Nuclear Panic

Introduction

As part of the Game Development Project course held during the academic 2019 Autumn term of the second year of our master's programme, we developed in Unity a 2D infinite-runner side-scroller platformer video game for the Interaction Design and Game Design Exhibition (IDXPO) 2019.

In Nuclear Panic, players take control of a worker at a nuclear plant where a nuclear meltdown just occurred, which produced radioactive emissions. The character flees from this powerful and lethal source of radiation (Alpha radiation), while players have to avoid obstacles and hazardous elements, such as other kinds of radiation (Beta and Gamma), by jumping or deciding not to jump, depending on each case.

Controls

Xbox controller:

• X/Y: Choosing easy mode and putting glasses on/off.
• A/B: Choosing hard mode and jumping.
• ESC (Keyboard): Close the game.

Keyboard and mouse:

• G: Choosing easy mode and putting glasses on/off.
• SPACEBAR: Choosing hard mode and jumping.
• ESC: Close the game.

Play the game here!

You can play the game online right now at the following site:
⟶ https://itch.io/embed-upload/1755248?color=baa50e ⟵
*We need to fix a bug regarding the size of the HUD. Until it is fixed, you can maximize the game in order to avoid this bug.

Narrative

A worker of a nuclear plant is calmly working on their every- day job when suddenly a nuclear meltdown occurs due to a big explosion. Next, all the alarms start to ring as loud as they have never rung before. As soon as the worker realizes the current hazardous situation, they let everyone know about it, and when everyone has been alarmed, the former worker heads to an emergency exit. It is now when they start to run as fast as they can, as some radiation is already spreading due the nuclear meltdown.

A comic featuring the narrative of Nuclear Panic Gameplay video GitHub repository

You can find the public repository of Nuclear Panic at the following GitHub link: https://github.com/AdrianNP57/Nuclear-Panic.

Further information

You can read more about the IDXPO 2019 where the video game was showcased at the following link:
https://adriannavarroperez.wordpress.com/activities/idxpo2019/.

You can even read more information about Nuclear Panic at its official website:
http://www.idxpo.se/2019/Nuclear-Panic/index.html.

Team

• Adrián Navarro Pérez.
• Alexia Dauvergne.
• Christopher William Black.
• Jesper Jansson.
• Muhammad Ashar Imtiaz.
• Samuel Soutullo Sobral.

Disclaimer

Here I list the free copyright assets we used for the implementation of the game:

• 2D Simple Character : Swordsman by Black Hammer: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/characters/2d-simple-character-swordman-133259.
• Free Halloween 2D Game Backgrounds by craftpix.net: https://craftpix.net/freebies/free-halloween-2d-game-backgrounds/.
• Walking on Metal Sound Effects by Nick Judy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlrnABUcyzE.
• Sound FX - Retro Pack by Zero Rare (Levi Moore): https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/sound-fx/sound-fx-retro-pack-121743.
• 04b_30 Font by 04: https://www.dafont.com/04b-30.font.

Special thanks to all these talented and collaborative authors!