Crayfish Rush

This is a VR game for Ape museum in Latvia. 

The games purpose is to allow players to immerse themselves in an activity that's becoming quite rare - catching crayfish in a river. 

The player must catch as many crayfish as possible in the given time. They are presented with 3 crayfish traps in the river next to them and they must wait for the crayfish to go into them. When that happens, the player pulls up the trap and takes the crayfish and places it into the bag that's around their neck.

This process is repeated until the end of the game. 

The amount of crayfish in the bag is counted at the end of the game and shown on the scoreboard. Players can compete for the highest score.

Technologies used

• Unity

• Blender

• Virtual Reality

• Oculus Quest

Role and tasks in project

This project was a solo project.

• Developer

  • Game loop

    • When player starts the game, they are teleported to the river and a timer is started. 

    • While timer is running, player can interact with traps and crayfish. 

    • After timer is done, player is teleported back to the shore and can see their score;

  • Crayfish trap mechanics

    • Vertical movement to put it and pull out of water

  • Crayfish AI

    • Created logic for movement on the bottom of the water

    • Moving to the trap and staying there for some time

  • Highscore functionality

• Artist

  • Environment 3D models

    • Terrain

    • Trees

    • Other smaller objects

  • The crayfish bag 3D model on player

  • Crayfish trap 3D model

  • Texturing created models

  • Created shaders for moving grass, grass in the water and water itself.

  • Created various 2D graphics for UI and some textures.

• Other

  • UI for main menu, highscores and instructions

  • Localization implementation

  • Added sound effects

  • Optimizations for standalone VR