Skill-Based Mobile Arcade Game — Unity

Role: Solo Developer / Lead Unity Developer
Platform: Mobile | Engine: Unity

Overview

Swipe Kings is a skill-based mobile arcade game focused on precision, timing, reflexes, and physics-driven interactions.

Players control a coin using swipe and touch inputs, aiming to land it as close to the center of a target as possible. Scoring rewards both accuracy and execution speed, creating a simple-to-learn but difficult-to-master gameplay loop.

The game features four distinct modes:

Swipe & Tap — combines swipe control with precise timing-based taps.
Swipe & Land — requires accurate control of trajectory and landing position.
Swipe & Bounce — challenges players to predict bounce behavior and trajectory.
Slingshot — uses a slingshot-style launch mechanic with different trajectory control.
Core Gameplay & Scoring

The gameplay system evaluates multiple performance variables, including:

Landing position and distance from target center
Swipe speed and direction
Timing
Successful target interaction

This creates a clear skill progression from learning the controls to optimizing trajectory, speed, and precision for high scores.

Progression & Monetization

The game includes:

Personal high scores
Competitive leaderboards
Badges and achievements
Advertising
In-App Purchases

These systems support replayability, competition, and free-to-play monetization while keeping the core gameplay skill-based.

Live Configuration & Developer Tools

A major technical feature is the runtime configuration system, allowing gameplay parameters to be modified and tested without requiring a new build.

I developed internal tools supporting:

Runtime property/configuration changes
Debug and testing modes
Gameplay parameter tuning
Dedicated testing labs
Physics and trajectory experimentation
Scoring and difficulty testing
Internal administration utilities

This enabled a workflow of Change → Apply → Test, significantly reducing iteration time when balancing gameplay.

Technical Architecture

As the sole developer, I handled the complete development lifecycle:

Game Design → Architecture → Gameplay → UI/UX → Game Systems → Monetization → Progression → Testing → Debugging → Optimization → Deployment

Key responsibilities included gameplay programming, input systems, physics, scoring, game modes, state management, progression, leaderboards, achievements, ads, IAP, configuration systems, developer tools, UI, optimization, build management, and publishing.

What the Project Demonstrates

Swipe Kings demonstrates the ability to independently design and engineer a complete Unity product, combining gameplay engineering, systems architecture, live configuration, monetization, competitive progression, testing infrastructure, and developer tooling within a single application.