Phoenix Rising is a simple 2D shooter that follows the story of the Phoenix Squadron fights to save Earth from an Alien Invasion. Some of the features that I completely implemented on my own are: 

  1. Creative Changes: 
    1. Wrote, created and implemented the entire narrative for the game. This includes the custom storyboards that the player will find after each level.
    2. Completely reskinned and developed certain background assets for particular levels(Europa and Europa Bunker)
    3. Implemented custom 2D lighting to the game, especially in the Bunker level
  2. Gameplay Changes:
    1. Created custom bosses for levels. Players will encounter them in several levels.
    2. Created a new weapon for the player that is used in the final levels of the game. The projectiles fired by this weapon also emit light.
    3. Created Allied NPCs for the game
    4. Updated health and damage settings for both the player and enemies
    5. Wrote custom scripts to determine level endings for most of the levels. Only Level 2 uses the "Number of Enemies" criteria.
    6. Implemented particle system compatible with the 2D URP Lighting system.
    7. Created a Thrust Animation for the player's ship.
    8. Enemy spawners can now spawn shooters; straight and diagonal. They can also spawn straight and diagonal shooting chaser enemies.
  3. UI Changes: 
    1. Reworked all the menus, changed the font and added several new pages and modes. Added "back" buttons to all necessary pages.
    2. Created a "Retry Level" Button on all levels. 
    3. Updated the UI on all levels to now display the objective on the top right of the screen
    4. Added a minimap on the bottom left of the screen.

Credits:

  • Game designed and developed by: Janmejay Chakravarty
  • A special thanks to Brackeys, they have amazing tutorials related to Unity on YouTube and helped solve several programming issues I encountered while making the game.

This is the first time I've created a complete game, and thus I'd really appreciate some feedback from everyone who tries out my game. Please do drop a comment on how you think I could have improved the game, and I'll surely keep it in mind for my future projects. Thank you for playing, I hope you had a good time with Phoenix Rising and enjoyed the experience.

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