Overview

Role: Programmer

Genre: 2D Top-down Shooter

Engine: Personal C++ Engine

Team Size: Solo

Development Time: 1.5 months

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About Libra

    Libra is a simple 2D Top-down Shooter game where you can control the Libra tank to fight with other zodiac enemies in different levels.

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Mechanics

• Sprite Sheet 2D Animation

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• Simple AI with Finite State Machine

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• 2D Raycast based on tilemap

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• Heat Map

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• Map Generation

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Deep Learning

    I was a lone programmer before, and I prefer to find solution on Google or think about it on my own.
    This time when I really get stuck in a hanging bug for hours, I turn to get help from professor and not only get that bug fixed but also learnt some really useful technics to debug. I would say that the most valuable thing I learnt from the experience of this project is do not hesitate to ask the professional about even silly questions.

    By doing this, you will get the problem solved, save a lot of time, and most importantly learnt the way how professionals think about this question.

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Post Mortem

What Went Well

• Finished the game in 2 monthes without bugs.

• Had a lot of fun making AI enemies.

What Went Wrong

• Didn't have time to implement more gold features.

• The simple physics cannot handle the edge collision problem.

What Needs Work

• Should spend more time to design a better level.

• The enemy AI is pretty simple and sometimes stupid, I should spend more time on polishing that.