Flax: Bot City

Flax: Bot City is a standalone level and design iteration based on my work-in-progress game, Flax: The Game — a third-person 3D platformer. This spin-off transforms the concept into a fast-paced, first-person sci-fi shooter, focused on tight movement, inventive traversal, and modular puzzle-solving. It was developed as part of my final assignment for the CI414 Game Design & Development module at the University of Brighton.

🕹️ How to Play

• Navigate using WASD / Left Stick
• Jump with Space / Bottom Face Button
• Sprint with Shift / Left Stick Press
• Shoot using Left Mouse / Right Trigger
• Interact with plugs and buttons using E / Left Face Button
• Open pause menu with Esc / Special Right Button

🎯 Objective: Defeat all enemy ArmBots and reach the roof of the central Quantum Computer.

🎥 Walkthrough

📦 Download

• 🖥️ Windows Build (.ZIP)

• 🚧 Note: Project uses Unreal Engine 5 and may require a mid-spec PC with a GPU.

📚 Credits & Acknowledgements

• Developer: Chad Nippard (University of Brighton)

• Asset Support: Andy Connacher – custom static meshes (Fan and spline ground lines)

• Audio:

  • Dialogue recorded and edited by the author

  • Additional sounds sourced from Freesound.org under Creative Commons licences:

    • Freesound. (2025). Sci-fi Laboratory Ambience by qubodup
    • Freesound (2025). Bounce kick 16.WAV by smokum
    • Freesound (2024). Jetpack SFX Looped 01 by velcronator
    • Freesound (2016). Tow Cable.wav by paultherocker3000
    • Freesound (2016). Strong wind by lextrack

• Landscape textures: 
  • Free PBR Materials. (2024). Angled Blocks Vegetation PBR Material
  • Free PBR Materials. (2024). Granite 5 PBR Material
  • Free PBR Materials. (2024). Wispy Grass Meadow 1 PBR Material

📖 Licence / Usage

This game is part of a university submission and is distributed for educational and portfolio purposes only. Do not redistribute without permission.