Doing some electrical work The goal for this week was to come up with concepts for basic gameplay mechanics and start implementing them. Here are the three major mechanics I have come up with: Keeping a generator running The generator will need to be refueled at regular intervals Can be refueled at anytime If the… Continue reading UHG Week 5 – Lights and Delegates
UHG Week 4 – Terrain Creation in Unreal Engine
Time for some landscaping Week 4 is primarily focused on creating a landscape for our player to traverse. To do this, I am using Unreal Engine’s built in landscape tool. This tool creates a rectangular grid of squares that can be manipulated via a sculpting and painting tool. This allows me to change the landscape’s… Continue reading UHG Week 4 – Terrain Creation in Unreal Engine
UHG Week 3 – Creating the house
Making this house a home In week three, I have been working on the main house that the player will be spending a majority of their time in. I imagine the player setting up shop inside of an old farm house. Who’s house is it? The current plan is to make the house belong to… Continue reading UHG Week 3 – Creating the house
UHG Week 2 – First Blog Post
Welcome to the first blog post for my Untitled Horror Game! UHG is the temporary name for an individual project I am participating in at Augustana College (CSC 400). My main goal is to make a horror game that does not rely heavily on cheap jump scares and over the top blood and gore. I… Continue reading UHG Week 2 – First Blog Post
The Steam Deck: Potential game changer for mobile gaming
Valve’s brand new hardware The engineers at Valve software have seemingly been hard at work creating a new mobile gaming device that has the potential to flip the gaming industry on its head. The Steam deck is a new mobile gaming device advertising PC level power in a Nintendo Switch form factor. Announced on July… Continue reading The Steam Deck: Potential game changer for mobile gaming
Commit -m “Initial Post”
Who knows what will come of this blog, but hopefully someone finds it useful. Here is a picture from our 2021 family vacation.