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Second complete project in Unity, first original game.
In swarm, the player controls a tank in an alien world, where hundreds of bug-like enemy units are spawned and swarm the player!
Swarm is a game stylistically modeled after overhead 3rd person action shooter 'em ups. Similar to games like "Gauntlet" and "FORCED", the game spawns hordes of units from various "spawners". These spawners are synced up to musical components, providing the soundtrack for the game as your shred through the swarm.
Dev Time: 1.5 weeks (Oct-12 - Oct-21, 2015)
The enemy units are controlled with a standard BOIDs code. Credit for the code goes to Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development (Part II, Ch. 26), by Jeremy Gibson-Bond. By giving each different unit type a few different parameters, unique behaviours for each type of enemy unit were attained.
An imgur album contains a bit more info, and images.
ENEMIES 
INCHERS
The brown cubes (animated to look like inch-worms) have low speed, moderate attraction to the player, and high crowd-centering, making them a slow moving blob that creeps across the field.
BATS
The bright yellow-pink bats are given high max speed, high velocity-matching, and low attraction to the player, resulting in a large swooping pack that sweeps around the player.
SPIDERS
The spider has no crowd-centering, and a large spacing between others desired. The result is an enemy that spreads out across the field and darts in and out of combat.MUSIC
The last two fights have soundtracks that I found on the LMMS share site. I provide credits and link URL in the game after completing each section. The music credits are:
WEAPONS
The weapons are balanced to provide a lot of fire-power against the horde, but you'll find yourself hard-pressed to keep up! Use nukes against spawners, or kite enemies into large groups. Blaze a trail through the swarm with your flame thrower! And most importantly, never stop shooting!
INSTRUCTIONS
IN-GAME Move UP: W Move LEFT: A Move DOWN: S Move RIGHT: D GUNS: Left-click FLAMETHROWER: Right-click TARGET NUKE: Space (hold) FIRE NUKE: Space (release) Now with post-game achievements!
PLAY SWARM
Download Unity Build (PC) Contact: jdheebl@gmail.com