Egress

Developed Using C#, Unity

Download Prototype on Itch

Egress is an infinite, minimalist puzzle game where players must navigate a grid of color-coded portals to reach the end goal in the shortest amount of steps.

A 3-week long student project made for a “game prototyping” class. The prompt for this prototype was “randomization.”

Egress: Randomized Grid Spawning; BFS for Shortest Path Detection

• Implemented randomized linkages between portals and assigned random color to linked portals
• Utilized BFS search algorithm to determine shortest path size, assigning points based on player’s distance from shortest path
• Created an AI that plays the game itself for an interactive title screen
• Developed a save system to keep score, position on board, and board layout

Egress: Colorspace Conversion

• To solve the issue where randomized color selections were too similar, I used a C# color utility tool to convert the color selection from the RGB color space to the CIE Lab colorspace, which more accurately reflects the human eye’s color perception. Using a distance calculation, I ensured the colors chosen sequentially were distinct enough.