ZotFighter

A 2D fighting game with no combos. Win the game with proper spacing and pressure strings.

A simple button fighting game with no command inputs and a focus on spacing and footsies. A project during my time in UCI Video Game Development Club. Worked with a team on a relatively new project as past code was planned to be reworked heavily from the ground up.

I personally:

Designed footsie interactions and adjusted spacing of characters.
Designed the rules for our game and suggested art and game feel elements.
Created a full suite of card designs for the game and maintained them via spreadsheet.
Did prototype artwork to help test and move the game forward at an early stage.
Lots of playtesting.
Designed movesets and stats for all characters.

I worked with a lot of talented programmers and artists to bring this project to life in a relatively short amount of time. I have regrets with how I did the tutorial and teaching aspect, but it was a great experience implementing fighting-game specific elements that I was already very familiar with. I took a great deal of time testing and fine tuning interactions to balance each character’s reach with their special abilities and archetype.

ZotFighter

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