Casper Kok: Ejen Ali

A puzzle based action platformer.

A friend of mine and I recently took part in the 2 day Ejen Ali game jam here in Malaysia. The game was to be based around an the trailer of an upcoming cartoon by a local developer. Its about a boy who becomes a secret agent by accident after discovering a device. It was one of the most interesting and tough challenges of my life.

You can play through it yourself here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByZQ9x0S04LtUkNOWVI1cXNRZ00&usp=sharing
(Instructions not included in the game: WASD to move, SpaceBar to enter Iris Mode, from Iris Mode 1234 to use the different skills, 1- Teleport, 2- Attack, 3- Invisible, 4- Upgrade 123)

General information:
- We had a total of 24 hours to develop the game
- I was in charge of programming while my friend was in charge of art
- Developed on the Unity Engine, art on Microsoft Paint
- Coding in C# and a little bit of JavaScript

New elements I learnt:
- Proper animation with Unity (How to control it through code and some techniques to do it right)
- Teleporting to mouse click position within a certain range
- Coding with the Line Renderer and Trail Renderer component on Unity
- Level design
- More about Unity's GUI functions (Controlling the scroll bar through code to limit the usage of abilities by setting Iris Gauge points)

Comments from play testers:
- Controls are pretty complicated for a simple game
- Needs sound effects
- Needs more levels
- Certainly rough around the edges but pretty good for a 24 hour game jam

Conclusion:
Absolutely amazing learning experience for my friend and I. We managed to get top 3 in the student category. First place went to a team of 5 made up of mostly seniors from KDU's game development course (Who were really friendly to us so we were happy for them). I was proud to say the least. This is the highlight of my career thus far.