Prototype Unfinished Side project

Neon Retribution

First-person prototype | Movement & enemy AI | Unity – C#

Neon Retribution is a side project: a futuristic first-person shooter at prototype stage. What exists is a movement system, a few enemy AI, shooting and a simple HP bar — the code for those four things was my part. A complete scenario and a large amount of design work exist for it as well; those were done by other people.

First-person
Movement system
Enemy AI
Whitebox
Unity

Playthrough

Full playthrough, no commentary · 1:41

My role

Wrote the movement system: movement state, a grounded check and current speed. It is tested against a whitebox level of ramps, stairs, arches and platforms.
Wrote a few enemy AI. In the current build they are small flying drones that come at the player.
Wrote the shooting and the health handling behind the HP bar.
The tuning setup is left visible in the recording: a MOVE DEBUG overlay printing state, grounded and speed, and METER markings written on the walls to measure distances against. Neither is a feature; both are what tuning a movement system needs on screen.

Systems I designed

A movement system carrying a movement state, a grounded flag and a current speed, all three readable while playing so they can be adjusted.
Enemy AI for a small number of enemy types: the build has flying drones that go after the player.
Shooting, with an angular first-person weapon held in view.
Health as a simple HP bar in the bottom-left corner, divided into segments that go as damage lands.

Core mechanics

First person in an untextured whitebox level: white geometry, a blue floor and red accents, with ramps, stairs, arches and platforms to cross.
Move through the level and shoot the drones that turn up.
Taking hits costs segments off the HP bar in the bottom-left corner.
The recorded run is 1:41 long and shows the build as it stands.

Gallery

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