GAME 351 Assignment 2 - README

Team Members: MiLee Vogel, Cougar Bellinger, Minh Le, Robin Zheng

OVERVIEW

futuristic racing game called F-Zero: Cross-Country. Set in the 22nd century, the game is a reboot of the F-Zero series, in which players race futuristic hovercraft. In your game, the hovercraft are all-terrain vehicles, and your races will not be confined to roads!

Implemented Features

Core Features

1. Driving a Hovercraft
   • Use WS to implement basic movement of the player character (forward, backward).
   • Rotation control using 'A' and 'D' or the left and right arrow keys.
2. Follow Camera
   • A 3rd person perspective camera that follows Jammo around, maintaining a consistent orientation relative to the character's back.
3. Three Car Types
   • “average” car – it has average speed and average cornering.
   • fast car - the fastest speed, but slower-than-average cornering
   • corner car - the best cornering; it can turn left or right very quickly, but it has slower-than-average speed.
4. Hovercraft Levitation
   • The bottom of the cars should not appear to touch the terrain surface at any time.
5. Toggling Between Cars
   • The player can control one hovercraft at a time, and cycle through them by using the “C” key (C for cycle).

Choice Features

6. Laser-Firing Car
   • Use the space bar to fire lasers
   • Different car has different color about laser
7. More Realistic Effects
   • Make the hovercraft engines sound like they are speeding up and slowing down when starting and stopping, respectively
   • Make the engines, lights, and other Tron-like features of each hovercraft glow.

Known Issues

• there can not use 1, 2, 3 to control the cars to change

Installation Instructions

1. Setup Unity Project

   • Launch Unity Hub and select "Create new project".
   • Ensure all necessary packages and plugins used in the project are installed.
   • Open the "Package Manager" in the Unity Editor and verify all packages are correctly installed.

2. Import Project Files

   • Unzip the project folder and open it in Unity.

3. Rendering Pipeline

   • This project uses Unity's Universal Rendering Pipeline (URP).

Controls

• Movement: 'W' and 'S'
• Rotation: 'A' and 'D'

Testing

• Ensure the project runs in a fresh install by testing it in a new Unity project directory to confirm all elements work as expected.

Assets

• List of Assets
• Bolt_1, Bolt_2, Bolt_4, Cylinder, Cylinder 1, Cylinder 2

Additional Information

• Tutorial References:
• An introduction to scripting in C# for Unity: https://unity.com/how-to/learning-c-sharp-unity-beginners
• The Unity manual’s scripting reference: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ScriptingSection.html