Felix Deng.
All work
Game development

Hunt the Wumpus

AI-guided learning game inspired by the text-only classic — first place at Microsoft's Hunt the Wumpus game development competition, later shipped to the App Store.

App Store Source
A Hunt the Wumpus run: the player moves across the numbered hex map, falls into a pit, and is put through a three-question trivia round to climb back out, with each answer marked correct or wrong
Falling into a pit starts a trivia round — answer your way back out. Recorded at 2× speed.

Tech

UnityC#Game AIAlgorithmsiOS / App Store

Highlights

  • AI spinoff of the text-only classic
  • Hex-grid cave map with score and coin economy
  • Playtested and refined with real users

Overview

Built for Microsoft's "Hunt the Wumpus" game development competition (Apr–Jun 2024), where projects are judged on design, code quality, creativity, and user experience.

I created an AI-guided learning game inspired by the text-only classic Hunt the Wumpus, designed to give players a unique experience rather than a straight port.

The loop of a Hunt the Wumpus run You explore a hex map where each tile's colour hints at what is next to it. Stepping onto a hazard tile branches three ways: bats move you to a random tile, a pit starts a three-question trivia round, and the Wumpus starts a five-question round. Answer enough questions and you go back to exploring; miss too many and the run ends. You win by shooting an arrow into the tile holding the Wumpus. Explore the hex map each tile’s colour hints at what’s next to it Bats Pit Wumpus Trivia round 3 questions for a pit, 5 for the Wumpus Keep exploring bats, or enough right answers Run ends too many wrong Shoot an arrow into the Wumpus tile the only way to win
The core loop: explore, hit a hazard, answer your way out — or shoot the Wumpus and win.

Process

I designed the game mechanics, playtested with real users, refined the game based on their feedback, and delivered a live demo and Q&A to the judges.

Result

First place out of 160+ contestants. The game was later published on the App Store; it and Robot Rush have 800+ downloads between them.

Media

Hunt the Wumpus board: a numbered hex-grid cave map with a score counter, coin and arrow tallies, and Buy arrows / Buy a secret / Shoot arrow actions
The hex-grid cave map, with the run's score and actions.