Dynamic Text

Exercise 2 : Dynamic Text

(If the size of the game window is too difficult, feel free to magnify your web page - CMD ++ for Mac, CTRL ++ for Windows) 

Controls: Mouse to click + move UI elements

The assignment was to layout a text "adventure" using Unity's UI elements.

Went a bit beyond the scope I had originally planned for this exercise but I got invested after figuring out how I could create an adventure within such a limited constraint. When it comes to story-telling, I'm naturally drawn to more abstract phrases than explicitly stated events — I think this lends itself to letting players impress their own interpretation upon the piece rather that just handing them some straightforward answer. I also leaned into minimal pixel aesthetics to complement the abstraction in text and mechanics.

On the more technical side, I used the Unity slider component to create this walking mechanic where the "feet" would offset each other as they're moved. Through setting parenting/enable  functions in the UI buttons I was able to produce this writing ~almost~ no code. (I have scripts for playing audio and scene management)