The project that rekindled everything. Fight off an alien invasion, dodge the spikes, and enjoy a smooth 60 FPS game that'll play infinitely.

Available on itch.io: https://harborviewgames.itch.io/cybercity-runner

PC and mobile builds coming soon.

If real estate is all about location, location, location, then there's one thing I know I'll always think about when it comes to making video games; it's collision, collision, collision. What should hit what, when, where, why, and how. It's how things happen, whether it's rewarding or damaging, things have to happen when they hit each other. Especially if you want to object pool gunshots, enemies and obstacles, otherwise memory will take a hit, and the frames will begin to suffer. Once the bullet collides with the alien, both can be sent back to their respective pools to meet once again on the battlefield.

This was the project that helped me relearn all of my basic skills again. That refresher course that helped me expand my passion for wanting to continue further developing games.

Unity

C#

2D animations

AI behavior

Object pooling

Spike instantiation — spawn them along platforms as they generate rather than shooting them out randomly

Platform spacing — wider gaps would create more meaningful risk for players

Full breakdown of the technical decisions and retrospective: https://verbatimaura64.github.io/cybercity-runner.html