Cancer Immunology Game

Project produced at Cardiff University

About:

Take control of a cancer-fighting T killer cell inside the body and learn: what mechanisms tumour cell use to cause harm and remain undetected from your immune system; how your body defends itself from such malignancies; what benefit can immunotherapies provide in this eternal battle.

The demo is uploaded in a lower quality on the browser build to accommodate a better gameplay experience. Please leave any feedback on what you would like to see in the final game and page itself. Leave a comment or sign the survey provided in the game or by going directly to the survey!

Better builds available for download below.

• PC -> no specific requirements
• MacOS -> need to call -chmod from terminal to give rights
• Linux -> wildcard (no where to test it)

Developed by:

• Lorenzo Capitani (Research background on the topic)
• Boyan Yotov (Programming)
• Alex Mitev (Art)

Credits to:

• Eric Matyas - Background Music (soungimage.org)

Update List

April

Added new enemies cancer-associated fibroblast, killer cell behaviour tree AI, switch to Unity 2020LTS, rendering pipeline switch to URP with 2D Renderer. New level a.k.a the next level i.e. level 2.

February

Added background music and royalty-free non-matching sounds :). Update of the player UI and combat mechanics. Cardiovascular system travelling. Cellpedia for the open book exams a.k.a the microscope. Pathfinding in prep for AI.

December

Added cancer cell division. Reworked the game flow. Implemented storytelling/ tutorials to guide the player through the learning experience. Released first test build.