Game Development Process Blog

Custom Assets With the project there was more custom assets that were made outside just to give the game that polish. The main ones that haven't been shown off is how some of the assets for this game was made, mainly the HUD and the Menu's for the game. Some are simple but others are complicated than it seems. Main Menu Image of the Title Screen in editor view The main menu will be the first thing the player see's and it has to be simple but also at the same time give off a big impression since again this will be the first thing the player will see in the game. To make the menu I used an image that had been made in the program "Paint.Net", it is a piece of software that is free and similar to "Photoshop" and with it I just used a simple black box with some text that shows the title of the game and the creator of the game. There is one detail that some players might notice and that is the person in the menu and that is actually a character from a...

Importing objects from Maya to UE4 Now that the gun is finished it is time to import it into the engine for the final game, To do this it's pretty simple really since Maya has an option to import into Unreal already in the engine. To find this option it is simply located in the "File Tab" that is found at the top of the screen, There is also 3 options to choose from but for this case choosing the "Selection" option would be the better choice since it only imports what is selected. Image with highlights of options to choose when imported selected objects from Maya . Once the option has been selected then it's as simple as finding the Unreal project that the file will be sent too and then it will be sent to the imported section of the game meaning, just find the gun in the imported section and it should show the model with the imported materials, it is as simple as that but it goes more in detail with how the model will be shown in game. Image o...

The Third and Final Development Update Unreal Engine 4 Since the last development update a lot has happened on the game including finally putting the second section into the game with both of the layout and some of the obstacles and also more menus involving the ending of the game and a new title screen for the game. Image of one of the sections in the 2nd half of the game Image of another section in the 2nd half of the game The second section of the game is more interesting since it takes place on the ground floor of the facility and has more light areas compared to darker areas, this makes level design more interesting since the lack of relying on the flashlight. There are 4 rooms in total the player will have to traverse with the final room housing the door to escape. At this point all of the same tools were used here to make this possible but the interesting parts is how the menu's were made. Image of the Ending Screen Image of the code that links th...

In the current project for the HUD to be achieved it had to have some new pieces of blueprints added to allow the HUD to be accurate to show how many bullets you currently have. This was achieved multiple ways but first I will go through the new bullet system implemented what the HUD utilizes in the game. Ammo The game requires you go through the level with only 7 bullets, the bullets are used to make stealth easier and to also help solve some puzzles throughout the game. This was achieved by editing the blueprints in the template to basically count down till it hit zero then stop accepting the firing input. Image of new blueprints added to the existing template code This new blueprint gets the Ammo component and will always check to see if it's higher than the value of 0 as long as it's above 0 the condition will stay true but each time the gun fires -1 bullet is taken and then it will update the value of the ammo component till the condition reaches fal...

A lot has happened since the last time I posted an update, The first section of the game has been almost finalized and the gun is finished modelling wise and is almost ready to be put into the game, also HUDS. Unreal Engine First off the updates to the main game have been massive since last time having a new feature added what should of been at the start, ammo. The game allows you to only have 7 bullets throughout the whole game that means once you run out you can't shoot anymore. There is also to show this a HUD, custom made by me in Paint.Net. The final game will be using the same HUD. Image of the Spawn with the new HUD The first section of the game has also started and is almost done, the first section being the basement of the facility makes it so outside of the interrogation room it's pretty dark meaning you have to rely on the view given from the flashlight, originally this was going to be pure dark but the player couldn't see any of the hidden zones to m...

Development Update: 2 Unreal Engine 4 Blueprint of the chase player when seen Blueprint of Chase Player that also damages player Blueprint to show that player has hit the enemy Within the unreal engine game I have started development of the main level design and also made the AI blueprints more streamlined so that when the player is spotted they will always follow the player till they are dead, I have also started working on a music trigger what will play when the player has been spotted by the enemy. The enemy has also been updated as well to be killed by the player when hit by a projectile. The music trigger is bugged so it plays outside of the pawn sensing zone of the enemy. The next part of blueprints to work on will be Ammo and the menu's and UI. AI has also been worked on for the game with the enemies patrolling the area until they spot the player character and then will switch the AI state automatically to start chasing the player till he is caught. This...