TRAINSCAPE
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ROLE
Level Designer, Game Programmer
DESCRIPTION
Trainscape is a fun Hybrid Casual game where we must sort and set free the blocked trains.
MY CONTRIBUTION
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Designed the levels in the game.
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Pitched and implemented new mode and theme (Timer base mode).
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Implemented multi-train mechanic.
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Code Review.
YEAR
2023
GENRE
Hybrid-Casual
PLATFORM
Android
MECHANICS
Controls
The game is controlled by tapping on the trains.
Level Design
I was responsible for the level design of the game. The curved tracks use Dreamtek Spline Generator tool, which generates mesh along the path we create. I have made the levels progressively harder, but also interesting by making the trains blocked from multiple places so that player has to play very strategically, which has increased the player retention and revenue generation as advertisements are interstitial and for power ups.
Train Movement
The train uses a bezier spline tool called PathCreator made by Sebastian Lague. We shoot raycast on certain intervals upward on the spline to detect if any train is ahead blocking it. On clicking on a train, if the raycast detects a train or a blocker object, its collider will remain active because of which it will collide and return back to its position, else if it is clear, it will reach its end position.
Monetization
Trainscapes is a free to play hybrid casual game, that generates revenue from ads and in-app-purchases. The game has interstitial ads, power ups that show ads when the count is 0, and different game modes that player can play if they watch an ad. We offer some in-app-purchases like coins, or extra lives, or even both for different prices based on the quantity.
