The challenge.
Taking a strategy game from its combat rules to a mobile application, bringing together progression, persistence, touch controls and matches between players.
My contribution.
The project combines a C++17 and Raylib core with CMake builds, an adaptive portrait interface and turn-based combat. Versus mode uses Google Play Games identity and server-side validation of match state and results.
- Development of combat, progression and collection systems in C++.
- Mobile integration: touch controls, safe areas, persistence and Android builds.
- Work on online integration, round validation, private rooms and matchmaking.
What we built.
A three-chapter campaign with thirty battles, twenty-five collectible characters and online duels through matchmaking or private rooms. The project has an Android distribution and a desktop build for iteration and debugging.
In a connected game, rules, state and visual feedback need to tell the same story.
Development decisions.
Rules the player can follow
Combat accounts for speed, accuracy, critical hits, shields, healing and temporary effects. Actions appear in a visual sequence so the player can understand what happened before the response arrives. This connects tactical rules with readable feedback on a small screen.
A shared match needs shared state
In Versus, both players choose their actions before a round resolves. The server records rounds and a state fingerprint to check the outcome. Google Play Games identity, matchmaking and private rooms complete a flow that goes beyond exchanging individual moves.
Mobile shapes the architecture
The interface starts from a 720 × 1280 design area and adapts the canvas and touch coordinates to the device. Automatic saving includes recovery and migration of older saves. A desktop build supports iteration on the same logic before moving to Android.
The project in use.
- Recruit characters and build a team of up to three: the collection becomes a tactical decision before combat begins.
- Choose attacks or character switches, then follow the resolution of actions, status effects and replacements after a knockout.
- Progress through the campaign or enter Versus. Duplicate characters support upgrades and additional technique choices.
What to explore.
A way into the project through its screens, supporting material and, where available, its source code.
- The relationship between team composition, speed and attack effects.
- Continuity across inventory, progression and saved games when reopening the app.
- The different purposes of practice, Story progression and player-versus-player matches.