Secure The Keep
Current Project:
This is a third person tower defense game made in Unity
Early Access released on May 1st 2022
Early Access features an endless game mode where the players can test and have fun with the base mechanics
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Detailed Overview of Development
Project Development:
Wave System
The waves are designed so that sets of enemies are spawned
A set of enemies is 7 to 14 enemies randomly generated when a set is created
The number of sets is based on this algorithm
Wave Number + 1 + (random number between 0 and X)
X is a number that starts a 1 and increases every 5 waves
These waves increase the count of enemies on the field and as enemies are killed the total number of living enemies decrease until all are spawned in and 0 enemies remain
This will continually spawn waves infinitely
Different enemy types also spawn in after a certain wave number is reached
Magic System
The magic orbs that player launches is designed based on prefabs in unity
These prefabs are cloned in applied components and sent toward the enemies
Upon collision more components are created and made active to show the effects and deal damage to enemies
Enemy System
The enemies are spawned in outside the bounds of the level and cloned from there
Enemies have multiple state machines determining if they are alive or not, what effects are impacting them, and which gate to move to and attack
Current Enemy Types
Normal Enemy
Average stats and is present the entire game
Barbarians
Faster enemies that have less health and come in on wave 5+
Knights
Slower enemies that have more health and deal more damage
They come in on wave 7+
Heroes
Each level will have a list of random heroes that range in skill level and vary by each one
These heroes only spawn on every 10th wave but have large quantities of health
Overall Performance System
Through the options menu the player can control the audio and frame rate caps
Rendering occlusion was implemented to allow for higher frame rates
