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Stronger Attack

With a more clear agenda it isn’t too hard to figure out what to do, and with systems that are working well it’s fairly simple to add on top of it. I did overlook some issues with the charge logic but I fixed it to made sure it always reset the values to their properContinueContinue reading “Stronger Attack”

Further into the light

I got distracted a little by my list of further studies and started a lesson on stylized renders using post-process materials, basically a class to teach me how to drastically manipulate the aesthetics of the game. A very useful class, and I know some of the stuff already. Though it’s not my top priority rightContinueContinue reading “Further into the light”

Post-Christmas Trees

Still getting over the Christmas lag, so not a lot of updates today. I expect another slow few days especially with the New Year coming. What a year it has been. Not sure what else I can say. I worked on improving the lightning system. Tried different ways to arranging it to make it simplerContinueContinue reading “Post-Christmas Trees”

Lightning and thunder

Since I got rain going I thought I would figure out how to add lightning. I went the simple route and added lights outside the windows that would flash, and then thunder sound would play after. It’s pretty straight forward but it’s effective at adding more atmosphere to the boss fight. I got thunder soundsContinueContinue reading “Lightning and thunder”

The subtleties

Had a major mental block today as I tried to learn about saving and loading games, which is the second time I have tried to learn it, but I can’t quite focus on it at least for now. There are tons of videos on it and I haven’t absorbed any of them. I need toContinueContinue reading “The subtleties”

Getting the groove

Took a few days break and feeling very refreshed and clear-minded. Started off by improving the attacks of the boss, adding a new move and making sure that it reacted appropriately when doing certain actions. The attack list of the boss is probably my most spaghetti logic. So far I find no problems with theContinueContinue reading “Getting the groove”

Write as Rain

It’s a play on words. I didn’t actually write anything as rain. I watched two quick courses on animation philosophy and character philosophy from Unreal. I knew most of what they spoke of in the tutorial but it was very insightful as to why they did the things they did and why certain things wereContinueContinue reading “Write as Rain”

Fixing the pasta

So there’s a term for Blueprint spaghetti when it comes to the visual scripting of Unreal Engine. It happens when you have so many overlapping nodes or lines it becomes a real mess. I watched a video training from Unreal about going in-depth with Blueprints, making sure to optimize with the priority being performance. IContinueContinue reading “Fixing the pasta”

The dance of the fight

My method so far has always been starting with the small and working my way up. At the moment I’m focusing on picking apart and refining what systems I have and making sure everything works well together. I added better hit reaction for the player. So if the player gets hit from the front, left,ContinueContinue reading “The dance of the fight”

General Housekeeping

Is it house-keeping or housekeeping? Both seem right. As the title suggests I didn’t do anything groundbreaking today. After I made the video there were a few things I wanted to address. I changed when the character did stop animations for running, because previously the animation for “jog-stop” would play every time the character moved.ContinueContinue reading “General Housekeeping”