README.md

Overall To-do List

• Learn Aesprite
• Have camera movement similar to Hollow Knight
• Add jump delay
• Add health bar (or hearts) system
• Add Minecraft text in-game
• Interactions with NPCs and a shop system
• abilities include dash, sword throw, and double jump
• edit ball chain death sprite to include no sparks

Devlog

10/4/2023

• Learned how to create character animations using sprites from Itch.io
• Used Blueprint to code basic movement controls for the warrior
• Added a jump, forward, and backward
• Added a dash that increases runPlayRate and movement speed
• Inputted default control settings and Pawn Control

10/5/2023

• Added a custom created basic map using imported sprites and tilesets
• Utilized 3D functions to create a parallax effect in the background of the game
• Added an attack animation override so the warrior has an attack animation
• Researched camera movement from Hollow Knight and reset default inputs to match Hollow Knight

10/6/2023

• Added SFX to attack and jump animations
• Set all sprite masking to DefaultUnlit to create lighting
• Added lighting throughout the map using point and directional lighting
• Learned git and github basics and pushed this project into the cloud
• So far, the game has a twilight feel, so I named the game Twilight (tentative)

10/7/2023

• Added attack animation delay
• Added hitbox for attack animation

10/8/2023

• Added hiting registration for attack animation
• Added get hit registration for attack animation with a stunned state
• Made the map more expansive (always improving)
• Fixed collision box for platforms
• Created idle animation for the first enemy, BallChain
• Improved README to be more organized and include devlog

10/9/2023

• Cloned repository to work remotely

10/10/2023

• Added stun animation for the ball chain mob
• Added SFX for the BC_stun
• Added sequence to warrior blueprint to enable multiple hit regis
• Cleaned up some lighting for BC

10/13/2023

• Added death animation for the warrior
• Set health and damage system to the warrior
• Removed collision when dead animation finishes
• Fixed bug where hits would be detected if warrior turned around mid-sequence

10/13/2023

• Added more death charge attack run and charge transition custom animations for ball-chain sprite

10/17/2023

• Fixed bug where enemy bodies would move parallax with the ground
• Programmed enemy AI to follow player at a set speed and acceptable radius
• New bug: navmesh won't work in a 2D space

10/18/2023

• Fixed navmesh
• Fixed bug where navmesh would not register under tiles
• New bug: ball chain enemy walks through the ground

10/20/2023

• Broke navmesh again...
• Fixed bug where ball chain enemy would walk through the ground

10/21/2023

• Fixed navmesh by lowering agent height in RecastNavMesh-Default item

10/25/2023

• Implemented knockback
• New bug: knockback only works in one direction

10/26/2023

• Knockback works appropriately for any direction using forward vectors

10/29/2023

• Fixed bug where ball chain enemy would still follow player direction when in dead state
• Improved AI targeting fluidity
• Constrained actors to y axis

11/1/2023

• Added attack to the AI
• Multiple bugs with attacking and stun states
• Attempted to implement charge state

11/18/2023

• Holding off project for now, need to focus on studying for finals

12/16/2023

• AI for enemies is very buggy - attempting to fix it
• Will work on dash function soon

12/16/2023

• Fixed some lighting issues
• Failed to implement working dash

12/17/2023

• Implemented dash and added lateral friction
• Dash goes through other entities

12/18/2023

• Fixed issue where maps would go missing upon UE5 launch; just had to update plugins
• Fixed bug where player could still attack, dash, and jump while defeated
• Fixed bug where player would fall off map if died mid-air
• Used event tick to make enemies despawn after being dead for five seconds
• Added animation for dash
• Charge for ball chain enemy bugged

12/19/2023

• Added sound for dash
• Optimized dash; goes through pawns cleaner and works even when vector velocity is zero
• Fixed bug where ball chain enemy would only hit whenever player went into hitbox; set active hitbox collision was not linked to branch
• Ball chain enemy now has a double hit attack pattern

12/20/2023

• Added snow particles
• Ball chain enemy transitions to charge if stunned while charging
• Fixed bug where dash would be short if player x-velocity was too low
• Fixed bug where attack would carry over if player turned directions quickly
• Adjusted hitboxes and capsule settings

12/21/2023

• Hitting ball chain enemy resets charge timer
• Hits register stuns even during enemy attack animation
• Death animation plays even during enemy attack animation
• Ball chain enemy can not longer turn directions while charging or attacking
• Player can only jump when on ground
• Fixed tile set artifact glitches
• Set aggro range for enemy
• Fixed navmesh needs to be rebuilt by setting navigation mesh setting runtime to dynamic

12/22/2023

• Worked on level design and tilesets

12/24/2023

• Nerfed player walking speed
• Added non-collidable tiles

1/7/2024

• Disabled lumen and changed shadow tiles to improve fps
• Adjusted unit capsule component height and translated player spawn point up the y axis so the lights would not interfere with the model

3/10/2024

• Paused log to work on another project

5/18/2024

• Fixed issue where ground would shake when character moved (moved character y axis to 1.0)
• Moved sprite down so character wouldn't appear floating
• Changed camera from perspective to orthographic
• Fixed minor screen tears between tiles
• Fixed tiles glitching and changing while character moves
• Fix light shining through sprite
• Fix weird wave tile movement whenever character jumps (probably orthographic camera issue)