Games

After learning the basics of how to create in Unreal Engine 5, I moved onto a more complex project. Following another Udemy course, I made a game where players control a rolling ball and followed the course to make the first few levels.

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After that, I decided to take the gameplay and make new levels for it, as well as tweak existing levels to make them more challenging.

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This game is still a work in process, but you can find documentation and details here.

For practice in design documentation, I started drafting up a design doc for a puzzle-exploration game set in a mountain range called Mountaineering. It's been an interesting challenge to consider the logistics of this hypothetical game and work out how I would pitch the game based on its unique selling points.

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You can read the documentation so far by clicking this link

This short game was made for AdvXJam 2021 which ran from the 12th to the 27th of November. I worked on it independently in Game Maker Studio 2 under the jam’s theme: “Contact”.

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My main goal for this jam was to figure out an engine I was largely unfamiliar and create a simple, story-based game within two weeks. As a result, I set the game within a single location to simplify the process of creating levels and focus more on creating a straightforward story with interactable elements.

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Play it here: https://tompdan.itch.io/weve-been-trying-to-contact-you

For my first time using Twine, I decided to make a small adventure structured around three buildings in a field, each with a different gimmick that encouraged me to experiment with Twine’s layout and coding features to make these buildings play out the way I planned.

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Play it here: https://tompdan.itch.io/narrative-test

I wanted some practice with a branching dialogue interaction between two characters, and so came up with the idea of a peaceful exchange that happens after a disastrous one that both characters escaped.

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This approach allowed these characters some common ground to start a conversation on while still being strangers, and let me reveal details of this mysterious chaotic event piece-by-piece in different branches depending on how the player decides to interact with the other character.

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Play it here: https://tompdan.itch.io/dialogue-practice

To get started with learning Unreal Engine 5, I used this Udemy course to learn the basics of the engine and get to grips with blueprinting. As part of the course, I made this short platformer that requires you to collect 3 orbs and make it to the exit door while avoiding obstacles.

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Play it here: https://tompdan.itch.io/unreal-engine-5-test