Tower defense game

Gameplay video: https://youtu.be/4asb3rRyqhg.
Project created in Unity 2022.3, run on MacBook Air M1 2020

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🎮 Key Features

• Dynamic Waves:
  • 5+ waves of enemies, each progressively harder.
  • Fully customizable in the Unity Editor (enemy types, amounts, delays, and more).
• Strategic Towers:
  • Three distinct tower types:
    • Single Target Attack
    • AOE Attack
    • Debuff Attack (e.g., slows enemies, effects don’t stack).
  • Towers are upgradeable with visual changes for different levels.
  • Damage, range, and attack interval are displayed to players before purchase.
• Challenging Enemies:
  • Enemies follow non-straight paths to the goal.
  • Unique properties: health, speed, and carried money.
  • When destroyed, money gained is shown near the enemy.
• Intuitive GUI:
  • Displays essential information:
    • Wave number
    • Total money
    • Time left for building/upgrade phase
    • Enemy health bars
    • Remaining enemies before game over
    • Final game state (win/lose).
  • Fully resolution-independent UI.
• Smooth Gameplay:
  • Adjustable game speed using Time.timeScale.
  • No exceptions or warnings in the console.
  • Seamless restart without restarting the application.

💡 Technical Highlights

• Software Patterns:
  • Singletons for managing global state.
  • Observer Pattern for event-driven behavior.
  • Scriptable Objects for configurable, reusable data.
• Editor Configurability:
  • Game elements (waves, enemies, towers) can be modified directly in the Unity Editor without changing the code.
• Project Organization:
  • Clear hierarchy and descriptive scene/asset names for maintainability.