Project Crawler – Technical Assessment

The following game, denoted with the alias “Project Crawler,” is a Roblox tower-defense game. This technical assessment aims to diagnose the prerequisites for such a game to exist on the Roblox platform. A detailed exploration of the idea can be found here.

Directory of Contents

Types
- String
- Integer
- Float
- Reference
- Enumerations
  - Rarity
  - Hostility
- Luck
Items
- Weaponry
Characters
- NPCs
  - Enemies

Types

String

“This is a string.”

Integer

1, 2, 3, 4, 5…

Float

3.14, 1.5, 2.8, 9.7734…

Reference, short “Ref”

Reference to a game asset, website, etc…

Enumerations, short “Enum”

Enumerations are pre-defined finite values that a variable can have.

Rarity

Enumerations	Abundance - 100%
COMMON	Most abundant - 70%
UNCOMMON	15%
RARE	8%
EPIC	3%
LEGENDARY	0.9%
MYTHIC - Dungeons	Least abundant - 0.1%

Hostility

Enumerations	Likelihood to attack
PASSIVE	None even if provoked
TRIGGERED	Will if provoked
HOSTILE	Will without provoking

Fighting Style

	Low Distance	High Distance
Physical	PL	PH
Magic	ML	MH

Classes

Class	Fighting Style
Tank	`PL` or PH
Damage	ANY
Mage	ML or `MH`
Support	ANY

Luck

Float-based type that is bounded by low of 0, high of 1 and can be any real number.

A luck of 0 has a 0% chance of happening. A luck of 1 has a 100% chance of happening.

Items

Basic Properties:

Name: String
Description: String
Graphic: Ref
Rarity: Enum

Weaponry

Inherited basic properties from Items

Additional properties:

Damage: Integer

Characters

Basic Properties:

Name: String
Description: String
Graphic: Ref
Rarity: Enum
HP: Integer
Fighting Style: Enum
Class: Class
Abilities: Enum[]
Towers: Enum[]
Damage: Integer
Luck: Luck

NPCs

Inherited basic properties from Characters

Additional properties:

Hostility: Enum

Enemies

Inherited basic properties from Characters

Waves

- Gets harder after each one
    - More enemies
    - More difficult enemies
    - More varied enemies

Map design

- Detailed area
- Not overcrowded
- Ambience
    - Sound (during build phase)
        - Becomes more intense on boss wave
    - Dim lighting (light splotches)
- Relatively large
- Clear path
    - Clear path for enemies
    - Path diverging

The Objective

- Multiple entrys for enemies
    - Pathfinding algorithm

Traps

- Map part that you can give you advantage by killing enemies
- Generic but can change depending on map

Character selection

- Before the waves