Shape Arena

Description

"Little do the teachers know, that in the breaks between classes, the rooms give way to an epic chalk geometry confrontation! The stage of this great clash: the Blackboard! Control warrior geometric shapes skillfully drawn on the blackboard and collect all the candies to achieve the highest score. But in this mission, there are many dangers, young champion. So be very careful not to be hit by the various dangers that will appear on the board, making your mission a fight for chalk survival."

Shape Arena is a multiplayer arena game, in which 4 characters need to collect candies to increase their score and decide the winner. There is no permanent death or life bar in the game. When touching any dangerous object, the character disappears for a few seconds and then reappears in the center of the screen. When dying, the character loses 1 point from their score, leaving behind a candy that can be acquired by other players.

How to Play

You may control one of the four geometric shapes in this dispute:

• The angry Square

• The playful Circle

• The vain Triangle

• The clever Star.

Each of them has a special ability that helps in their movement and when touching other characters, knockbacks them away.

During the round, various dangers, items and events will appear in a procedural way, influencing the rhythm of the match. Use the ability of each character to make the best of the situation! There are the following categories of procedural elements in Shape Arena:

• Items - They appear floating in bubbles. They can be beneficial, such as the sword that eliminates enemies, harmful, such as the skull that takes 1 point from your score, or neutral, such as the magnifying glass that zooms in on the player who picked it up.
• Dangers - Elements that will always eliminate a player when they come into contact.
• Events - They are events that change how the phase is played.

Game developed by undergraduate students in the research laboratory ICAD/VisionLab, from the Department of Informatics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Courses of Computer Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, Computer Science and Industrial Design.