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Computer Game Development and Design 2021/22 fall

Space Nomad

Description and links

Space Nomad is a VR game where you fly a spaceship through procedurally generated worlds. The game is intended to be a "zen" experience with no real challenging elements. The main loop will consist of gathering a certain amount of items in a world to be able to travel to a new one.

Milestone 1

Itch.io page with a downloadable link:

https://joonasp1.itch.io/space-nomad

UI Mocks (click to enlarge)

Milestone 1 game start with UI mockup

List of features

 - Ship controls (roll, yaw, forward flight)
 - Gamepad controls
 - Procedural terrain
 - Collectibles for level reset

Pictures

Milestone 1 gameplay: fly above initial procedural terrain, one collectible in ahead
Milestone 1 gameplay: fly above initial procedural terrain, 2 collectibles visible far away

Milestone 2

List of features:

 - New and improved terrain generation
 - More random attributes (sky color, terrain height)
 - Initial "progression" (new levels have more random attributes)
 - Changed multiple collectibles to one with coordinate tracking

Pictures

Milestone 3

The game is tested and played also in VR.

The game is tested also by additional 2 people with anxiety and their feedback was positive: the gameplay is calming and in overall a chill experience.

Peer review

Link to the prepared document: https://courses.cs.ut.ee/2021/gamedev/fall/uploads/SpaceNomad/gamedev_m3_peer_review_for_cats_vs_cucumbers.pdf

List of features

 - Improved terrain generation
 - Animated collectibles
 - Location of collectibles visualized, showing heading direction hint
 - Sounds during flight and collecting collectibles
 - Improved UI with a guide
 - When crashing the ship, the game starts over
 - Cockpit view
 - Ship thrusters added
 - Different sky color and landscape shape when generated
 - Fog on terrain
 - Trees generated over terrain
 - Other ships added, just flying by
 - Improved controls, added reducing speed

Gameplay video: https://youtu.be/N6zHecPeKBM

Pictures

Milestone 3 gameplay: UI in the start
Milestone 3 gameplay: procedural world
Milestone 3: cockpit view in VR
Milestone 3 gameplay: thrusters
Milestone 3 gameplay: world in VR
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