Cipher Cult

Game Engine:

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Unity3D

Game Assets:

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Combination of custom assets and free assets from various sources

Genre Mix:

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Action/Puzzle/Parkour FPS

Theme:

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Sci-Fi, Futuristic (think “Blade Runner”)

Style:

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Comic-like with a slickness you might find on a classic Nintendo GameCube title

Influences:

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Syndicate/Syndicate Wars by Bullfrog Productions (1993/1996)

System Shock by Looking Glass Tech. (1994)

80’s Sci-Fi Shlock films (think “The kind of movies that tried to rip off The Terminator, Robocop, Aliens and so on”)

Scope:

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A single player setting where the player controls one or more units from 1^st or 3^rd Person perspective.

Urban and Industrial environments where objective-based interactive puzzles and combat scenarios against AI enemies play out in real-time.

Accumulation of score-points to gain power-ups and to achieve high score ranking. Parkour elements to break the monotony of shooting and solving puzzles.

Linear level design which eludes to the existence of a larger world which is just out-of-reach.

A game which offers enjoyment with a low-time commitment from the player, whilst remaining mildly challenging.

Target Platforms:

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PC & Linux builds

WebGL

Android

Technical Aim:

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Should run on a mild potato-end system without fuss yet includes an added layer of detail for the gamer with all the mod-cons and sparkly graphics.

Team Size:

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4 (2 active, 2 inactive)

Current Features:

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Listed are features both from the development and player sides, in no order. 

Destroyable objects – barrels, robots, drones, cameras, lights and other props can be destroyed.

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Explosion particle FX – lightweight explosions and shrapnel when destroying appropriate objects.

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Hackable objects – security cameras can be hacked into via terminals, for the player to change view to the camera’s perspective.

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Elevators and moving platforms – the player can stand on and jump to/from 360-degree-directional moving platforms.

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Simple patrol routes for NavMesh objects – Vehicles, robots, AI etc can move along simple point-to-point patrol routes.

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More advanced NavMesh objects – AI & NPCs can calculate and map their own patrol routes, with configurable parameters to determine area, size and pause length of their patrol routes.

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Double-jumping, bouncing and wall-jumping – the player can perform double-jumps and bounce off walls.

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Mini-map – a fixed camera viewed as a render texture in the UI.

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Wireframe mode – view the game scene in real time wireframe mapping.

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Rain particle FX – light-weight particle effectors to simulate rain fall.

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Raycast weapon system – accurate, inaccurate and spread-fire weapons which can be configured to create combination of different weapons.

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Weapon animation layer – configurable light, muzzle flash and particle FX animations.

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Credits & Contributions:

Design & Testing Team:

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Lead Programmer:

EmplaceBackCS

https://github.com/EmplaceBackCS

Additional Programming by:

AlexToti

https://alextitonis.github.io/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_BGxpVSTztakdI7UMuNAQ

Original Game Concept by:

WreckedSkate

https://twitter.com/WreckedSkate
https://twitter.com/AaronTurner2002

Artwork & Scene Composition by:

Alias The 'Jester' aka PurpleMonkeyDishwasher

https://www.indiedb.com/members/jesterpmd
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmzUQamuD9HRPEjaaXDJZA

Concept Art & Game Music by:

PixelMinx 

https://steemit.com/@pixelminx
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL7kyI15gmK0H_PZG9e0Crg

Video Editing & Play Testing by:

ExterminatorRex

https://twitter.com/ExterminatorRex
https://www.youtube.com/user/CaramelMoocow/about

Asset Contributions:

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Low Poly Street Pack 1.0 by Dynamic Art
https://www.facebook.com/dynamicart3d/

Chainlink Fences by Kobra Game Studios
https://assetstore.unity.com/publishers/8676

Weapon Models by Gerc Studio
https://twitter.com/Vadim_Gerc

Urban Props by BiSkiT
http://adambadke.com/

Drone Model by 3DHaupt
https://free3d.com/user/3dhaupt

City Buildings by Storque12
https://free3d.com/user/storque12

City Buildings by BlueCoreProductions
https://free3d.com/user/bluecoreproductions

Scifi City Buildings by Hermino
https://free3d.com/user/herminio