There are even traps that spring spikes up into an enemy’s path, not just pushing them aside, but realistically simulating the force and velocity of the spikes so that the enemy reaction appears authentic. There are gravity traps that push and pull enemies, which in turn, slow down or speed up traps that smash enemies. Not only are the enemies entirely physics-based, but the traps that are necessary for gameplay are physics-based too. More specifically, there are up to 5,000 individual physics-based enemies that can flood the player’s Martian factories, which leads to hundreds of collisions and projectiles onscreen at once. Not to mention that Hostile Mars involves an incredible number of enemies. By applying different physical properties to enemies, the goal is to stop them in their tracks or drive them toward more dangerous traps. The player uses physics-based traps and turrets to manipulate the physics properties of enemies. Hostile Mars is a physics-intensive experience. Knowing how trusted Havok’s technology has been among AAA studios, Jake felt confident implementing it as soon as it became available in Unity via the experimental package. It just wouldn’t have been possible without implementing my own ECS framework, and as a solo dev, this isn’t viable given my timeline and budget.” – Jake Jameson, founder of Big Rook GamesĪlthough Jake is not a game developer by trade, he is an avid gamer and was already familiar with the original Havok Physics engine. “Without DOTS, I wouldn’t have been able to provide the experience that I imagined in my original design. In leveraging ECS for Unity, every enemy in Hostile Mars could run real-time Mesh Physics/Collisions, A* Pathfinding, and Local Avoidance, in addition to robust state systems, animations, weapon and projectile systems, high-quality VFX, particle systems, and more.
To meet these demands, Jake turned to Unity’s Data-Oriented Technology Stack. In order to provide the players with the best possible experience, the game had to run performantly on a massive scale, supporting thousands of enemies simultaneously onscreen. Jake wanted to have large enemy waves while still achieving high-end visuals. When completing that final iteration of Hostile Mars, it was clear the game needed to use some sort of data-oriented programming model. He soon discovered the ideal balance between building, strategy, and combat, finally leading up to the one and only Hostile Mars. The more he evolved this idea, the more he narrowed his focus on creating a single-player base builder.
Jake Jameson, founder of Big Rook Games, began by blending genres across multiplayer and single-player games – adding elements from puzzlers along with first-person shooters (FPS) and wave-based shooters.
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