Settlers of K'tah is a turn-based multiplayer video board game inspired by Settlers of Catan and the K'tah game series!
It is a combined effort between the LMU computer science and animation departments, with a development team comprising of four LMU Class of 2021 students. Settlers of K'tah is themed around zombies and survival, with 2-4 players competing and collaborating to collect resources, build buildings and armies, and more!
Read more about Settlers of K'tah in our game design document here: https://bit.ly/lmu-sok.
You can also find the user manual for Settlers of K'tah here.
Programming: Maddie Louis & Merissa Tan
Animation: Kaitlyn Behrens & Haley Mech
Advisors: Dr. Andrew Forney & Josh Morgan
Music: Owen Mech
At the time when this document is written, Settlers of K'tah is not hosted on any site. An exported version of the game is available only to a small set of test players. However, the application's repository is public, and users can clone the repository and play the game through the Unreal Engine editor by following the instructions below.
To download and install Unreal Engine, follow the instructions here and select the Creators License. You might be prompted to log onto an Epic Games account. If you do not already have an Epic Games account, feel free to create one with your email, or simply link Epic Games to your existing Google, Facebook, Xbox Live, Playstation Network, Nintendo, Steam, or Apple account.
The downloaded file's extension will vary based on your operating system. Once the download completes, simply install the application based on how you would install any application onto your operating system.
For reference, here is a quick external guide on how to install applications on Windows and Mac.
Navigate to the command line interface on your operating system (Terminal on Mac, Command Prompt on Windows), and run the following command. This command will download the Settlers of K'tah repository onto your computer and allow you to open the project in Unreal Engine. Note that this might take a few minutes to run because the repository contains a large amount of rendered assets and package contents.
git clone https://github.com/mlouis2/Settlers-Of-Ktah.git
Once the clone is complete, navigate to the folder where you cloned the repository, and you should see the Settlers of K'tah Unreal project (SettlersOfKtah.uproject) in Settlers-of-Ktah > src > SettlersOfKtah.
Once you have completed the Unreal Engine installation, simply navigate to the Settlers of K'tah project file (directions above) and open the application. When you open Unreal Engine for the first time, the application might prompt you to create an Epic Games account. Simply log in with the method you used to create your account when downloading Unreal Engine.
You might also see the following error, or something similar to it:
Do not be alarmed! Your computer simply does not have the necessary build files to run Settlers of K'tah at the moment, so go ahead and click Yes and Unreal Engine will build those required components for you.
If all is well, you should see the following screen.
To start the application in the editor, we will hit Play in Unreal Engine. If you do not see the Play button in the top panel, you might need to expand the panel first.
Hit Play or use the Alt-P shortcut to start the Settlers of K'tah application.
You should then be greeted by the Settlers of K'tah title screen.
From the title screen, click the Pass and Play button to launch the pass and play version of Settlers of K'tah.
If you wish to test a local multiplayer game on your machine, you must first set up the launch for multiplayer.
Before you hit Play, expand the Active Play Mode menu and choose Standalone Game under Modes. Then, navigate to the Multiplayer Options section, select the number of players (2 - 4 for multiplayers) and change Net Mode to Play as Clients. Hit Play and you should now be able to host and join multiplayer games via the Host Game and Join Game buttons on the title screen!
Whenever the Settlers of K'tah application is running in Unreal Engine, you can stop it by navigating to the same place where the Play button is, and hit the Stop button. You may also hit the Escape key on your keyboard to stop the application at any time, unless the application was launched in standalone mode.
To uninstall Settlers of K'tah, simply quit the Unreal Engine application, navigate to the directory where you cloned the repo and delete the Settlers-of-Ktah directory. If you wish to uninstall Unreal Engine from your machine, please follow the appropriate instructions for uninstalling applications on your operating system.
For reference, here is a quick external guide on how to uninstall applications on Windows and Mac.