Space Siege

Characteristics

game type : sandbox building
team : 1 game designer / programmer
dev duration : around 70 hours
release : 2018
engine, langage : Unity C#

Pitch, Context & Trivia

A game based on the core gameplay of the game Besiege, a medieval vehicle contruction game. In this project I wanted to have another vision of this concept, that's why I decided to allow players to create space ships in which electricity is brought on the light! Indeed in Space Siege, you can build vehicles with generators, circuits, blocks, switches and reactors. The only interactible blocks are the switches, which implies that if you want to make your space ship going forward when pressing Z, you have to link a Switch (bound to the Z key) to a circuit linked to a reactor. This system allows players to create his own vehicles commands only using logical connectors. A quite elegant gameplay mecanic in my opinion that I really liked to design and code!

What did I do?

As a Programmer

vehicle construction block after block
creating and interaction with blocks using raycasting
block destruction block by block by using propagation algorithm
electric system using pathfinding algorithm (A* like)
save system
key binding and managing system

As a Game Designer

getting the Besiege core experience and find a fun alternative its game concept
thinking about an electrical system rewarding theory craft but not too much restrictive to let fun come quick
listing block categories and different block for each category (some not implemented)