GAME JAM – The dungeon master

By jjeromegerstch

What is The dungeon master ?

The dungeon master is a dungeon builder game jam prototype made in 50 hours with an American artist : Jessica Garriga (her portfolio).

Concept

The dungeon master is a dungeon builder in which you play the evil keeper of the dungeon. You have to prevent incoming heroes to reach it’s heart. For that, you can use the gold you gain by killing heroes to extend your dungeon, add traps, and beat stronger heroes.

Features

custom made top-down view camera
dungeon piece selection UI
runtime updated navigation system
an economic system where killing heroes entering your dungeon make you earn gold
gold can be spent to improve your dungeon
Bindable controls
Fun in-game audio tutorial

My roles

Game design
UI design
Modeling and Rigging(dwarf)
Level design
Programming
Lighting
Voice acting
Sound design

Tools used

Unity Engine
Houdini
Photoshop
My smartphone for audio recordings (LG G6)
Audacity
Trello

I took some ressources from:

Mixamo
Freesounds

Where you can try it ?

You can try it in your browser by following this link : https://inoms.itch.io/the-dungeon-master

Devlog summarized

Planning

The planning was tricky here because we had 9 hours of jet lag with Jessica.

I started to share my ideas and concept with a voice call before putting everything on trello

Trello board state at the end of the project

My scope for this project was way too big ! So only a few things where implemented.

Production

The main challenges for me with this project were :

Implementing a runtime updated Navmesh
Dwarf Modeling, Rigging and skinning
UI creation
Implementing the command pattern for Input handling

I had so much more planned with this prototype. But I was alone on the team to want to continue on this project.

I decided to move to other task.