UE4 3rd person prototype
Oscar Escamilla
Project Description

This prototype was built with the objective of putting in practice all of the skills learnt through several Unreal Engine 4 online tutorials. It was also a presentation card for Unreal Engine 4 game design jobs, as I had nothing to show with that engine

The prototype shows passive and active NPC AIs. Active AIs will hunt and fight the player. Passive AIs can talk with the player, but can also fight if provoked. The player can fight, sneak in the fortress or talk his way into it.

It took quite a lot of time, trial an error to make this work. I'm still not happy with how the combat system turned out, and the AI cannot fight as a team, but for the purpose of learning, and in order to advance to a future prototype with cleaner code base, I'll leave it as it is

Project Details
  • GenreThird Person RPG
  • ClientMyself
  • DateFebruary-june 2020
  • StatusWIP
  • PlatformPC
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My work

  • Game design: The game is a simple linear path leading to a final confrontation. There are a few NPCs that can give hints to the player about what to do. All NPCs can be set to hostile if you hit them. In hindsight, the prototype didn't really show anything interesting design-wise, and the recruiters weren't impressed, but it served its purpose

  • Blueprint programming: Some of the blueprints used are integrations of online tutorials (for example, the targetting system), with some additions of my own. The game uses the Dialogue Plugin for easy branching dialogue development. Not a lot more to say about this

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