A skill-based action hack and slash game with fighting game elements, featuring intense swordfights, ranged combat, and a prestige scoring system.

• Skill-based combat with no stat/XP grinding
• Combo system and Prestige scoring based on speedkills, combos, and move execution
• High risk High reward gameplay experience

Art and Concept

1. Combat & Mechanics

   • Smooth, responsive combat combos
   • Challenging but rewarding gameplay
   • Overwhelming Enemy AI with critical health damage

2. UI/UX

   • Ultra-tactile and intuitive menus & HUD
   • Fast, skippable cutscenes

How to Play

Controls

Key	Action
←/→	Move
Double-tap ←/→	Dash (ghost through enemies)
Z	Jump, Back
X	Attack, Submit
S	Second Attack
A	Block
C	Throw shuriken
D	Assault Rifle
F	Launcher
Q	Power Up
V	Status/Settings/Save/Combos/Exit
B	Inventory/Switch weapons

Analog controller support coming soon

Combat System

Melee Weapons

Katana

• Rising Dragon Slash - X,X,X,S
• Vampiric Slash - HOLD X, THEN ←/→

Dual Katanas

• Dance of the Twin Dragons - HOLD X
• Grind Mode - S

Tekko Kagi [Bladed Claws]

• Talon Burst - HOLD X
• Rending Gale - HOLD S

Death Scythe

• Soul Harvest - X
• Memento Mori - HOLD X THEN RELEASE

Ranged Weapons

• Shuriken - C
• AK47 - D
• Bazooka - F

Project Management

• Kanban Board and Gantt Chart: Notion Kanban & Gantt Chart

Tech Stack

• Engine: Unity 6 ( current version 6000.0.46f1)
• IDE: Visual Studio Community 2022
• Art: Adobe Photoshop, Online Sprite Sourcing
• Project Management: Notion, Kanban board, TLDraw, Paper & Pen, MS Word, GitHub
• UI Style: Simple and fast tactile interface

Project Structure

black-out/
├── Assets/                    # Main game assets, scenes, prefabs, scripts
│   ├── Audio/
│   ├── Fonts/
│   ├── Prefabs/
│   ├── Scenes/
│   ├── Scripts/
│   ├── Settings/
│   ├── Sprites/
│   │   ├── characters/
│   │   ├── cutscenes/
│   │   └── icons/
│   ├── TextMesh Pro/
│   ├── UI/
│   │   ├── Scripts/
│   │   ├── Textures/
│   │   ├── USS/
│   │   └── UXML/
│   └── UI Toolkit/

Development Phases

Phase 1: Prototype & Core Mechanics

• Basic player movement and enemy AI
• Weapon combo system implementation
• Prestige scoring system
• [S] Cinematic combo zoom effects
• Performance optimization (60 FPS target)
• Core mechanics testing

Phase 2: Level Design

• [S] Level layouts and UI setup
• [S] Map layouts and advanced enemy AI
• [S] Money, credits, and rewards system
• [S] Save/Load system implementation
• [S] Progress tracking (levels, items)
• [S] Performance optimization and 60 FPS maintenance
• Asset finalization (textures, animations, UI)
• Minimal SFX and soundtrack implementation

Phase 3: UI/UX Polish

• UI/UX prototyping
• Tactile and fast UI/UX setup
• Final UI/UX design and implementation
• [S] UI/UX details and refinement
• [S] Debugging and cleanup

Extra: Final Polish & Testing

• Continuous playtesting and debugging
• Combat mechanics refinement
• [S] Smooth transitions and optimizations
• Asset finishing touches
• Sound design finalization
• Repository cleanup and organization
• Documentation completion

TODO: [S] marked list are incomplete

Asset Sources & References

• DeviantArt
• SpriteDatabase
• Original artworks
• Game inspiration references

TODO: asset credits and citations, still organizing assets

Development Setup

Prerequisites

1. Install Unity 6 (version 6000.0.46f1)
2. Install Visual Studio Community Edition 2022
3. Clone this repository
4. Open project in Unity
5. Wait for Unity /Libraries to Install

Post-Launch Plans

Asset Resprite & Redesign

• Remove any copyrighted assets
• Replace with personal work assets
• provide polished and clean assets

Debugging & Hotfixes

• Fix any remaining bugs and issues
• Clean unecessary lines anc comments
• Organize and Structured codebase

Support & Maintenance

• Patch schedule and hotfix process
• Community feedback integration
• Performance monitoring for low-end hardware
• Crash reporting and analytics

Quality Assurance

• Automated testing pipeline
• Manual testing checklists
• Bug triage workflow
• Platform certification requirements

Future Features

• Controller support expansion
• Localization support
• Accessibility options
• Additional content updates