Basic VFX when spawning an enemy
-Slight modification of HUDs
-Enemies no longer give points when they hit the player

Bug Fixes
-The score has more points than the highscore
-HUD display bug
-Score bug (red enemy)
-Visual bug (red enemy)
-Save/load system
*Did not save the correct value

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**(16/10/2024) **

**Changes: **
-Modified all current UIs in the game
-UIs optimisation (not all)

Bug Fixes
-Visual bug present in some UIs (GameOver, Win, Level Menu)
-Little bug of collisions (Player)

For now, it look like this

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**(17/10/2024) **

Changes:
-Added a new Enemy (Grey, Slow)
*When overlap, take two lives, but give 10 of score.
-Enemy balance change (Speed)
-Small edit to maps
-Small edit to UIs
-Cleaning a part of the code
-Re Balance of enemy speed

Bug Fixes
-Spawn Bug (Grey Enemy)
-Score Bug (Grey Enemy)
-Materials Bugs (Levels)
-UI Bug
-Visual Bug (Enemy)

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https://youtu.be/Yl9rTEfe4hA

[sly nova]

(21/10/2024)

Changes:
-Added basic Enemy Texture
-Modified Levels Texture
-Removed Light reflections on enemies
-Added the Upgrade Menu, where you can upgrade your turret
*replace the "upgrade" button present in-game
-Added a little delay of buttons on Win & Death Widget
*to avoid misclick
-Added a VERY basic settings menu
*Only Master Sound settings for now

Bug Fixes
-Color glitch (Enemy)
-Can open hundred of times the Upgrade UI (in a few seconds)
-Upgrade requirment don't update (red to green)
-Some UI visual Bugs
-When leaving the Settings menu, the game unstop itself while still being in the pause menu

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(22/10/2024)

Changes:
-Save of settings changes
-Little modification of Pause and Settings UIs
-Upgrade of the save system
-Added a "Reset" Button on the Settings Menu

Bug Fixes
-High score don't load (Conflict with saved volume)
-Sound Bugs
-Visual Bugs

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GIFs of the game currently

https://youtu.be/9qWnhUyE_S0

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Basic (and a little buggy) version of the game on itch.io, if you want to try it :

https://miloykgr.itch.io/ats

Debug Key to Reset High score : S (in-game)