Gold Rush

Gold Rush is a game created as part of a weekend game jam for a university project. The game is about miners who are trying to escape a cave-in while still outperforming their rival miner by mining more gold. Both players have to mine gold and coal while using the coal to keep the mine cart moving and away from the collapsing cave as well as collecting gold to increase their score.

Software: Unity, C#, blender, Git

What is the game?

• Mining game
• Competitive
• Cooperative 
• Two Player

Game aims:

• Collect gold to increase personal score
• Mine coal to keep the cart fueled
• Escape the cave collapse 

Game development context:

• Short game
• Developed in Unity using C#
• Developed as a group university project as part of a Game Jam
• Game Jam Task assigned assets to be incorporated into the game design and function

Game Reflection/ Evaluation:

• All aims were achieved
• All assigned assets were successfully utilised in the game development
• A fun and well-designed game that has real potential for entertainment value
• Future development would address control difficulty

Git: https://github.com/Jam2-mineshaft/MiningGame