Refactoring stopped at 15/10 11:55 for be honored with deadlines. Look for WIP and Done.

Download demo - updated 11:55 15/10

Prologue

Initial Task

You need to create a simple 3D platformer where the character must move from the starting point to the finish line through a field filled with obstacles. The reference for what should be achieved is the levels from the game Fall Guys.

The starting point is a 10x10-meter platform where the player is placed. Several paths, intertwined with each other, radiate from the starting point. At the finish line, all paths converge into one. The paths consist of 3x3-meter platforms.

Some of the blocks that make up the path are traps that obstruct the player in various ways. For the test task, you need to implement a minimum of 3-4 different types of traps. Two of them are mandatory:

When the player steps on a block, it activates (turns orange) and, after 1 second, deals damage to anyone standing on the block (flashes red). After dealing damage, the trap "resets" for 5 seconds and then repeats its logic from the beginning.

A block on which the wind blows, pushing the character with a certain force. The wind affects the character only while they are on the block. The wind's direction changes every 2 seconds to a random direction. The wind always blows horizontally.

You are encouraged to come up with other traps yourself. Examples of traps can be seen in the game Fall Guys. It's desirable that the mechanics of each trap are understandable to the average casual player.

The game can end in two ways - victory or defeat:

To win, the player must cross the finish line. At that moment, a message appears on the entire screen saying "Victory!" and a button to restart the game. The screen also displays the level completion time, which is calculated from the moment the player crosses the starting line.

The player loses if they fall off the path into an abyss or run out of health. The player's health must always be displayed on the screen. When the player loses, a screen appears with the message "Defeat!" and a button to restart the game.

Work explanation

I couldn't say that i have much experience with UE, but long ago i went through gamedev.tv courses and have some knowledge how basic features works. These basic knowledge made me to finish task with ~20h (first iteration that i send as result).

First I made all necessary features from task with "as i know" realization. Result was working as task suppose, but I was unsatisfied for not flexible decisions, so I started to refactor project structure for better practice and learn something new. You could take a look to refactoring timings at log.

So, what i learned:

• Event Dispatchers and implementation for handling HP changes, GameOver events.
• Dynamic material with c++
• I remember class inheritance in UE and made some bases for Engine on-air settings and overriding some functions as ResetTimer() for all traps at once.
• Canonical UE TakeDamage
• WidgetComponent -> UserWidget call animations + onAnimationFinished pure c++
• ....

Features on Oct 15.10

• Character have HP, displaying HP at UI and in floating text when receive damage
• Character could receive damage (canonical UE take damage)
• On win/lose UI showing race time and provide ability ro restart game or change level to playground (traps and triggers representation)
• 5 traps

Triggers

• ATriggerBox::Trigger - Trigger holder. Start/Win/Lose causer.

UI

• UUserWidget::Game HUD - Gameplay UI
• UUserWidget::Game Over - Win/lose menu with opportunity to reset level/try playground
• UUserWidget::Damage Popup - Floating popup damage.

Trap blocks

• AActor::ATrapBase - Trap base class
• UActorComponent::UTrapBaseComponent - Trap component base class
• UActorComponent::UTrapBaseComponent::Explosive Trap Component - Explosive trap decomposition
• UActorComponent::UTrapBaseComponent::Wind Trap Component - Wind trap decomposition
• UActorComponent::UTrapBaseComponent::Moving Platform Component - Moving trap decomposition
• UActorComponent::UTrapBaseComponent::Hiding Trap Component - Hiding trap decomposition
• UActorComponent::UTrapBaseComponent::Jump Trap Component - Jump trap decomposition

WIP ideas

• Refactor to AOE Damage instead of just getting overlapped in ExplosiveTrap (Radial/Box collision/Particle when overlap?)
• Add Damage Types and for traps
• • wind DOT for wind trap
• • Flat + ignite dot for explosive Trap
• • Shake trap flat damage (physical?)
• More Traps
• • More traps that could cause player damage
• • Traps that slows
• • Utility traps like speed buff
• Stamina implementation
• • Dash implementation
• • Sprint?
• Utility pickup
• • Heal
• • Stamina

Done

• Canonical UE TakeDamage switch 11/10
• Switching to Event Dispatchers
• • UI to dispatcher 11/10
• • GameOver + Trigger to Dispatcher 11/10
• • Trap Damage Dispatcher 12/10
• • • rollback to simple character.applydamage(). Looks more efficient in global. 14/10
• • Trap activation on Start trigger 13/10
• Dynamic Material 12/10
• Refactor variable names for better understanding in BP 12/10
• Try to refactor traps to components 12/10
• • Explosive Trap to Trap_Explosive_comp 12/10
• • Wind Trap to component 12/10
• • Moving Trap to component 12/10
• • Shake Trap to Component 12/10
• • Hiding Trap to component 12/10
• • Jump pad to component 12/10
• • Clean up code from old realization 12/10
• !Renew map with new Traps realization! (now broken) 13/10
• ExplosiveTrap Cooldown broke. 13/10
• Transfer HUD from character to GameMode 13/10
• TakeDamage FMath::Clamp for avoiding negative health 14/10
• Popup damage 15/10

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