Mechanic Party

A 3D cooperative casual game

Name: Mechanic Party

Developer: FranForge

Period: May 2024 - Aug 2024

Technologies: Unity, C#, Plastic SCM

Synopsis: Experience a group of mechanics trying to build their dream workshop by traveling across festivals, earning recognition and progress toward their destiny.

Genre & Tags: Cooperative, Arcade, Local multiplayer.

Systems I worked on

Task and delivery system

Vehicle repair task generation
Validation of complete or incomplete delivery
Score system based on delivery quality
Automatic new task generation

Description

Task system managing vehicle repair workflow and scoring.

3D movement system with layered animation

Character movement using Character Controller
Layered animations including hands layer

Description

3D movement system using Character Controller with layered animations.

Interaction and object grabbing system

Interface-based interaction system
Modular interaction logic
Pickable and throwable objects
World object manipulation

Description

Interaction system allowing pickup and manipulation of objects.

Level progression and scoring system

Level unlocks based on score
Star rating system
Story progression gated by stars

Description

Progression system based on performance and stars.

Local multiplayer system

Support for multiple local players
Pre-game skin selection
Player configuration before match

Description

Local multiplayer system for shared-device play.

What i did learn?

Learned to work with inheritance and interfaces, applying SOLID principles within project constraints to structure more scalable and sustainable systems.

Deepened management of the Input System in a local multiplayer environment, controlling the assignment and synchronization of inputs among different players.

Learned to manage 3D mesh animations using layers, allowing for the modular separation and combination of different behaviors.

Implementation of custom shaders using Shader Graph to expand the project's visual and stylistic control.

Improvements

I would improve the initial development process by conducting more rapid testing before full production, thus avoiding design issues and accumulated bugs.

I would incorporate Cinemachine to improve camera management and reduce the complexity of the tracking and visual control system.

I would develop faster and more efficient level creation tools to improve iteration and allow closing the gameplay loop earlier in development.

Mechanic Party

Overview Video

Systems I worked on

Task and delivery system

Description

3D movement system with layered animation

Description

Interaction and object grabbing system

Description

Level progression and scoring system

Description

Local multiplayer system

Description

What i did learn?

Improvements

Roles held

Solo Developer

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Additional Notes