DodoRun

🎮 Gameplay Overview

Run endlessly across procedurally generated platforms while avoiding obstacles, collecting coins, and using powerups to survive longer and score higher.

The game features lane-based movement with swipe controls and a dynamic difficulty system that increases challenge over time.

✨ Core Features

🕹 Player Controls

• Swipe Left / Right to change lanes

• Swipe Up to jump

• Swipe Down to slide

🚀 Gameplay Systems

• Endless procedurally generated platforms

• Dynamic difficulty ramp (speed & obstacle probability)

• Coins & score multiplier system

• Powerups:

  • 🧲 Magnet

  • 🛡 Shield

  • ✖ Double Score

• Full first-time tutorial system

• Pause, Resume, Restart & Game Over flow

🧠 Technical Highlights (Under the Hood)

Dodo Runner was built with a strong focus on scalable architecture and performance, especially for mobile platforms.

🏗 Architecture & Patterns

• Service-driven Game Loop

• Player State Machine (Run, Jump, Slide, Dead)

• Event-based communication (Observer pattern)

• Object Pooling (Platforms, Obstacles, Coins, Powerups)

• MVC-style separation (Controller / View / Data)

• SOLID principles

⚙ Performance & Systems

• Unity Addressables for async loading and memory-safe asset management

• Mobile-optimized movement & pooling

• Decoupled UI and gameplay systems

• Time-based difficulty manager

This architecture allows new features to be added without breaking existing systems.

📱 Platform

• Android (APK)

• Built with Unity

• Optimized for mobile performance

📥 How to Play (Android)

1. Download the APK

2. Install (enable “Install from unknown sources” if prompted)

3. Launch and start running

🎥 Media

• Gameplay video shows:

  • Responsive swipe controls

  • Difficulty ramping

  • Powerups in action

  • Clean death & game-over flow

(Gameplay video recommended for best experience)

🛠 Tools & Technologies

• Unity (3D)

• C#

• Unity Addressables

• Animation Controller

• Physics & Collision Systems

• Mobile Input (Touch)

🎯 Learning Goals of This Project

• Designing scalable gameplay systems

• Writing clean, maintainable Unity code

• Building mobile-friendly architecture

• Separating gameplay logic from presentation

• Applying design patterns in real projects

🙌 Feedback

This project is part of my Build in Public journey.
I’d love feedback from:

• Players 🎮

• Unity developers 🧠

• Recruiters & reviewers 👀

Good or bad — all feedback is welcome.

👤 Developer

Dip Patel
Unity Game Developer

• Focus: Gameplay Systems, Architecture, Mobile Performance

• Built as a solo project