This is my submission for Ubisoft NEXT 2024 where we develop a C++ game in 3 days, using the provided graphics API. The topic for this year was to make a game that involves the concept of "firing projectiles".
Dark Star: Showdown is a 3D, turn based, strategy game that pits you 1v1 against another player amidst a dying star.
Meet Dark-52, a dwarf star rumored to be abundant with resources and scientific knowledge. In the pursuit of advancement, nations have sent legions of ships to the star only to meet their unexpected doom as the star begins dying lightyears ahead of schedule. You and another player pilot the remaining ships from opposing nations. As death draws near, the two of you face off in a final showdown of triumph. The game starts with both players on opposite sides of the star. The goal is to confront the other player and shoot them down before the star implodes and kills everyone.
Player's take turn making moves, being able to fly around and fire 3 bullets per turn. After each turn, those 3 bullets will be reloaded. Flying around costs fuel and will not normally replenish each turn so players must be careful not to run out of fuel early.
Both ships start rather weak, but they can destroy surrounding asteroids to gather a resource called scrap. Spend scrap to upgrade and refurbish your ship to prepare for combat.
As the game progresses, the star will weaken and occasionally pulse having a few effects.
- Players will take a bit of damage but also have their fuel replenished
- The star will shrink and pull players and asteroids closer
- The positioning of asteroids and players will shift as well, disorienting the area.
- Pulses can be manually triggered by shooting the star
After enough pulses, players will be pulled so close that they will be forced to confront eachother. If that's not enough, after too many pulses, the star will explode leading to both players losing in a draw.
Fly your ship
- Forward/Back: W / S
- Turn Left/Right: A / D
- Pitch Up/Down: Space / Shift
- Fire Weapon: F Spend scrap to improve your ship
- Upgrade Weapon: 1
- Upgrade Speed: 2
- Heal health: 3
- Replenish fuel: 4