Play Game

         We made a game similar to "Temple Run" for our first game. In our game, the player, a cube, speeds down a road avoiding obstacles. We accomplished this with Unity's physics system, adding a constant force on the player's z-axis. The player can dodge obstacles using A and D or the arrow keys. The player can also speed up or slow down a bit using W and S or the forward and backward arrow keys. The player can also jump using the space bar. However, this makes the player lose a lot of control, which is a risky move. 

         In order to detect when the player hit an obstacle, we created a prefab for the obstacles and tagged it for easy detection. When the player collides with an obstacle, all of the player's inputs are disabled and a drag force is applied to the cube. We created a finish line that when crossed, would play an animation to show the title screen. We kept track of how far the player has moved with a score script and used it to show the score when you die. The camera was scripted to follow the player and a Game Manager was scripted to monitor aspects of the game. We wrote 8-10 scripts to control the game and a few more to create and control the UI for the game. 

         For my customizations, I created a custom shader for the effect of the ground. However, this messed with the lighting so I had to make the ground follow the player. This made the obstacles fall before you reached them though so I had to disable physics on the obstacles until the player reached them. I also created a custom extension for buttons to make them move when you moused over the button.