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Drunken Wizard – Hackathon Pitch

Overview

Drunken Wizard is a turn-based combat game where you enter a tavern and battle a drunk wizard! The game combines strategy with randomness.
Players roll a slot machine containing four core elements: Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth.
Each turn, they must choose a sequence of elements to build attacks, defenses, and buffs that shape the outcome of the battle.

The result is a blend of tactical planning and chance-based decision making that keeps every encounter unpredictable.

Core Mechanics

Element Slot System:
Players roll three elemental slots each turn and select one per slot. The order and combination determine the effects of that turn.
Elemental Effects:
- Fire: High damage, small recoil risk.
- Water: Healing and shield generation.
- Wind: Quick attacks, chance for double strikes.
- Earth: Strong defense and shield-to-damage conversion.
Enemy Scaling:
The enemy becomes progressively stronger after each turn, forcing adaptive play.

Why It Works

Integrates chance-based rolling with meaningful strategic choices.
Encourages experimentation with elemental synergies.
Uses clear feedback loops through UI, timing, and sound to make each choice impactful.
Simple mechanics with depth for both casual and competitive play.

Technical Details

System	Tools
Engine	Unity (C#)
UI	TextMeshPro, custom pixel-based layout
Audio	Unity AudioSource, retro-inspired sound design
Logic	Modular Combat Manager with coroutine-based timing
Assets	All pixel art and animations created in Aseprite

Development Challenges

During development, I faced several challenges working with Unity.
Maintaining consistent game logic across multiple scripts required careful structuring of turn systems and coroutine timing.
I also spent significant time ensuring all Aseprite-generated assets rendered correctly at pixel-perfect scale and aligned cleanly within the UI.
These issues strengthened my understanding of Unity’s rendering pipeline, object management, and component referencing.