Currently Clean Getaway has reached it's alpha stage in development. The game consists of around 12-15 min of gameplay with various different mini-games and cutscenes. Our next steps focus on polishing and improving upon everything we currently have in the game.
The game has the players taking on the role of an elite strike team that has been tasked by Dr. Coney with taking down Big Oil, saving their research and also Dr. Coney's wife. To do so they will have to fend off enemies with soap based weapons and then fight the Big Rig Behemoth. After doing so they will go inside it and destroy it's heart.
Our Pre-Production process entailed multiple redesigns and iteration upon our core game concept. Initially our first pitch was a game where player played as a pit crew where they had to repair a race car and then race it cooperatively. We kept evolving our design and had multiple versions of the game between the version we ended up sticking with. At one point we had a crafting system but that was an idea that lasted less then a week. With every iteration and test we felt ourselves get closer to our goal of a chaotic co-op game built around players working together. In the end, all that time we spent redesigning our game was worth as the team felt unified around a concept that met all of our goals.
During our Pre-Production I worked on designing and creating modular components and systems to help out the team. This helped as when the game shifted we were able to reuse and adapt the existing components we were testing out. Shown here is an early version of the Item Behaviour and the Station Behaviour that was made for the pit crew game which the logic is still used in the current build.
I also worked on creating tools for the team such as the Enemy Encounter Scriptable Object which helped with Level Design as it made it easy to implement enemy encounters and make balance changes based on feedback.
After our MVP Build, playtesters did not have the reaction we were hoping for with the puzzle scene. A lot of player's were initially confused and spent some time just figuring out what to do. We figured to do a lack of tension and pressure from the game, this section resulted in a drop off in engagement from players. To fix this we spent weeks iterating upon the puzzle scene in order to try to make it as engaging as the rest of the game. After a few weeks we decided to make one last iteration and if it did not work we were going to cut it from the game. However, the playtesting revealed that players loved the newest version so the scene was kept in the game.
For the Combat Design it was important that everything we added was it's own unique flavour. While the grunt enemies are a standard enemy, every additional enemy had a unique way that is required to defeat it. For example in the video, the two players have to work together to take down the tank. They can achieve this by having two bubble turrets shoot at it or one bubble turret and one lathering gun shoot at it.
I Implemented most of the Enemy AI. I created a modular enemy structure so that every AI enemy could use the same Behaviour Tree and minimal additional code was required to get it running. For the Drone Enemy the only additional code required in the scripting is the attack execution and it also overrides the death function for it's own custom scripting.
I worked on designing the boss and implementing it. It represented a challenging end to the driving phase of the game. The hyperspeed and cooperative steering were combined for one phase of the boss and the other phase used the guns and soap. The boss is not meant to be a super challenging obstacle for the player's as the game is supposed to be a fun experience with friends, so it was designed to be climatic but not overly difficult.
One of the challenges we faced was onboarding. Because we wanted the game to be a fast-paced chaotic experience for 4 players we did not want to slow down the pacing to have a tutorial. We decided to drop the players in the game with no tutorial besides a loading screen that showed off the different button's in the game. We used proximity prompts in order to make the game as intuitive as possible. This had a really good result and in our following playtest we received amazing results on our game's enjoyment.
See Other Work
Currently Clean Getaway has reached it's alpha stage in development. The game consists of around 12-15 min of gameplay with various different mini-games and cutscenes. Our next steps focus on polishing and improving upon everything we currently have in the game.
The game has the players taking on the role of an elite strike team that has been tasked by Dr. Coney with taking down Big Oil, saving their research and also Dr. Coney's wife. To do so they will have to fend off enemies with soap based weapons and then fight the Big Rig Behemoth. After doing so they will go inside it and destroy it's heart.
Our Pre-Production process entailed multiple redesigns and iteration upon our core game concept. Initially our first pitch was a game where player played as a pit crew where they had to repair a race car and then race it cooperatively. We kept evolving our design and had multiple versions of the game between the version we ended up sticking with. At one point we had a crafting system but that was an idea that lasted less then a week. With every iteration and test we felt ourselves get closer to our goal of a chaotic co-op game built around players working together. In the end, all that time we spent redesigning our game was worth as the team felt unified around a concept that met all of our goals.
