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Degree Project FinalEvaluation
Degree Project Evaluation
In this evaluation I will be discussing my journey of completing this degree project, everything from the positives of the project to the negatives that struck me to the moments of motivation.
What went well during this project:
There are many things that I could say went well during the project, mainly managing to code, design and execute this entire project by myself without any help and having a final delivery that works sounded dream-like to me when first pitching this idea. After I submitted I felt that I had bitten off more than I can chew and kept telling myself that I will not complete this project. So, after all that, me managing to submit a game is a big success for me. I am proud that the game works with no bugs (at least non that I know off) and can be played and enjoyed by an audience. I think creating the mechanics of the game such as combat, damaged, collecting potions and puzzles all made the game come together as it presents the player with more options when playing the game. This is the first time that implement any of these features in any game so having them merely exist is classified as a success in my eyes. Another element that I hope I implemented well is the story element of the game. I thought having a guiding voice over will make the game seem more immersive which I believe was the case. The Voice over artist that I found on Fiverr Michael Haj, did a great job in performing the different voices within the story. He performed the voices of Edwin, Medieval narrator and NPCS. In my opinion the audio creates an immersive experience for the player.
What went wrong:
Although there were many things that well wrong there are many things that did not go well in my opinion. The first is I still think I bit off more than I can chew. The game had too many moving parts to it which will make it very difficult for one person to pull it off by themselves. I had to wear different hats during the game and do many things that either I have little to no experience in or had no skill in such as C++ coding. Having never coded in C++ I felt that I was impossible to do everything. Yet still I managed to get the game submitted and it works. I would say picking to do a complex game in a time like this during covid and lockdown was not the best idea as I virtually had no technical help in the project. None of the lectures know how to use UE4 and even if I had picked Unity, the lack of face-to-face teaching just made things harder regardless. At certain times I regretted picking the project which defiantly is not the best mindset to have during the project. I also faced a lot of technical difficulties with the software. A few weeks ago, I was coding a part of the game and I do not know what I did but a massive portion of the game stopped working. To make matters worse, a lot of the main functionality broke such as the characters’ ability to move or the characters’ ability to create or cause damage. This stressed me out so much as I spent an entire week trying to fix it and then in the end I had to get an older version of the project and just add all the elements that were missing it to. This also broke me. Another issue that I had was with the exporting the game. On Saturday 08/05, I thought to myself I have finished the game, let me do a test export. The game would not export. There was a bug, and I could not export the game out. I spent 7 hours trying to figure out what the issue was and could not. In the end I took my drive and plugged it into another computer and somehow it exported. The problems did not stop there. The game took 8 hours to export. After the export I found that the game was 24gb. I had to then compress it which took an hour and then upload it to google drive which took another 3 hours. So overall it took a full day to just export and upload the project which made it extremely difficult to make changes to the game afterwards.
Final thoughts:
Overall I think this project taught me a lot, regardless of all the pain that I went through when making this game.
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VO Script
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Narrator: Medieval Narrator accent (old man/narrator)
Edwin: Medieval Knight and hero (Pick the accent you see best)
Cutscene opening:
“Once upon a Time,
100 years ago,
An abandoned island located between the world’s most powerful superpowers was discovered.
The two neighbouring nations of Gantrick and Fendera have fought over this Is abandoned Island for years.
They called it no step land.
Years of Bloodshed, Feuds and differences have caused the two nations to be divided, however 100 years ago king Gerlad V of Gantrick has declared a vow renouncing war and since that vow the two nations have been in a truce and piece spread between the nations.
However, the king received a rumour that the Fendera kingdom want to start a war since they thought that Gantrick is trying to take over no mans land. Your job sends this message from Gantrick to Fendera and get this message across to them.
On your Journey you will also need to collect three keys. These keys represent the Fendera kingdom. Key 1: Red Key. Represents the wrath and blood shed that Fendera kingdom has been involved in the last century. Key 2: Blue Key. The second key represents royalty and self-entitlement which are part of the Fenedran ethos. Key 3: The third key represents power and prestige that the Fenderan kingdom has been famous for many years.
Good luck Edwin.”
Controls: (Narrator, Medieval Voice General)
“Press ‘WASD’ Keys to move”.
“Press ‘Up’ Arrow to attack”
“Press ‘Down’ Arrow to Block”
“Press ‘Left’ Arrow to Dash”.
“Press ‘Right’ Arrow to stun enemy”
“Press ‘V’ to toggle Views.”
Health Potion:
“Press ‘Q’ to collect Health Potions.
Potion recharge your health up to the max. You can only carry one potion, so no extra can be picked up.”
Mana Potion:
Press ‘O’ to Collect Mana Potions.
Potion recharge your Mana up to the max. You can only carry one potion, so no extra can be picked up.
