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about this game
about this game
Space, Cats & Synthesizers is a short Unity game created as a semester project — our first collaborative game and also our first project in Unity. It can be seen as a fully playable short game or as the first level of something bigger.
The core idea was to merge our team’s personal interests:
Cats, because we all love them.
Synthesizers, inspired by our sound designer’s Moog Grandmother.
Drawings, as our artist wanted to focus on custom hand-drawn assets.
Code & Level Design, which was my main responsibility.
Quickfacts
Quickfacts
Role: Coding, Game Logic, Level Design, 3D Modelling & Polishing within a team of 3
Languages & Tools used: C# within Unity as engine, Inkscape for art, Wwise for audio and Maya for 3D Modelling
Development time: ~4 weeks
Platform: Windows (PC) and Mac
Language: English
Gameplay & Features
Gameplay & Features
Settings
Story
Module picked up
Gameplay video
Gameplay Loop
Gameplay Loop
Goal: Collect 3 synthesizer modules and return them to the starting point.
Hazards: Dodge fast-moving asteroids. If you’re hit without carrying a module, you die. If you’re carrying one, it resets.
Resources: Collect blue fuel pickups to keep your jetpack running.
Challenge: Time is measured from the first movement – can you beat 18 seconds?
Controls
Controls
W, A, S, D / Arrow Keys — Move the cat
Mouse — Control the camera
Space — Jetpack (short bursts are more efficient; holding gives forward thrust)
M — Meow (only while sitting)
E — End the game early
Features
Features
Core Mechanics: Moving with a Jetpack, Pickups
Systems: Main and pause menu, highscore, collectibles, hazards & reset, HUD, particle systems
Polish: Various animations, soundeffects, simple lights, particle systems
Technical Challenges
Technical Challenges
Implementing jetpack physics with thrust differences between bursts and continuous thrust.
Synchronizing art, sound, and code in a team workflow via GitHub branches.
Embedding Wwise integration and learning its documentation under time pressure.
Balancing time constraints with feature scope (some systems were implemented in a less-than-ideal way due to deadlines).
Reflection & Learnings
Reflection & Learnings
Through this project, I learned how to work collaboratively with artists and audio engineers, how to structure a Unity project for teamwork, and how to scope features realistically. I learned about Iterators (C# coroutines) and their importance for gameplay programming, the powerful possibilities Wwise offers, but also that Team time management and early feature planning are critical for polishing and avoiding rushed decisions.
Check it out on Github
Check it out on Github
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