During our Pre-Production I worked on designing and creating modular components and systems to help out the team. This helped as when the game shifted we were able to reuse and adapt the existing components we were testing out. Shown here is an early version of the Item Behaviour and the Station Behaviour that was made for the pit crew game which the logic is still used in the current build.
I also worked on creating tools for the team such as the Enemy Encounter Scriptable Object which helped with Level Design as it made it easy to implement enemy encounters and make balance changes based on feedback.
After our MVP Build, playtesters did not have the reaction we were hoping for with the puzzle scene. A lot of player's were initially confused and spent some time just figuring out what to do. We figured to do a lack of tension and pressure from the game, this section resulted in a drop off in engagement from players. To fix this we spent weeks iterating upon the puzzle scene in order to try to make it as engaging as the rest of the game. After a few weeks we decided to make one last iteration and if it did not work we were going to cut it from the game. However, the playtesting revealed that players loved the newest version so the scene was kept in the game.
For the Combat Design it was important that everything we added was it's own unique flavour. While the grunt enemies are a standard enemy, every additional enemy had a unique way that is required to defeat it. For example in the video, the two players have to work together to take down the tank. They can achieve this by having two bubble turrets shoot at it or one bubble turret and one lathering gun shoot at it.
I Implemented most of the Enemy AI. I created a modular enemy structure so that every AI enemy could use the same Behaviour Tree and minimal additional code was required to get it running. For the Drone Enemy the only additional code required in the scripting is the attack execution and it also overrides the death function for it's own custom scripting.
I worked on designing the boss and implementing it. It represented a challenging end to the driving phase of the game. The hyperspeed and cooperative steering were combined for one phase of the boss and the other phase used the guns and soap. The boss is not meant to be a super challenging obstacle for the player's as the game is supposed to be a fun experience with friends, so it was designed to be climatic but not overly difficult.
One of the challenges we faced was onboarding. Because we wanted the game to be a fast-paced chaotic experience for 4 players we did not want to slow down the pacing to have a tutorial. We decided to drop the players in the game with no tutorial besides a loading screen that showed off the different button's in the game. We used proximity prompts in order to make the game as intuitive as possible. This had a really good result and in our following playtest we received amazing results on our game's enjoyment.
See Other Work
Currently Clean Getaway has reached it's alpha stage in development. The game consists of around 12-15 min of gameplay with various different mini-games and cutscenes. Our next steps focus on polishing and improving upon everything we currently have in the game.
The game has the players taking on the role of an elite strike team that has been tasked by Dr. Coney with taking down Big Oil, saving their research and also Dr. Coney's wife. To do so they will have to fend off enemies with soap based weapons and then fight the Big Rig Behemoth. After doing so they will go inside it and destroy it's heart.
Our Pre-Production process entailed multiple redesigns and iteration upon our core game concept. Initially our first pitch was a game where player played as a pit crew where they had to repair a race car and then race it cooperatively. We kept evolving our design and had multiple versions of the game between the version we ended up sticking with. At one point we had a crafting system but that was an idea that lasted less then a week. With every iteration and test we felt ourselves get closer to our goal of a chaotic co-op game built around players working together. In the end, all that time we spent redesigning our game was worth as the team felt unified around a concept that met all of our goals.
During our Pre-Production I worked on designing and creating modular components and systems to help out the team. This helped as when the game shifted we were able to reuse and adapt the existing components we were testing out. Shown here is an early version of the Item Behaviour and the Station Behaviour that was made for the pit crew game which the logic is still used in the current build.
I also worked on creating tools for the team such as the Enemy Encounter Scriptable Object which helped with Level Design as it made it easy to implement enemy encounters and make balance changes based on feedback.
