Feed Animals Prototype

Controls: W/D or Left/Right Arrow keys to move left or right. [SPACE] to fire bananas

Purpose of Feed Animals Prototype:

• Write a script that allows users to move left / right, between two points
• Allow users to fire out an object if button is pressed
• When object collides with animal, both object and animal should disappear
• Spawn random animals at random locations (across same axis) at a fixed interval, and have them move forward

Methodology:

• C# Scripting in Visual Studio:
  • Use an If Statement and transform.position to restrict the player between two points on the x axis
  • Use Instantiate and Input.GetKey down to spawn the food
  • Use InvokeRepeating to spawn animals at a fixed interval
  • Create an Array that stores 3 different animals
  • Call on an animal randomly from the array and spawn them at a random point on the x axis with Instantiate
  • Use Destroy and an If Statement to destroy objects / animals that exit the screen
  • Use Detect Collisions to detect when an object collides with an animal and destroy them both

• Unity
  • Add Colliders to animals / food to detect collisions
  • Create Prefabs for animals / food that will be reused often
  • Create a SpawnManager that houses the array of animals

Plans for future improvement:

• Increase the vertical resolution to allow players to see animals earlier
• Decrease the speed of the chicken
• Create a cool down period between food launches
• Add particle effects when the food collides with the animal
• Start an animation when the player launches the food
• Player death when animal collides with player
• Allow the player to hit a powerup that will allow him to
  • Get a speed boost
  • Fire projectiles at a quicker rate