TERMINAL HACKING MINIGAME

LEVEL DESIGN

• Storyboarded game design in brief "pre-production" phase

• Built a simple level using Unity primitives

• Added 3D text to the inner walls of the level to display a place value number as part of a number that is generated from 10,000 to 99,999

  • Player must use the numbers they see here and input them on the terminal, using its dials

  • Player can back away from the terminal to review the correct numbers

  • Storyboarded game design in brief "pre-production" phase

• Included background music and created voiceover prompt to remind player of objective.

• Programmed win/lose screen to inform player if they have won or lost.

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PLAYER MOVEMENT

• Programmed simple movement for player using Character Controller component and script​

  • Player transform is multiplied by input axis when WASD keys are pressed

  • Used Cinemachine camera angle to control direction player is facing, controlled with mouse

• Added separate camera to focus the players view on the terminal if close enough
   

TERMINAL MECHANICS

• Used PNGs over 3D dials and added an invisible slider

  • Slider value changes between 0-9 when clicking and dragging cursor across the dial​​

  • If all 5 numbers are equal to the correct place value number seen in the level (reflected in terminal's output screen), the corresponding output light will change from red to green

• Created up/down and left/right rows  of buttons and assigned them a value in a List

  • Added invisible UI buttons on top that turn on/off point lights that turn green when button is clicked​

  • Included simple bool checks: If correct sequence is entered by the player, the corresponding output light will change from red to green

  • If an incorrect button is pressed, the light will stay red, or return to red if the mistake is made after the correct sequence.

• Created Sequence button and display

  • Player can press the Sequence button to review the correct order the buttons need to be pressed in.​

  • Order will display correctly for the button of its type: Up/Down or Left/Right

  • The first up button the player sees in the sequence is the first up button to be pressed on the left side of the terminal. Likewise, the first left-pointing button you see in the sequence is the first left-pointing button on the terminal

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