- Announcements
- Introduction
- Supported Platforms
- Environment
- How To Play
- Your Character
- Enemies
- Items
- Abilities
- Building the Development Environment
- Packaging the Game for Production
- Contributing Guidelines
- License
- Acknowledgements
- Version History
November 13, 2020
UPDATE: The Mech Combat is now packaged available on the following platforms:
- Windows (64-bit)
- MacOS
Download the latest version for your platform and run the executable file to start playing. Enjoy! 😄
November 2, 2020
UPDATE: When packaging the project, I noticed the content in the older versions cannot be executed on Windows. Therefore, when packaging this project, be advised that it will only package for your specific platform.
Welcome to my Mech Combat Game! This is my first attempt at game development using Epic Game's Unreal Engine. It is a simple wave-based action arcade game where you control a robot and destroy mechanical spiders. If you would like to test play this game, you can either follow the instructions for Packaging the Game for Production if you have the Unreal Engine, or downloading the latest available version. If neither of those options worked, feel free to create an issue or contact me directly for a copy of the game. I hope you enjoy playing! 😄
NOTE: Unfortunately, I was unable to package this game for the following platforms:
- Windows (32-bit)
- Linux
- Linux (AArch64)
Please follow the instructions for Packaging the Game for Production if you use any of these platforms. I apologize for the inconvenience.
- Windows (32-bit)
- Windows (64-bit)
- MacOS
- Linux
- Linux (AArch64)
IMPORTANT: This is a desktop based game. It was not developed for gaming consoles or mobile devices. Attempting to play this game on unsupported devices will generate a warning from the game and may result in other unexpected errors.
The main level where your player lives is a forest environment. It is an open world environment containing bushes, trees, logs, etc. Enemies will be spawned into the environment in waves and the player will roam the area and try to survive and kill each wave.
The player base is your home inside the forest environment. In your player base, this is where you will be able to upgrade your character's base stats, special attacks, etc.
WARNING: Careful not to stay in your base for too long; if the spiders sense you are in there, they can attack and destroy your base!
The game can be played with a mouse and keyboard. The different controls are shown below:
The shop menu is where you can upgrade your character when you approach the workbench in your player base. You can find a sample of the shop menu below:
WARNING: When resetting your player stats, keep in mind that you will only be refunded a small amount of what you spent to upgrade your player
The heads up display (HUD) is where you will see your character's health, stamina, attack energy, etc. The full view of the HUD is shown below:
This is your character. It is a a humanoid robot that lives inside your forest environment and fends off mechanical spiders. It is not strong enough to destroy spiders with its hands, so it carries a sturdy hammer everywhere it goes in case it runs into spiders in the forest.
This is your robo dude's hammer. It is very strong and durable and capable of smashing pesky mechanical spiders. Without this hammer, the robo dude would not survive in the forest environment with all these spiders lurking about.
There are two types of spiders the robo dude encounters in its forest. One of them is the bomb spider. These spiders are harmless from afar, but very dangerous if they get close. Once they spot their target and get close to them, the bombs mounted on them active and explode. If your robo dude is within the blast range of this explosion it can deal serious damage.
The other spider that your robo dude sees in its forest is the turret spider. These spiders don't do as much damage as the bomb spider, but they are much more intelligent. These spiders are mounted with turrets that fire off explosive projectiles. The projectiles can damage your robo dude AND your base. Since these turret spiders are long range enemies, they don't have to get close to hurt you, so watch out!
Each time your robo dude kills a spider, they drop a shiny crystal called a time fragment. These fragments can be used to upgrade your robo dude's basic stats, special attacks, etc.
When your robo dude performs a whirlwind attack, it will spin itself and swing its hammer at high speed, damaging all enemies around it in the process
For the helicopter attack, your robo dude will rapidly spin its wrist while holding its hammer. This attack damages all enemies in front of the robo dude.
The leap attack is most lethal attack in the robo dude's arsenal. It will propel itself into air towards its enemies and deliver a crushing swing to anything in its way.
IMPORTANT: In order to run this project in development or package for production, you will need to create an Epic Games account and download the Unreal Engine on your machine. Please visit the Unreal Engine for further instructions.
NOTE: The instructions I am providing are based on MacOS. These steps may differ for Windows and Linux machines
- Open the Epic Games Launcher and click
Launch Unreal Engine 4.x.x. It should look like the following:
- When the Unreal Project Browser shows, follow these steps:
- Click the
Morebutton
- Click
Browse
-
Locate where you saved this repository on your machine and select
MechCombatGame.uproject -
Click
Open Project
NOTE: If you have opened this project before, you can also select it from your Recent Projects List
- This should now open the main level of the game. From here, you can browse through the blueprint code, skeletal meshes and all other assets using the Content Browser at the bottom
- In BOTH the
Level1andMainMenulevels, make sure the light quality is set toProductionand clickBuild. This may take a few minutes depending on the performance of your machine
- In the
Project Settings, make sure theMaps & Modessettings are the same as below:
- In the
Project Settings, make sure theInputsettings are correct based on any changes made to the game. Below is an example:
- In the
Project Settings, make sure theTarget Hardwaresettings are the same as below:
- In the
Project Settings, make sure theSupporting Platformssettings are the same as below:
- In the
Project Settings, make sure thePackagingsettings are the same as below:
- Once you have completed the above steps, select
File > Package Project > [ YourPlatform ]. This process may take several minutes depending on the performance of your machine. Below is an example:
IMPORTANT: When asked for a location, be sure to select a folder that you will remember the location of. For example, you can create a folder on your Desktop called MechCombat and select that folder to export everything to.
- In the folder you exported the project to, there should be an executable file containing the game. Congrats, you've just finished creating the game!
NOTE: Be sure to zip the folder so that the content is compressed before sharing this game with your peers.
NOTE: If any errors occur during the packaging process, be sure to carefully read the output log that is generated by the Unreal Engine
TBA
This project is released under the Apache 2.0 License
Thank you to Dev Squad Academy for providing me with tutorials to build this game ❤️
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