General lines Edwin:
“Jackpot!!”
“How convenient!!”
“Oh perfect!!”
“Oh No”
“I will be a hero”
General lines Narrator:
“Incorrect password entered Try again”.
“door open”.
“Health potion full”.
“Mana potion full”.
“Edwin you are our hero.”
King’s message:
“Dear King of Fendera,
I, King Gerald VII have would like to continue the truce that we have established over the last 100 Years. War is painful and evil causing loss and suffering to all parties. In the Gantrick Kingdom we have decided to honour our truce renouncing the war and staying in piece with the rest of the nations. I hereby commend this message upon you request your quit your call on war and continue our truce.”
Rotating Door Puzzle:
“Welcome to The Rotating handle puzzle. To leave this maze you need to solve this puzzle.
Press E to Engage with the puzzle. Use the left and Right arrows to move between the different handles. Press Enter to spin the handle. You have to find the right combination in order to crack the puzzle. Once the puzzle is solved the doors will open and you will hear this sound. Press E to leave puzzle before its destroyed.”
Maze:
“The Fendera kingdom is full of mazes. They use the mazes as a means to trick and trap enemies to make defeating them easier. Navigate your way around the maze in order to exit. Beware, there are many enemies in there.”
Enemy:
“Worms: The first enemy in your way are these worms. They shoot deadly acid balls from far. If they hit you your health will go down. There are three types of worms:
Small worms: They die in 2 hits and your HP goes down by 2 every time they hit you.
Medium worms: They die in 3 hits and your HP goes down by 4 every time they hit you. Their attacks are also more frequent.
Big worms: They die in 5 hits and your HP goes down by 7 every time they hit you. Their attacks are much faster.”
“Spider: The second enemy in your way are these Spider. They will melee attack you from close distances. If they hit you your health will go down.
Small Spider: They die in 2 hits and your HP goes down by 2 every time they hit you.
Medium Spider: They die in 3 hits and your HP goes down by 4 every time they hit you. Their attacks are also more frequent.
Big Spider: They die in 5 hits and your HP goes down by 7 every time they hit you. Their attacks are much faster.”
Piano puzzle:
“Welcome to the piano puzzle. Press E to Engage with the puzzle. Use the left and Right arrows to move between the different keys. Press Enter to play the note. Find the right combination of notes to open the door. Once the puzzle is solved the doors will open and you will hear this sound. Press E to leave puzzle before its destroyed.”
Code Puzzle:
“To get to the next section you need to input a password. The word you are looking for is somewhere in your messages section.”
Keys collected:
“Key 1 collected. Two more to go
Key 2 collected. One more to go.
Key 3 collected. Congratulations!! All keys have been collected.”
Ending cutscene:
“The message passed on from the Gantrick kingdom has stopped all wars, feuds and bloodshed between the two kingdoms.
The two kingdoms are in peace with each other and living better than ever.
Edwin you are the hero of our kingdom.”
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Quest System 3
The diamond structure:
In the open-world model, consider games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the player is acquainted with the game on request; however, they can go anyplace and do anything they desire from that point onward. There are many inquiries of the sorts and types over; the player can pick and pick what to do, giving the player the fantasy of opportunity inside the game world (precious stones). Nonetheless, the game finishes with finishing a bolted necessity and is consistently a prerequisite to finishing the game. This can fluctuate with the various decisions a player has made during the game or have different ends. Requests can be centered on search focuses, for example, urban communities that have a ton to do or all the more yet don't need to be filled straightforwardly.
Linear Hub structure:
This structure has a ton of "connect" necessities that should be met to open the following area or "harp," each harp can have any prerequisites, this could be a city brimming with individuals with issues with their questions and ties to finish them once the entire is finished, the player proceeds onward to the following harp... Restricting the center points' hunt size will make the mission structure sound clearer, and hence the game equivalent and making huge open harps can cause the player to feel greater.
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Quest system 2
Deja-Vu Quests:
This kind of mission design gives the player a journey for what they have done or seen previously. At times, this "new" application will have wind or something that isolates you. Could it likewise be the very sort of mission in various pieces of the game world, maybe with more than one troll camp? Or, on the other hand, maybe the player should pick berries each day.
Tournament:
Serious style prerequisites, a progression of inquiries that become more troublesome as the player advances. A model would be a front line; if a player routs five adversaries in succession, he gets the prize for being the boss of the field; however, if, for instance, he falls flat in the third, the entire competition has fizzled, and he needs to start from the very beginning the necessities.
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Quest System
The longing to follow, search, visit, work, or dole out an individual to obtain or procure something.
Guarantee types exist inside search examples, and search designs exist inside the principle search structure.
Quest Patterns - "An engaging experience."
