Kris Timchuck

S.C.R.U.B. is a top down shooter where you play as a small, round, cleaning robot and your job is to eliminate all of the Grimers. Grimers are an alien race that are full of nothing but dirt, so you must clean them up.

 

S.C.R.U.B. was the first game I made using DigiPen's Zero Engine. I had a small amount of experience with the Zero Engine and Python before, but I had never undertaken a big project like this before. I picked up the engine fairly well, but that took up about half of the project. I spent 2 weeks implementing the features that I wanted in the game and then the remaining week finishing a polished level and tutorial.

 

Some of the features in the game are multiple enemy types, enemy spawners (based on time and proximity to the player) and an increasing difficulty curve.