Kevin W.

Undead Paradise

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Performance/Object Pooling Generic Resource/Timers Post Processing Weapon Inheritence

Editor Scripts Blockades Powerups/Perks

Team Role: Team Lead / General Programmer

Team Size: 2

Development Time: 2 months

Performance / Object Pooling

Used Static Batching to reduce Batch Count for GPU rendering.
Enemies follow a object-pool like design to reduce created/destroyed memory.
Reduced calls to GetComponent, Start, and Update related functions (known for performance drops).

Generic Resources/Timers

Provided easy callbacks to when resources/timers are manipulated.
Helps reuse functionality for common resource pools.
Custom timer avoids the use of update when not needed and simplifies logic in main scripts.

Weapon Inheritence

All weapons inherit from BaseWeapon, a script containing all related weapon logic.
Used in the four weapon classes; AutoFire, Singlefire, Projectile, and Shotgun.
Helped reuse similar logic for reload, shooting, and storing weapon stats among all related weapons.

Editor Scripts

Post Processing

Helped create a unique look within the game with Bloom and Vignette Effects.
Used a separate vignette to display health loss, increasing intensity the lower the player's health.
Toggle for enable/disabling to help with performance on older machines.

Powerups / Perks

Powerups are simple collidable objects that grant specific abilities such as double points or refill ammo/reserves.
Perks provide a player boost until they lose all their health, after a players death perks are sent back to their stand to be rebought.

Blockades

Unlocks more playing area, turns on enemy spawners, and reveals available weapons.
Linked Blockades help allow for either end of a pathway to be purchased once and not multiple times.
Customizeable buy amount using a resource pool for points.