Currently in a protoype phase. Once original sprites are added, screen shots of gameplay will be added to the repo.

Xerienstone is a 2D breakout-style game with a medieval-fantasy theme. Destroy all stones to uncover the map for each level.

Genre: Action-Arcade

Game Design

Points & Effects

Charms

• Common Charm - 6 pts
• Blue Charm - 12 pts
• Indigo Charm - 24 pts
• Ivory Charm - 48 pts

Special Charm

• Life Charm - Adds 1 life to player lives

Orbs

An orb is held in place by charms and will fall once the charms holding it are destroyed.

• Ice Orb - 100 pts; slows down ball speed by 25% for 10 seconds
• Fire Orb - 100 pts; destroys blocks within 1 unit radius

Special Items

• Power Ball - destroys all blocks in one hit without bouncing back for 5 seconds
• Multi Ball - fires 10 disposable balls to accompany the main ball in destroying stones

Level Design

TBD

Next Actions

• Add rigidity to boundary colliders and paddle
• Add shop screen after every level clearance to purchase effects, etc.
• Add different point values for charms
• Add special items
• Increase/decrease ball speed for more complex levels
• Create "Win" screen when all levels cleared
• Create original logo and sprites
• Create medieval-themed UI which includes:
  • Player score
  • Player lives
  • Number of Xerienstones (TBD)
  • Active effects
• Add core gameplay screenshots to GitHub to illustrate elements of game
• Record original sound effects and music
• Write game synopsis
• Create online database for high scores
  • Write code to track user high scores in online database
• Deploy game on web browser for open beta testing!

Bugs

• Ball velocity slows down as game progresses
• Sometimes the ball bounces back and forth between two colliders in a straight line and never bounces any other way
• The following error message appears when a charm is destroyed:
  • "IndexOutOfRangeException: Array index is out of range."

    Note: Message does not affect game play

Deployment

• Browser (website TBD)
• Desktop (PC, Mac, & Linux)
• Mobile (Android & iOS) TBD

Credits

• Foundational code provided by Ben Tristem's and Rick Davidson's "Complete C# Unity Developer 2D: Learn to Code Making Games" tutorials
• "RPG Coins Set" sprites created by LoversHorizon