Dev Log #8: Persistence is Key to Data Persistence
This past week was insane for project planning. I started the week thinking I was going to burn the week on solving my problem with Data Persistence. 30 minutes later…
Dev Log #7: Save Games are the Bane of My Existence
In my previous Blog Post, I left a post script that said something along the lines that making save games would become the bane of my existence. Turns out I was…
Dev Log #6: Almost All Core Features are Done
This past week has been a blast! I came this close (pinches fingers) to making my goal of implementing all the core features within a week. I got a lot…
Dev Log #5: Changing the Approach
It’s been a while since I last did a Dev Log for this game I’m building. And for good reason. Besides life in general, I got stuck in the development…
My First Time Doing Level Design
Back in July of 2022, I took a course to learn Unreal Engine 5 by the GameDev.Tv Team on Udemy. As I followed along with the course, I made multiple…
Dev Log #4: Fixing A Nasty Bug
It’s been a little bit since the last update. I have had some life events going on, such as moving back onto campus for my final semester of classes. I…
Dev Log #3: Adding Health and Death
Now that the Player can fire bullets and move around, it is time to add some functionality to the bullets and test them out! This will mean making a Destructible…
Dev Log #2: Making a Cube Move
Having drafted a project plan and an Inheritance Diagram (See Dev Log #1: A 3D Parkour Danmaku), I can now begin writing code. Looking at the Inheritance Diagram, it becomes…
Dev Log #1: A 3D Parkour Danmaku
About a month ago I began taking the Udemy Course from the GameDev.tv Team for Unreal Engine 5. While taking this course, I began planning what my first game would…