Gek-Go!

Student Project

Game Objective

Collect the three gems to activate the portal.  Explore along the way to collect lychee fruit and coins.  Coins require more exploration or a challenge to complete.  Can you find them all?

Gameplay Video

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GLpxMjrQow

The controls are as follows:

• Free Look = Mouse movement / Right thumb stick
• Move Forward = W / Left thumb stick
• Move Backwards = S / Left thumb stick
• Turn Left = A / Left thumb stick
• Turn Right = D / Left thumb stick
• Jump = SPACE / A
• Pause = Esc
• Reset Camera = Q / Right Thumbstick Click
• Insert Gem = F / Up on Dpad

Known issues

• The player can sometimes get stuck inside geometry although this has been reduced
• motion blur
• double jump
• camera jitter when jump ends
• gecko floats in the air when moving or rotating
• tilted gecko resulting in a tilt camera
• screen tearing
• gecko jitters on corners
• gecko flips when respawned press jump to fix
• can walk on empty portal plane

Team Bio

Bryden Thompson - Lead Producer:

 [email protected]

Michael Boland - Lead Designer:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-boland-365a321b0/

Kyle Third - 3D Artist:

https://www.artstation.com/kthird

Callum Buchan - 2D Artist:

https://www.instagram.com/buchan_illustrations/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-buchan-9335951b6/

Jason Beggs - Animation: 

https://vimeo.com/user107903953

https://www.artstation.com/jasonbeggs 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-beggs

David Sutherland -  Gameplay and Tools

David Hardie - Engine and Tools:

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/david-hardie

Utkarsh Yadav - Gameplay and Engine:

  https://utkarshyadav449.journoportfolio.com/

Credits:

• Ultimate Game FX
• Envato Elements
• Illicef FM
• Simple Butterfly Particle System -  ArtStation

Special Thanks:

• Martin Lynagh, lead project tutor
• Robin Griffiths, project tutor
• Rockstar Games' Education Relations Team