Isles of the Arcane

A top-down hero shooter / MOBA mod that lives inside Pirate Nation.

Project Overview

Isles of the Arcane began as a self-learning exercise and has grown into a fully-networked 2 v 2 hero shooter moba with rune-empowered weapons.

Technical Details

• Unity URP + Netcode for GameObjects
• Custom cone-of-vision fog-of-war shader
• Scriptable-Object ability system
• Server-authoritative physics
• Dynamic ability selections

Challenges & Solutions

Fog of War in an area that is dynamic based on the item you hold and works in multiplayer mode

Key Achievements

• Ran a 25-player public playtest
• Hosted and ran multiple playtests