DELIVERY DAYS
Delivery Days is an arcade adventure platformer about riding electric wires to deliver packages and helping the wandering folks of a floating city.
Play the latest build on itch.io.
(pass: deliverytester)
Early Prototyping
The first thing I wanted to tackle was getting the basics of the wire riding mechanic:
Moving from point A-B across a wire and vice versa.
Attaching detaching from the wire.
This led me to explore Unity’s Spline package, reading its documentation and seeing what I could use from the tool to get to the feature as quick as I could, see what feels good.
Exploring Movement
I also explored with visuals and camera styles (tracking dolly / isometric top down)
Once I got the basics, I began exploring the nuances of movement on the ground AND on the wire.
How do I make movement on the wire interesting?
How can I bridge the ground movement to the wire movement and make it feel seamless and fun to control?
I explored two ways of moving across the wire, either through holding down a button to move across or hold & release a button, launching the player at the desired speed.
Building the Game
After I felt good about the current movement controller on the ground and on the wires, I then wanted to test the limits and find the fun by starting to build game levels and introduce platforming challenges for the player.
I also introduced a timer and objective system to help add pressure and goals to complete the game. Additionally, I tested further with the game’s visuals, creating the character model and testing shaders to develop the game’s “up in the air”, wholesome and cartoon-like world.
The end result is the current sample here.