Gravity Labs

Gravity-Labs is a 3D, single-player endless runner genre game designed for the mobile platform. The game takes place in this continually rotating octagonal prism, which contains various obstacles grouped into themes. These themes are procedurally added to the level as the player progresses, and each theme has a unique look and challenge to avoid. The player must simply tap the screen to flip the gravity and use this avoid the obstacles. Power-ups also randomly spawn and will add to or adjust some of the game mechanics! The game gets progressively harder as the player speeds up and the obstacles get more frequent.

This game was designed and programmed by Thomas Jebson exclusively, using the following third-party assets:

Software

• Unity 6000
• Python Multi-Media API (PMMA)
• GIMP

Fonts

• Audiowide Font
• Exo2 Font
• Xirod Font

Textures

• Skyscraper Pixel Art
• Question Mark Icon
• Play Icon
• Settings Icon
• Shop Icon
• Coin Icon
• Replay Icon
• Exit Icon
• Revive Icon
• Shield Power Up Icon
• Camera Shake Power Up Icon
• Speed Up Power Up Icon
• Pause Button

Models

• Cogs 3D Models 1 of 2
• Cogs 3D Models 2 of 2
• Clock Hand Models
• Laser Base Model

Music

• Main Menu
• Game 1 of 8
• Game 2 of 8
• Game 3 of 8
• Game 4 of 8
• Game 5 of 8
• Game 6 of 6
• Game 7 of 8
• Game 8 of 8

Sound Effects

• Money Jingle
• Card Payment
• Button Click
• Power Up Collect 1 of 2
• Power Up Collect 2 of 2
• Player Death
• Play Sound
• Laser SFX
• Saw SFX
• Cogs SFX
• Clock SFX

PrimeTestLab: "We set out to play Gravity Labs end to end: run through the tunnel, flip gravity to dodge obstacles, then work through the shop, settings, revive, and leaderboard around it. The core game is genuinely enjoyable and the controls are responsive, and everything we tried worked without a crash. The main thing that stands out is presentation: held upright the game is stuck in a small strip with large black borders and only looks right once the phone is turned sideways, and the see-through menu panels and the score and jumps badges being clipped at the screen edges make it feel less finished than the gameplay deserves. This is a solid, fun build that is ready for continued closed testing once the portrait layout and these presentation details are tidied up"

This game was developed initially as a 2nd year university project. In this setup, the game was well received and continued the trend of highly regarded game submissions. Following it's success as a university project, I spent 4 months over the summer fixing bugs, adding Google Play Services integration, Google AdMob ADs and Google In App Purchases with the intent of publishing the game to the Google Play Store. This game has since been released as my first commercial game under my own game studio, Jebbo Game Studios.
The game was also accompanied with extensive documentation in the form of development logs, which can be found on the project's itch page, and have been consistently attracting many hundreds of views each.