Talking points of your game
Alley Cat Valentine is a runner-style game in which the player takes on the persona of Cupid the Cat and must collect as many valentines as possible along the way.

Level generation is procedural and features increasing obstacle density and length--which makes beating the timer increasingly challenging.

I spent maybe 20-25 hours working on the game, and I learned a lot. I had never implemented object pooling, and so that was a great experience. While the levels are random, the placement of obstacles was weighted, and so getting that to work well was a challenge. The biggest challenge, though, was integrating a player controller and collision system that worked with the movement of the level (non-physics), the movement of the player left and right (non-physics), and the jumping (physics). I had to create a custom collision script and create some careful checks/limits to prevent the player from moving through colliders. Getting all that working has been frustrating--I almost quit. I'm so glad I didn't, because this was incredibly rewarding.

This is my first "completed" game ever. Some of the most satisfying moments were when I added the textures, got the animations working, and especially when I got the angry cat sound effect implemented. It went from feeling like a lame project to a pretty cool game, considering the time constraints and themes. This is also my first game jam, and I look forward to participating in the future.

I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks so much for hosting!

What assets were used?
Animated Cat Model (TurboSquid--GamesKings)
Wall and Floor Textures (Free Unity Store Asset Store--LowPolyMan)
Crates (Free Unity Store Asset--Ben3D)
Music (Free Unity Store Asset--Red Iron Labs)
Angry Cat Sound (Orange Free Sounds--Alexander)
Cat & Valentine Sprites (Clipartart.com)