Defense Against The Horde

Defense Against the Horde is a horde based FPS defender game that a group of 4 designers and I built within two 1 week sprints. During the first week I was tasked with implementing the weapon and combat systems. Here is a list of all of the mechanics/blueprints I implemented in this week:

• Weapon Blueprints
  • Sniper, Assault Rifle, Sub Machine Gun, Shotgun, Pistol
• Reload Mechanic
• Aim Down Sights (ADS)
• Fire Rate/ Fire Rate Selection
  • Semi-Auto, Automatic, 3 Round Burst
• Animation blueprints
  • Player Character and All Zombies
• Ammo Pickups
• Menus
  • Main Menu, Pause, Weapon Selection
• UI
  • HUD
  • Wave Display at Round Start, Health, Ammo, Fire Rate, Reload, Blood Vignette

Here is a list of what I accomplished in the second sprint:

• Improved Weapon Selection Menu
• Hitmarker
• Muzzle Flare
• Added new zombie meshes
  • New Animation Blueprints for new zombie meshes
• Improved HUD
  • Weapon Icons, Fire Rate Icons
• SFX
  • Environmental, Background Music, Menu Music, Weapon SFX, various other feedback SFX
• Stamina System
• Controls Widget
• Credits Widget
• Imported/Optimized Assets
  • Weapons, Environment, Zombies, Audio, Particle Effects

Game Engine:

Unreal Engine 5.2

Project Duration:

2 Weeks (Digital)

1 Week (Table Top)

Role:

Combat Designer

Game Designer

Project Manager