This personal project was started to get familiar with the HTML 5 game engine PlayCanvas.
The game is based around the premise of having pulses of vision as you walk, mimicking echolocation.
First Room
The cute and misleading first room was a great intro to the game and a good chance to explore modeling, texturing, and room design.
Smaller objects can be picked up and moved around, it was a challenge to make the interaction feel snappy while keeping the feel of the mechanic smooth.
Custom Shaders
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I made the echo visual by programming two shader effects:
1. Lighting up objects based on the position of the soundwave travelling through the room.
2. Applying screen space dithering for a stylized effect.
This combination of these effects create the surreal feel that I was looking for in this project.
Overall I worked on 3 shaders during this project, including the echo shader.
Gameplay Mechanics
I then started looking for simple ways of building challenges based around this echo mechanic.
Challenges such as navigating a mazes and different rooms.
These contain surfaces that dampen the echo effect and doors that open and close as the echo effect reaches them.
Try this web game out Here
Eele Roet 