Moisés Peláez

Larimar

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Description

Larimar is a boss rush game that started in a gamejam. The prototype was made in one and half month with placeholder assets.

Game Design

• Story and narrative design
• Gameplay system and combat design
• Level and puzzles design

Game Programming with Godot

• Created a character controller with basic movement, combo attacks, roll and use of different weapons
• Implemented the AI behavior for 2 bosses using a Hierarchical Finite State Machine system
• Fully integrated a gamepad with the game and its UI
• Implemented a simple cutscene system
• Implemented the UI, pause system and main menu
• Programmed a simple puzzle solving system
• Programmed a custom script to import 3D models with automatic configurations
• Implemented SFX and music
• Implemented base VFX and particles
• Level blockout using CSG shapes

3D Modeling with Blender

• Modeled the main character
• Blocked out the models for the main village
• Blocked the environment models: plants, trees, grass and rocks
• Prepared the main character blend file with Mixamo animations

Astra

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Description

Astra is an Android arcade game based on Asteroids. This game was completed in one month with all its features.

Game Design

• Audio design and balance (with free CC0 music and sfx)
• Gameplay balance
• Some details like wave sequence and currency source

Game Programming with Unity

• Setup Unity for 2D pixel perfect graphics
• Reused and improved modular code from previous project
• Implemented a basic shop system with different skins managing them with scriptable objects
• Implemented wave sequences with a Finite State Machine system
• Implemented an automatic save and load system in the local storage
• Integrated and programmed the UI
• Implemented ads with the Google Admob plugin
• Implemented leaderboards and achievement system
• Used the particle system for explosions, drill, the stars in the background etc.
• Programmed 4 different powerups
• Integrated on screen mobile controller with a joystick and a button
• Integrated SFX and music

Emily's Journey

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Description

Emily's Journey is a reimagined version of what would be a third person Metroid game. This prototype was made in one month for a gamejam.

Game Design

• Story and narrative design
• Gameplay mechanics, systems and combat design
• Level design

Game Programming with Godot

• Created a third person character controller from scratch with movement, jump, shoot and aim mode with gamepad support
• Implemented a third person view camera with aim mode and collision against walls with gamepad support
• Created a target system to easily shoot at enemies
• Programmed the AI behavior for 2 enemies
• Implemented the UI, pause system, options and main menu
• Programmed different weapons and upgrades
• Programmed doors to be opened with different weapons
• Blocked out the prototype level using CSG meshes
• Applied post processing effects to the main level
• Applied particle systems for visual effects
• Implemented SFX and music

3D Modeling with Blender

• Created the environment models including: rocks, foliage and plant limbs
• Fixed some mesh details on the main character
• Prepared main character blend file with Mixamo animations

Gallina Hen Reloaded

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Description

Rescue the chicks and blow up other chickens in this top-down shooter. This was a final project for the Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization and I slowly kept polishing it over the years.

I made this prototype all alone, including the UI assets, animations, music and sound effects.

Game Design

• Story and narrative design
• Gameplay mechanics, systems and combat design

Game Programming with Unity

• Created a top-down shooter character which aims at the mouse position seamlessly with gamepad
• Programmed the AI behavior for the chicks and 2 enemies using a Finite State Machine
• Implemented 3 different power ups
• Implemented the UI and main menu
• Used particle systems for explosions and VFX
• Used the post processing stack to polish the scene visuals

3D Modeling with Blender

• Modeled all the chick and chickens with simple animations
• Created all the environment models: houses, fences, rocks, trees foliage and clouds

Nonelands

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Description

Nonelands is an action adventure game heavily inspired by 3D Zelda games. This alpha demo was made with Unity 4.6.

Game Design

• Story and concept ideas design
• Gameplay mechanics, systems and combat design
• Level and puzzles design

Game Programming with Unity

• Created a third person character controller with an attack combo, jump, pull/push and item grabbing with gamepad support
• Created a camera for the character with wall collisions and gamepad support
• Programmed the AI behavior 2 types of enemies and 2 bosses
• Programmed 3 simple puzzles to solve
• Programmed camera sequences for short cutscenes
• Used particle systems for explosions and VFX
• Used the post processing stack to polish the scene visuals

3D Modeling with Blender

• Modeled the whole level terrain
• Terrain vertex painting to assign a different texture for each color
• Some texturing fixes