The Great Mouse Performance

Concept: We are inverting the usual rhythm game expectations. Instead of hitting notes, you try to dodge them. Also, you play as a mouse to the tune of classical music.

MIDI Parsing

As discussed with my team, our game needed to be able to parse a MIDI file in order to generate notes in the right order.

In short time, I was tasked with researching how to build a MIDI parser. After a lot of tutorial watching and forum reading, I discovered a resource in the Unity Asset store, DryWetMIDI by melanchall (on github). This tool was a life-saver because you can parse the MIDI file and generate 3D notes so that they appear to the player in real time with the music.

Player Health

I created the health icons that matched the game's classical music aesthetic
- The player's (mouse) health consists of 3 red hearts, which are created from mirror images of the bass clef.
Defined and scripted collision and damage behaviors
- Player's body flashes white on collision with an incoming note
- One red heart turn black, meaning one life lost
- Edited mouse squeak SFXs to represent damage

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