Keep Jumping And Nobody Dies

My first "real" game with Unity, just after the Solar System also posted on itch.io. School project made in solo, the constraints: a platform with 2 gameplay features minimum (besides moving and jumping), and a "correct" interface, debug and UX. 

A few days of work (in parallel with the prog classes), I took advantage of this little project to test physics (I've always been fascinated by the use of physics in games), I was also very tricky on some elements, for example the platforms are hideous, but if you had seen them in Unity they were deformed, I wanted us to be able to see their shadows well (so that it makes the scene a bit more dynamic) so in reality on the depth they are very flat. It's ugly and I probably should have gone to find 3D assets, but in the rush I made LOTS of bad choices.

I also wanted the jump and the jetpack to be separated, I thought the 2 mechanics really separately (to have more input and skill learning). Moreover I wanted the player to use the space bar AND the ctrl key, with the arrow keys to move the character I found the placement of the hands on the keyboard of the old doom-like. I don't recommend to play with the controller, I didn't test it much and the feeling is not the same (but if you prefer it's your own business :))

And yes I know, it's very hard and some people advised me to have only one touch for the Jump AND the Jetpack. If I had time I would have added an option for that. Maybe one day I'll turn this prototype into a "real" little game and I'll improve all these details (and I'll add other difficulty modes, so that it's less horrible during the first games, the game is really cruel).

Anyway, it's a little game, really not incredible but it's the very first one I made and I've tried to make it "fun" (and stressful). There are a lot of worries (physics among others, often cruel and causing aberrations), but I'm still satisfied with the whole, I produced what I had in mind. If my knowledge at the time had been more advanced I would have refined the gameplay to smooth out the aberrations, I would have refined FX, UI, sound design, but overall I'm happy with it.