This Planet Sucks

A co-op game where one player controls a freezing beam, while the other controls a UFO to suck objects up.

Tags

#ETC-BVW #EyeTracker

Develop Date

2025/10 ~ 2025/10

Team size

5

Download

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Role & Responsibility

Producer:
- Executed task management using Notion.
Programmer:
- Implemented overall level system.
- Constructed object physics on planet.
Designer:
- Participated Core Gameplay Design.
- Designed detail game mechanics, QoL, part of UIs, level design and story.

A co-op game where one player controls a freezing beam, while the other controls a UFO to suck objects up.

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Feature

  • Created during Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center’s signature course, Building Virtual Worlds.
  • Prompted by “Air To Fortune,” we designed a co-op game in one week where one player controls a freezing beam and the other pilots a UFO to suck objects up.
  • Developed using Unity, with support for Tobii Eye Tracker 5, allowing players to use eye tracking to control gameplay.
  • A fast-paced arcade game featuring satisfying VFX and SFX, along with smooth level progression designed to be completed within two minutes.

Description

Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Techonology Center signature courses’s Build Virtual World need us to form teams with random teammates and make a world within two weeks based on a random prompt. Out prompt is “Air To Fortune,” and we were given only one week to develop the project. After a brief discussion, we decided to combine an eye tracker and a flight controller to create a cooperative experience. The core concept involved two aliens, which their job is to controlling UFO and sucking people up to make money. Another programmer and I quickly built a prototype and conducted playtests. However, the initial experience did not meet our expectations, so we introduced additional mechanics to further complicate and challenge the cooperation between the two players.

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