Side Step

A fast, three-lane endless runner built in Unity. Swipe or use the keyboard to change lanes, jump over barriers, slide under signs, and grab power-ups to push your run further.

This started as a group project in my second year of study. I'm now reworking it solo as a portfolio piece, rebuilding the code to be cleaner and better structured, optimising performance, and remaking the 3D models from scratch in Blender. Built with Unity, C#, and Blender.

How to play

• A / D or ←/→ — change lanes
• Space — jump
• Left Ctrl — slide
• Esc — pause
• On mobile/touch: swipe left/right to change lanes, up to jump, down to slide

Features

• Three-lane endless runner with procedurally spawned tiles, obstacles, and pickups
• Stumble-and-recover damage system — one hit slows you down, a second within the window ends the run
• Four power-ups: Fly, Invincibility, High Jump, Double Points
• Coin shop with upgradeable power-ups (longer durations, bigger effects)
• Persistent high score, coin total, and audio settings
• Curved-world shader for that classic mobile-runner skyline curl
• Custom tile system that biases obstacle spawning so the run is always solvable

About this rework

This is a portfolio rebuild of an older project of mine. The original gameplay works end-to-end; this pass focuses on:

• Refactoring scripts to be cleaner, more modular, and properly separated by responsibility
• Performance pass on the tile/spawn system
• New character and obstacle models redone from scratch in Blender

Updates will roll out as I work through it. Feedback welcome.