Games Smash-like "Untitled"

Hey!
We have spent the past couple of weeks creating a prototype of our first multiplayer game in Unity. This project will be a test for us so we can learn how local multiplayer is handled inside of Unity.

The game itself will be a Smash-like knock your opponent off the stage to win type game. You will battle against other giant robots in a fight to the death!

I do all of the 3d work while my teammate does the programming.

Here is the bare bones of getting two controllers up and running with movement and jumping.

This was our initial robot character modeled in zbrush.


Gif will not play like usual... weird

 

The rigging has begun! I am not a technical artist so this will be a learning process for me. I will just use groups in the hierarchy for the top of the robot, and bones in the legs.

Speaking of the legs... I have adjusted the design to make it where the hydraulics look like they actually work.

 

His name is officially Rigby. I really wanted this guy to have some emotion on his face so I added an aperture. This will add some life to him!

 

Our awesome programmer making progress! Camera position and zoom calculated by center-point of all players on-screen.

 

Rigby is finally rigged! It's not perfect but not bad for a sculptor!
The hydraulics look as though they are working.
Several handy controls for animating this little dude.

 

Teammate Walker working on the laser with Shader Graph

 

Percentages are tracked and knockback amount is based on percentage. Also multi-player with different color materials to identify them. Stocks are also tracked. And there is some UI to see all of it.

 

Here is the initial wip walk cycle.

 

Adjusted the feet to feel more natural.

 

Progress went well over the weekend! We got Rigby into Unity as well as some of his animations. Background assets were made by my son so most of this is placeholder environment.

Playing with destructible walls.

Speaking of animations... What is the typical animation workflow? How can I add animations in Maya and get them back into Unity without importing in new geometry? I want to keep what we have, but add on to it without stating from scratch in Unity.

 

Still placeholder assets and textures... just a little less so.
Added a little dust kick up for the dash
Background is a little less blinding
Added some more post effecs

 

Nice work bro

 

Thanks!

 

Adjusted the map to have 3 levels to allow for more vertical movement.
Main supports of building cannot be broken
Ground pound feature implemented. We would like to make it where the ground does not instantly break, but crack more and more before breaking.
Playing with 4 players is a blast already!

 

It's really nice to see so many of the steps along the way of you making this game. It must be great to look back and see all the work that's been done already!

 

I'm just curious, owlhowell. What did you use to fragment the walls and floor? Did you do it in Maya, or was it some sort of Unity add-on? I assume the broken pieces are created ahead-of-time?

 

@steve-thud Thank you very much! I like to include as many steps as possible on this forum to encourage others. Some people don't realize that great games are not made overnight. Most have humble beginnings. As you mentioned, it's nice to look back and see were we have came from, which helps direct where we are headed.

 

@kdgalla Yep, it's a simple shatter in Maya that's made ahead of time. Honestly, it's not the best approach but incredibly quick for testing purposes.

 

Update on the ground pound damage effect. Cracks slowly start to form and destruction is not instant.

 

Hey, I actually did something similar for a 2 day game jam. With a full combat system, ledge grabs, dodges, etc etc.
If you need any help, ping me!

 

@ZhavShaw You did that in 2 days? Awesome! I'll will definitely reach out when we need help. Thank you!