After our MVP Build, playtesters did not have the reaction we were hoping for with the puzzle scene. A lot of player's were initially confused and spent some time just figuring out what to do. We figured to do a lack of tension and pressure from the game, this section resulted in a drop off in engagement from players. To fix this we spent weeks iterating upon the puzzle scene in order to try to make it as engaging as the rest of the game. After a few weeks we decided to make one last iteration and if it did not work we were going to cut it from the game. However, the playtesting revealed that players loved the newest version so the scene was kept in the game.
For the Combat Design it was important that everything we added was it's own unique flavour. While the grunt enemies are a standard enemy, every additional enemy had a unique way that is required to defeat it. For example in the video, the two players have to work together to take down the tank. They can achieve this by having two bubble turrets shoot at it or one bubble turret and one lathering gun shoot at it.
I Implemented most of the Enemy AI. I created a modular enemy structure so that every AI enemy could use the same Behaviour Tree and minimal additional code was required to get it running. For the Drone Enemy the only additional code required in the scripting is the attack execution and it also overrides the death function for it's own custom scripting.
I worked on designing the boss and implementing it. It represented a challenging end to the driving phase of the game. The hyperspeed and cooperative steering were combined for one phase of the boss and the other phase used the guns and soap. The boss is not meant to be a super challenging obstacle for the player's as the game is supposed to be a fun experience with friends, so it was designed to be climatic but not overly difficult.
One of the challenges we faced was onboarding. Because we wanted the game to be a fast-paced chaotic experience for 4 players we did not want to slow down the pacing to have a tutorial. We decided to drop the players in the game with no tutorial besides a loading screen that showed off the different button's in the game. We used proximity prompts in order to make the game as intuitive as possible. This had a really good result and in our following playtest we received amazing results on our game's enjoyment.
See Other Work
Game Designer, Level Designer, Programmer
Clean Getaway
Tools: Unity | Team: 6 People | Timeline: 4 Months
Game Designer, Level Designer, Programmer
Clean Getaway
Tools: Unity | Team: 6 People | Timeline: 4 Months
Game Designer, Level Designer, Programmer
Clean Getaway
Tools: Unity | Team: 6 People | Timeline: 4 Months
Summary
• Designed and implemented Modular Systems and Tools.
• Concepted Prototype Designs for Puzzle and Boss Sections.
• Created Modular AI with Dynamic Navmesh and an Attack System.
• Collaboratively Designed and Programmed the Boss Fight.
• Designed and Implemented Stations such as the Turret Station and Ammo Station.
Project Goals
Clean Getaway is my Capstone Project from Sheridan College, our team wanted to create a fun and chaotic cooperative party game that builds a sense of trust between players. Our biggest challenge was getting the right design, we spend a lot of time iterating upon the game, in its initial stages it had a pit crew theme, but over time it changed into what it now Clean Getaway. The game is currently at MVP State.
LINK TO GAME
Summary
• Designed and implemented Modular Systems and Tools.
• Concepted Prototype Designs for Puzzle and Boss Sections.
• Created Modular AI with Dynamic Navmesh and an Attack System.
• Collaboratively Designed and Programmed the Boss Fight.
• Designed and Implemented Stations such as the Turret Station and Ammo Station.
Project Goals
Clean Getaway is my Capstone Project from Sheridan College, our team wanted to create a fun and chaotic cooperative party game that builds a sense of trust between players. Our biggest challenge was getting the right design, we spend a lot of time iterating upon the game, in its initial stages it had a pit crew theme, but over time it changed into what it now Clean Getaway. The game is currently at MVP State.
LINK TO GAME
Summary
• Designed and implemented Modular Systems and Tools.
• Concepted Prototype Designs for Puzzle and Boss Sections.
• Created Modular AI with Dynamic Navmesh and an Attack System.
• Collaboratively Designed and Programmed the Boss Fight.
• Designed and Implemented Stations such as the Turret Station and Ammo Station.
Project Goals
Clean Getaway is my Capstone Project from Sheridan College, our team wanted to create a fun and chaotic cooperative party game that builds a sense of trust between players. Our biggest challenge was getting the right design, we spend a lot of time iterating upon the game, in its initial stages it had a pit crew theme, but over time it changed into what it now Clean Getaway. The game is currently at MVP State.
LINK TO GAME