Arrowhead
An essential inquiry design, the pursuit arrangement begins wide and basic; the player needs to execute some lower individuals. The following interest is little; the player needs to murder a couple of however intense adversaries, suppose the chief's gatekeepers. The last wish is to battle the chief; the player has executed the group and would now be able to slaughter the chief. This case is exceptionally direct and compelling, offering awards in all classes or when the supervisor is dead.
Continuous Side Quests:
These side inquiries change all through the game, one opening the following and influencing outer requirements as the story's continuation. This example is frequently found with colleagues in RPG games, where the player should be a companion of the colleague to open their news questions.
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Mana Restoration
Mana is currently an instrument played by a player when he utilizes mysterious weapons. Like the Player's Life, the player's present inventory and energy are demonstrated by a meter: a segment of blue stars appeared in the upper right corner of the screen, with each star addressing four- mana. Mana recovers naturally as long as the player doesn't shoot a wizardry weapon. It tops off immediately when the player is fixed, with a high-level scale increment dependent on the full current: When the player has more, it refreshes quicker. Each letter begins with a power of 20 (one star for every meter of nourishment).
Use Mana Crystals to expand the player's solidarity by 20 for all time, adding another star to the meter. This should be possible up to multiple times, notwithstanding the initial 1 star making up 10 stars altogether, addressing mana.
Mana force can be expanded by utilizing different weapons like Gem Robes and Nebula weapons, just like assets. Refreshing frills in the arcane processor can significantly improve the top mana.
When the nourishment recovery is finished, and the player arrives at the top sustenance once more, a cry is played, and a concise sparkling blue impact appears on the character's sprite.
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Health bar Restoration
1. Please point out the substance that is higher in the Administration window than the Details Panel under Content Insert Life: Do in like way with another substance gadget at any rate name it as Energy to make your diagram look lower
2. Select the Health Progress Bar & in the information, the board put the Color to fill and Opacity in green. It's possible to see that Improvement Bar doesn't show any new data for hiding then passing on hiding. This will be because the level of the fill bar is set to 0.0.
3. Add the Energy web Fill Color (we picked Orange tone).
4. Ammunition Display, utilizing the strategies from a higher spot, adds gadgets to Hierarchy with the target that your settings are set out under.
5. With the Horizontal Box containing the picked ammunition's subtleties, re-measures this and then spot it in the top of the right corner.
6. The Horizontal Box picked up the Anchors and selected Anchor at the top right in the depth board.
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Health bar restoration
Health bar
We will use these as the material for HUD.
1. Go the first step, open HUD having the HUD device having Blueprint to get to the doubtlessly comprehend for device print containing blue director. Between the Widget Blueprint having the Editor, we give visual plans that have framed accommodation for HUD.
2. Under the Palette window having a panel, draw the box that is horizontal to the Canvas-Panel in Control window. Board gadgets take after holders same as different contraptions and give extra worth to the gadgets inside them.
3. Under the Panel, use draw or drag the two boxes that are vertical to the Horizontal Box beneath the normal; draw two substance gadgets into the guideline Vertical Box & 02- movement bars in the following box that is straight.
4. Please point out the Horizontal Box; by then, on the framework, change the compartment's size and spot it in the top left of the window, at the corner.
5. Point out both Bars showing progress, and the Details Panel is set both to fill Size.
6. Point out a particular box having progress bars and put it to polish off.
7. Point out the Box that is Horizontal again, and sometime later, the bard matches the substance.
8. Please point out the substance that is higher in the Administration window than the Details Panel under Content Insert Life: Do in like way with another substance gadget at any rate name it as Energy to make your diagram look lower
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Playing cut scenes in Unreal Engine
1. Shoot the cut-scene from the Sequencer, including the development of the characters, and play the grouping from the idea of level in the game's ideal spot. Nonetheless, this can make hindrances to adjusting with movement yet give smooth progress among game and cut-scene.
2. Shoga cut from Sequencer, including the characters' development, and adds to the video. Reappear, and afterward, in the perfect spot in the game, play this video on the screen with the gadget object. This strategy disposes of sync issues, yet the change can be unexpected. In any case, as a little something extra, the video can be prepared after outsider programming (for example, After Effects) before bringing into UE.
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Lighting & Post Processing
Basic Lighting
I began with the essentials I definitely knew: Lights highlighting vital zones to mirror the ideal light, Dominant Directional Light outside with an electric lamp to intensify and impersonate the impact of daylight, and 2 Dynamic Lights close to the base with a span length running along with the splendid main concerns. (I miss work on UDK where you can make lighting utilizing postings remembered for networks.)
Lightmap Resolution
The left divider's shadows don't pivot marginally after expanding their lightmap goal from the default 32 x 32 to 256 x 256. (To take attractive screen captures or recording flythrough, changing over light map acclimation to huge worth is vacant, but at that point, inside the game, it will begin to influence the effectiveness.
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