Game Programming Laboratory 2019

Deep Space Gardening is a cooperative multiplayer game. Every player has its own character walking on a spherical map. The goal is to grow plants and fulfil the deliveries to the surrounding planets before the time runs out. Plants can be grown by combining berries to craft seeds, and then plant, water and fertilize them until their fully grown. When the time is up the game is over and a highscore for delivered plants is displayed. Download Read more (PDF, 37.2 MB)

Sky Runner

Alain Senn, Livio Steiner, Yufeng Zheng, Nils Leuzinger

Sky Runner is a competitive multiplayer game. The players need to build a rocket by collecting parts scattered on a maze like platform floating in the sky and disrupt opponents with power-ups while trying not to fall off the edge. Whoever finishes the rocket the fastest wins the game. Download Read more (PDF, 15.6 MB)

Hazmat

Sophie Walker, Sven Knobloch, Julian Bauer, Leonardo Del Giudice, Nihat Isik, Julian Schönbächler

Hazmat is a singleplayer 2D shooter. During a meltdown of a nuclear power plant, the player has to make its way to the power plan and turn it off to save the world. To reach the power plant the player has to fight his way through shooting mailboxes and flying bicycles, while keeping the characters energy from draining and upgrading the armor and gun by collecting powerups. The player wins if he can reach the power plant. Download Read more (PDF, 8.4 MB)

Naturalize

Alexandre Cavaleri, Mischa Brander, Aaron Keller, Kasim Taskin

Naturalize is a singleplayer strategy and simulation game. As time is advancing, humans are polluting the world more and more and the goal of the player is to stop this pollution. The player takes on the role of nature and must destroy houses and factories using the powers of nature like avalanches, snowballs or meteorites. The player wins if he can keep the pollution level low until the year 2099. Download Read more (PDF, 13.6 MB)

The Dark Matters

Patrick Schmid, Dirk Hüttig, Sven Kellenberger, Christian Knieling

The Dark Matters is a cooperative local multiplayer game. Players need to control a spacecraft through outer space while fighting enemies and avoiding asteroids. Every action like shooting the guns, accelerating or repairing the ship needs resources, which requires the players to communcate on how to spend the collected resources. The goal is to travel as far as possible, with the number of enemies and asteroids increasing. When the spacecraft is destroyed the game is over and the highscore is displayed. Download Read more (PDF, 14.6 MB)

Factory Reset

Nicolas Hafner, Amir Heidari, Gengyan Li, Nicole Manojlavic, Pulkit Singh

Factory Reset is a singleplayer stealth platformer. The player is a member of an underground group of outlaws with the job to smuggle valuable information and due to heavy surveillance, the only feasible way is on foot. Using parkour and stealth the player has to avoid being detected and if the player is detected, fast-paced action platforming is required to escape. On the way towards the exit, collectibles can be found throughout the level which increase the score. Download Read more (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Egg Plant

Jean Kaufmann, Stevan Mihajlovic, Stefanie Deschler, Malik Benabdallah, Michael Yared, Michelle Woon

Egg Plant is turn-based strategy game. The goal is to eliminate the other players by strategically placing bombs. In each round all players simultaneously plan out multiple steps of moving and placing bombs on the playfield, without knowing what the others did, and then let everything execute simultaneously. The last standing player wins the game. Download Read more (PDF, 11.5 MB)