Qapsule Quest

Description

Qapsule Quest is a 3D melee combat game with combat system that is in the style of Dark Souls. It was made in Unity 2017.

The goal of this project was to learn how to make a melee combat system that was well balanced and engaging. Throughout the course of this project, I:

• Implemented the AI behaviors using my own behavior tree framework
• Implemented a weapon move-set editor, which I eventually scrapped in favor of the Unity animator due to the its use of key framing making smooth animations easier to make.
• Utilized the Unity animator to make the move-sets for 4 different weapons:
  • A short sword, which has quick, reliable attack but has relatively low dps, meaning that it merely serves as a starting weapon.
  • A falx (think a katana with the blade bending in the opposite direction), which is focused on the player dispatching enemies with its brutal charge attack, but has a very weak quick attack.
  • A greatsword, which has wide, sweeping quick attacks that leave the player immune to staggering for long portions of their animations. This means that the greatsword is a very good weapon for crowd control since the player can hit multiple enemies repeatedly without getting staggered by their hits.
  • A halberd, which is long ranged, allowing it to keep stagger-able enemies at bay, but only really hits enemies that are right in front of it, meaning that it is fairly weak against crowds.

• Project Dates

• Start: August 2017
• End:  December 2017