Mutant Mayhem

A Solo Project
~ In Active Development v0.5.3 ~

I'm actively searching for feedback!  Good and bad!
Feel free to leave some in the comments below!

Android Users - If you get an error when trying to install, uninstall the old version first.  Versions 0.5.1 and on are unaffected.

iPhone and iPad Users - Install the Apple TestFlight app, THEN go to: https://testflight.apple.com/join/mEcbhUGX

Please consider leaving some feedback, it is extremely valuable and always greatly appreciated!

Current Features:

- Challenging, fast paced, top-down shooting action
- Controller and mobile support for Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android
- Playable tutorial
- Base building, defense and repair, with 21 different structures
- Keep your base powered and supplied
- Traps and defenses:  Razor wire, land mines, spinning blades, and more
- Turrets: Laser and Bullet variety
- Drones for construction and attack to help automate things

- EVERYTHING is upgradable (Structures, player stats, gun stats, etc.) with 55 upgrades and counting
- Roguelite mechanics. Collect and allocate Research Points to customize your character before each run.  Try new and more powerful builds with each playthrough
- Choose between 3 character types, Fighter, Neutral, and Builder
- 9 augmentations to level up or down to customize your abilities
- 5 enemy types with unique behaviors like flying, spitting, and jumping
- Mutants that evolve against your play style.  Head, Body, and Leg genes get combined and scaled, determining the stats and behavior, with 120 (soon to be 1000s of) genetic combinations and near infinite configurations due to mutation and genetic crossover

- 3 attack types: Shoot, melee, and throw
- 3 weapon types: Lasers, bullets, and explosives
- 4 guns, grenades, and 1 tool
- 3 difficulty levels
- 14 planets to gain a foothold on, each with unique modifiers to challenge your play style
- Built in music player to choose your vibe.  A total of 4 genres and 41 great tracks.  I'm always looking for more music, if you happen to make any!

Future Features:

- Bosses.  Huge bosses
- Environment objects.  Trees, Rocks, Ice, Lava, etc.
- More structures.  Drilling platform (gains credits), Flak Cannon
- More guns
- More enemies
- More traps and defenses
- Storyline integration.  Yep, there is a story to tell here!
- Improved graphics
- Multiplayer, maybe?

A Bit About Me

My name's Matt, and I love games.  I've always been drawn to PC games especially, and found a love for Indie Games early on.  

I made a few tiny simple games in GameMaker when I was a teenager, around 18 years ago.  I followed a different career since then and recently decided to dive back in to my life-long passion for making video games.

Diving Back in to Game Dev

I brushed up my skills on some coding apps and then took Harvard's free CS50 course, and was suddenly armed with all the tools I'd been missing in my childhood.

What started out as a practice project ended up being pretty darn fun to play, so I've decided to take the project to completion.  It is the first full game I've made, and it's made with Unity and C#.  It's been an incredible learning journey!

A Bit About The Game

Mutant Mayhem is a 2D top-down shooter with base building and roguelite mechanics.  It is inspired by a game I made when I was a teenager, but this one has some serious upgrades!  I've put ALOT of hours into learning and making the game, and plan to complete and ship it, to learn the full cycle.  I've recently added controller and mobile support!

The setting

Humans recently discovered anomalous energy readings from a system in the far reaches of the Galaxy.  Due to the vast distance and high mission risk, the decision was made to deploy a state-of-the-art AI controlled research ship, known as the Mothership.  It's mission is to learn more about the anomaly and gain a foothold on each of the planets in the system.  

Upon arriving in the system near one of the outer planets, the ship's scanners notice that there are lifeforms on the surface.  The lifeforms resemble those which we find, (and used to find) on Earth!  More investigation is required to find out how this is possible, and how long these lifeforms have been here.

The Mothership is equipped with a cloning bay, and produces clones to send on expeditions.  The ship is able to augment the clones and their equipment with the Research Points gained from mission progress.  Clones are rewarded for their mission progress with Credits, which they can spend on base building and upgrades for their gear and structures.

The game

You, as a customized clone, are teleported to the surface of an alien infested planet with a Quantum Matter Exchange Interface, or Q Cube.  The Cube allows you to teleport Mutant tissue samples back up to the ship in exchange for Credits.

The enemies are drawn toward the Cube and grow stronger, faster, and more numerous every night.  You must unlock and upgrade gear while building a defensive base to survive.  

When you die or give up you will receive Research Points (RP) for your progress.  The RP can then be allocated or re-allocated on Augmentations at the start of each game, so the RP is never spent.  This allows for trying new and more powerful builds each playthrough.

Looking for Feedback

I'm always looking for feedback, so please feel free to share your thoughts here or come say hi on Discord.

Mutant Mayhem Discord: https://discord.gg/b2m5M6kRwx