Katharina Rex — Team Trash

Team Trash is a 2D Unity platformer set in a neon-drenched city and its shadowy sewer system, where players freely switch between a witty raccoon and a semi-aggressive possum on a chaotic trash-scavenging mission.

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Core Systems

🦝 Character Switching

Instant switching between raccoon and possum
Shared world state, individual health
Different tactical strengths and playstyles

🍕 Resource System: Trash = Ammo = Score

Collected trash increases highscore
Trash can be thrown as projectiles but reduces score
Health displayed as a pizza wheel (4 slices per character)

This creates constant tension between greed and safety.

🌆 Dynamic Threat Zones

Sewer: Rats that hop and bite, toxic water, moving and spiked platforms
City: Robo-cats that chase players, laser eye attacks, environmental traps
Boss Encounter: Giant robo-cat

🎭 Special Abilities

Possum: Can enter a “Possum Motel”, emerges with possum babies, and babies function as distraction grenades with narrative consequence if abandoned
Raccoon: Can find a strawberry power-up, visually gains a strawberry hat, and unlocks temporary unlimited projectile spam without consuming trash

Narrative Outcome System

The ending screen dynamically changes based on total trash collected, survival of characters, whether possum abandoned its babies, and the player’s greed-vs-survival balance.

Project Details

Engine: Unity (2D)
Language: C#
Architecture:
- Custom player controller
- Character state switching system (Possum/Raccoon)
- Health & resource tracking system
- Enemy AI (patrol / chase / ranged attack)
- Animator Controller-driven animation states
- Event-triggered environmental hazards

Art & Design

All pixel art, sprites, animation frames and UI drawn by me in Aseprite
Multiple tilesets (sewer & city)
Characters, enemies, decals
UI elements and health system visuals
Level design and pacing