jadenbalogh / whirlwind-smasher

An exciting 2D side-scrolling game where you play as Grog, an angry, and I mean very angry, creature that is out to smash and whirl into anything in his path. Winner of BC Hacks 2021.

Whirlwind Smasher - BC Hacks 2021 1st Place Winner

Whirlwind Smasher is a 2D side scrolling game that lets the player play almost infinitely if they have the skill to do so. The player can click and drag or swipe if on mobile to throw their character Grog into the flurry with his fist ready to break anything that stands in his way. Enemies, barrels, walls are all nothing to Grog's fist! When he defeats an enemy or barrel using his whirlwind fist he gains an energy boost getting ready to fly further and defeat more foes.

Careful though, if Grog is not in his whirlwind state when hitting an enemy or obstacle in his way then Grog will take a massive penalty to his energy from his injuries and no longer have the drive to move any more!

While in the whirlwind state Grog can smash through just about anything but he uses his limited supply of energy to wind up his fist. The player must balance how much energy they use to the distance they travel in order to achieve the highest score and win!

Whirlwind Smasher was created for BC Hacks 2021, and won 1st place at the competition. (Devpost)

Contributors

Jean-Philippe Abadir, Jaden Balogh, Josh Medina, Megan Nguyen

whirlwind-smasher's Issues

Add camera follow

Should only follow the player going forwards, player should not be able to go backwards (invisible wall trying to pass the edge of the screen)

Add player attack animation

Player controls

Add swipe/drag-based physics movement

Implement score system based on distance travelled

Add visual post-processing

Add basic enemy logic

Probably make it reduce the player's energy/momentum if not in attack mode (actively dragging)

Add knockback to player attacks

Video demo

Add additional obstacles

Additional obstacles could include triggering traps, moving barriers, slowing sections, etc?

Complete devpost submission

Add special environments

These could be alternate regions that appear later in runs, potentially with different types of enemies and/or environmental effects?

Add player idle animation

Add speed indicator effect to player

Update energy bar visual

Currently it's just a green bar. Maybe a display that better matches our visual style somehow?

Balance game numbers

Add game over menu

Add powerups/pickups

Could be things like energy replenishers, temporary boosts that make you go faster or attack longer, etc.

Player falling animation

Add pause menu

Should include Resume, Restart and Main Menu buttons.

Add main menu

Should include Play, Credits and probably Exit buttons depending on the platform we end up using.

Add additional enemies

Additional enemy types could include flying types or enemies that shoot draining projectiles?

Add barrel obstacles

Add procedural spawning algorithm

Should allow spawning any number of game objects with associated random chances to spawn. Incremental difficulty over distance?

Add incremental difficulty to procedural generation

Likely includes changing spawn rates, types of enemies and overall danger

Sound effects

UI appearance revamp

Create build and GitHub release

Implement blood splatters/smears

Blood splatters (ephemeral - disappear in less than a second)

• Light splatters on hitting
• Heavy splatter on death/impact

Blood smears (persistent - permanent):

• While hitting, heavy smear on background
• With momentum but no collision, light smear
• On death, streaks/splatter of blood in direction of hit (or along wall if smashed against wall)

Add energy system

Movement should cost energy based on distance/momentum, hitting/killing enemies should regain energy

Implement damage/health mechanics for hitting enemies

Add basic environment

Should include background and floor, repeats infinitely

Enemy animations

Add enemy sprite