🎰 Vertigo Games Case Study

A Wheel of Fortune game developed in Unity 2021.3.45f2 for Vertigo Games Game Developer Demo.

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🎮 Gameplay Demo

gameplay_compressed.mp4

20:9 (Modern Phones)	16:9 (Standard)	4:3 (Tablets)

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📜 Table of Contents

Section	Description
🧩 Gameplay Overview	Core mechanics and game loop
🗺️ Zone System	Normal, Safe, and Super zones
🎡 Wheels	Bronze, Silver, and Golden wheels
🎁 Rewards	Reward scaling and bomb mechanic
🏗️ Architecture	Code structure and design decisions
📩 Contact	Interested in hiring?

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🧩 Gameplay Overview

• At every zone, the player spins the wheel which contains multiple reward slices and one bomb.
• Each spin either adds a reward to the player's inventory or triggers the bomb, wiping everything.
• Before spinning, the player may choose to walk away and collect all rewards gathered so far — but only on safe or super zones.
• Rewards scale with each zone, making deeper runs more valuable but riskier.

Core Mechanic	Description
Spin	Tap Spin to randomly land on a reward or the bomb
Bomb	Hitting the bomb loses all collected rewards; game can be restarted
Leave	Available only on Safe and Super zones — collects all rewards and ends the run
Zone Scaling	Reward amounts multiply each zone, increasing risk and reward together
Wheel Swap	Each zone type uses a different wheel with its own reward pool

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🗺️ Zone System

The game progresses through an infinite sequence of zones with three distinct types:

Zone Type	Interval	Wheel	Bomb?	Can Leave?
Normal	Every other zone	🟤 Bronze	✅ Yes	❌ No
Safe	Every 5th zone	⚪ Silver	❌ No	✅ Yes
Super	Every 30th zone	🟡 Golden	❌ No	✅ Yes

The Zone Tracker HUD shows the current position within the zone sequence, highlights upcoming Safe and Super zones, and displays zone badges for at-a-glance navigation.

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🎡 Wheels

Each wheel is a ScriptableObject with reward slots that are fully configurable from the Unity Editor without any code changes.

Wheel	Type	Risk
🟤 Bronze Wheel	Normal zones	Contains bomb — high risk
⚪ Silver Wheel	Safe zones (every 5th)	No bomb — risk-free spin
🟡 Golden Wheel	Super zones (every 30th)	No bomb — premium rewards

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🎁 Rewards

• All reward cards are ScriptableObjects assignable per wheel slot.
• Reward amounts scale linearly with zone number, so the deeper the run, the greater the payout.
• Collected rewards are tracked in an inventory panel on the main screen.
• On a bomb hit, the entire inventory is wiped. On a confirmed leave, all collected rewards are displayed in a final result panel.

Event	Outcome
🎁 Land on reward	Reward added to inventory; advance to next zone
💣 Land on bomb	All rewards lost; restart prompt shown
🚪 Leave (Safe/Super)	All collected rewards shown; run ends

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🏗️ Architecture

The project follows a layered architecture with clear separation between data, logic, and presentation.

Layer	Namespace	Responsibility
Data	VertigoGamesCaseStudy.Data	ScriptableObjects, value types, enums (Reward, Wheel, GameState)
Manager	VertigoGamesCaseStudy.Manager	Game logic (SpinManager, ZoneManager, InventoryManager, GameStateMachine)
View	VertigoGamesCaseStudy.View	UI components (WheelView, SliceView, panel classes extending BasePanelUI)
App	VertigoGamesCaseStudy.App	Top-level orchestration (UIManager)

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📩 Contact

📧 E-mail: acemcakmak@gmail.com 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/acemcakmak