Nightfall

3D survival game with resource extraction and crafting components.

Description

Nightfall was made with most of the same group as Spellbreaker for another class final project. It is a 3D resource mining / crafting / survival game with an asymmetric daytime exploration and nighttime base defense cycle. I acted as the producer for this game, moving from managing the tasks for the programming team to overseeing the project as a whole. Compared to Spellbreaker, I implemented more rigorous project management including OpenProject task management. I still worked on the programming, creating the inventory, oxygen, and interaction systems.

Technologies Used

The player is holding a bent pipe, an early weapon, while looking at a fallen log they can harvest wood from. They have UI elements indicating oxygen, player health, ship health, and the in-game time.
Using the HDRP presented new challenges, and we had to work to port several shaders and assets to the new pipeline.
The inventory menu, with the players currently held items on one half of the screen, and unlocked craftable items on the other.
If we had a chance to refine the game, one improvement would be to give the inventory UI more separation from the game world behind it.
A expansive red planet, covered in hills and trees, with a large stone spire and spiraling ramp in the center.
This was our first experience as a group working on a larger open world.
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