Midnight Taxi

Learning Outome:

• Being a Senior
• Created Flexible Dialog structure
• Created Easy to Set Interactive system

Midnight Taxi is about picking up passengers and taking them to their destination. Throughout the journey, you will experience weird, spooky, and surprising things. You also have a conversation with the passenger NPC; your decisions and responses will affect the outcome of the conversation and ultimately affect the ending scene. The game is set in America, follows the theme of PS1, and has a low-poly art style.

I contributed to the project by creating the dialogue system; this is the key feature of the game, as the entire conversation is built using the dialogue system. I also created MetaSound and set them up in the blueprint to play smooth driving SFX for things like cars moving, stopping, and at what speed the SFX should be played. Finally, I also worked on the interaction system for the game; this allows the player to interact with specific things in the game, such as opening doors, turning on or off the radio, and so on.

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Final Year Project

Learning Outome:

• Gameplay Programming
• Designer Consideration
• Design Patterns
• UML Diagram

Gameplay Features:

• Abilities (Single & Combo casting)
• Level Up (Player & Abilities)
• AI Monsters (Drop Item)
• Vendor
• Inventory

This project was my first step towards becoming a gameplay programmer and expanding my Unreal C++ knowledge. It is hard to believe that in 5 months I have managed to learn Unreal C++ and expand my Unreal Engine knowledge, as at the start of it I had no to very little knowledge regarding the gameplay programmer role and Unreal C++. I only had knowledge of Blueprint and creating prototypes in Unreal Engine.

Furthermore, I focused on learning UML diagrams and design patterns to improve my programming skills and create flexible or maintainable project. In addition to that, I focused on using data assets and providing tool tips for all the features that were accessible in the editor or blueprint as if I were making them for a designer.

I have also taken inspiration from the GAS plugin to create my own mini-ability system, as the project contains attribute setup, an ability component, and a damage system (based on UGameplayEffect).

Overall, the project goal was to create mini-RPG-style gameplay. Focusing on creating flexible code structure as well as easy setup allowing designers to create new items or gears, as well as easy to tweak properties (in this case using Data Asset).

• Gameplay Video
• Project Setup Video

• Github Project
• Structure Document

Local Multiplayer

Features:

• Initialise Chain (Managers)
• Game Mode (CTF, TDM)
• Console Controller Input
• Blueprint

This was part of a prototype module where I created a local multiplayer game with two types of game modes (CTF and TDM). The project contains managers and multiple game mode classes for each game mode, with a proper initialization chain setup and blueprint structure.

Gameplays wise the game is inspired by Fall Guys, as the design of the character and the map may showcase that. The idea was to create a fun family-friendly game that even kids can play, with the classic game modes that almost every team based game has.

• Gameplay Demo

Tank WarFair

World of Tanks Features:

• Advance Tank feel and look
• Camera (First-Person, Third-Person, Top view)
• Accuracy system
• Damage Tank parts (Causing unique performance issues)
• Sound Effects (MetaSounds)
• Simple AI

This was a prototype project; I wanted to work on something new, and so I chose to recreate the World of Tanks features, as I have never worked on vehicles before, and I was interested in how tanks are made in a game.

At first, the project was supposed to be a blueprint, but I later converted the entire work to C++ towards the end as I wanted more projects to show off my Unreal C++ knowledge.
In addition to that, I also learned to use MetaSounds and tried recreating World of Tanks sound effects.

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• Project
• Design Document

Multiplayer Level Design

Learning Outome:

• Hammer Engine
• Multiplayer Level Design
• Level Iteration
• Level Analyse (research)

This was 8 weeks project where I learned to design Multiplayer Level as well as apply playtesting feedback to my level and improve it. Additionally, I learned to use Hammer Engine to make the Team Fortress Two level, which is an old engine and it made me really appreciate how far Game Engines have come.

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• Design Document
• Iteration Document

SeasonScape

My Contribution:

• Gameplay features
• UI Design & UI Interaction
• Level Created
• Balance & PlayTesting
• Sound Effects

This was one week Game Jame project, during which I took the role of leadership as I was working with 1st years, due to having the most experience in game development as well as working in a team, I knew how to manage my team and had more confidence in my skills.
I made sure that each of my team member were contributing to the game by managing tasks according to their role and what they were trying to add to their portfolio. Addition to that, due to a team member missing I had to do double the amount of work, as I was the only one with strong unreal engine skills to put my artist work and designers’ ideas or level into the engine and make a complete game within a week.

Learning Outcome:

For this project, I learned to create a 2D game in Unreal Engine. I already had experience making 2D games in Unity, and so I wanted to do something new for this game jam that was also based on portfolio projects.

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DIRECTX

Physics Learned:

• Force
• Rigidbody
• Particles
• Collision (Sphere, Box, Plane)

Graphics Learned:

• Rendering objects (setting transform)
• Transparency(Blending)
• Linear Fog
• Lighting (Ambient, Diffuse, Specular)
• Texture
• Skybox

This was a 2nd year module where I learned to make use of DirectX and implement the features listed above. Although I covered the basics of DirectX, I was able to learn how to setup basic game engine features for graphics and physics. This project helped me develop my DirectX understanding and improve my C++ knowledge, as I learned to create components and make better use of OOP.

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• Physics Project
• Graphics Project

TWO SOULS

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I worked on creating proper documentation for the design of the game as well as using Industry standard techniques for scheduling and creating sprints using agile methodology. The game is a single player puzzle-based game where players need to make use of both characters with unique abilities to escape the lab.

Learning Outcome:

This project taught me how to stay motivated for a long-term project, manage my time, and reflect on my progress to make sure I am on track. Furthermore, I learned to improve my programming skills by focusing more on creating optimised code structures.

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• Design Document
• Project

MARIO

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I redesigned the original Mario game using the Simple Direct Media Layer (SDL). I learned to create basic AI that changes direction when hitting a wall and setup an enemy collision system, as well as tile collision. Furthermore, this was my first C++ project where I did not use an engine or existing framework to make a game.

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SUPER FOX

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A mini-project that I worked on before starting university to get a head start. This is also my first ever game that I made. The game was inspired by the classic Mario game, and it includes side quests such as collecting specific amounts of cherries, killing monsters by jumping on them, and finding hidden gems.

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LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

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This was 6 weeks project that took 20+ people to work together and make a game. My role as a junior technical designer was to work with the final year student seniors and other juniors to create features for the game. I worked on creating functionality such as, Object highlight using materials, the bag weight system, interaction with the artefact and performing bug fixes.

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