Joao Henares

Saparkour

Movement Design | Player Controller | Level Prototyping | Systems Iteration

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Summary

Saparkour is a 3D precision movement prototype built in Unity over two weeks. The game focuses on high-stakes jump commitment, physics-driven bounce interactions, and a modular grappling system designed to enable controlled mid-air traversal.

Project Details

5 handcrafted levels
14 interactive props
Custom rigidbody-based character controller
Power-bar jump charge system
Physics bounce system (configurable bounciness > 1)
Spring-damper grapple system
Checkpoint + reset architecture
Encrypted local leaderboard persistence

Team and Time

Team Size: 1 (Solo project)
Time: 2 weeks

Goals

My goals for Saparkour were to make a 2-week game with as much detail and polishing as I could, while providing to the player the unique racing-rage-platforming feel.

My time over the 2 weeks was spent in 3 pillars: Design (over the first 2 days), Gameplay programming (over 9 days) and UI polishing (over the last 3 days).

I took special time to develop and make tutorials of the game's main mechanics, jumping and grappling. I used the remaining gameplay programming time to make interactable props and combine action blocks into 3 well developed and more challenging levels.

Systems

Movement System

Custom rigidbody-based character controller
Jump charge calculates impulse force based on input duration
Air movement intentionally restricted to increase stakes
Bounce system supports per-object configurable bounciness (including > 1 multipliers for momentum amplification)

Grapple System

Spring-damper implementation for elastic tongue behavior
Grapple state overrides air immobility constraint
Modular attachment points defined via grappleable surface class
Integrated into movement state transitions

Reset System

Objects reset to initial position for fast checkpoint iteration
Movement state resets every reset event
Different types of reset (soft vs. hard level reset)