Design and development of an alchemy-related puzzle video game (A)

Abstract

With video games’ increasing popularity among most age groups, it is expected to have a strong growth and demand in the upcoming years. This project aims to develop an Alchemy-themed 2D platformer puzzle game playable on Windows PC that provides a more intriguing experience for players. Instead of limiting the players’ creativity due to the limiting number of solutions to solve a puzzle game, the project explores the possibility of expanding the range of potential actions players can take to solve a puzzle using a wider variety of tools. With the collaboration among 4 students – Khoo Kai Yi Chloe, Leo Boon Yin, Wayne, Loke Seng, Theodore and Jeannie Chan Ting Ting, the game was developed with the intention to participate in Game Development World Championship (GDWC) and Independent Games Festival (IGF) in 2022. The team of students handled the full development of the game creation, including the Game flow designs, mechanics, graphics, and sound designs. This report focuses on the author’s contributions which includes the development of the game designs, consisting of art assets, animations and cutscenes, drawn using Clip studio Paint, which were then integrated onto Unity. In addition, the author also worked on various game mechanics systems being implemented using C# programming language which will also be discussed upon in the report.