Friday, March 27, 2015

Unreal Engine 4: March 2015 Global Game Jam

Hello internet and welcome to my latest sweets blog post. Now I know it has been awhile since my last blog post. So I do apologies for that, but today I have something really awesome to show you guys! Its called Bruce Ballner. My first Unreal 4 level. It was for Epic Games March 2015 Global Game Jam. For those of you who do not know what a Global Game Jam is, let me explain. 

Global Game Jam is a global event where teams across the world create new game in one weekend all surrounding one theme. The teams then turn in their projects and have them judged. It is pretty fun. I haven't done a jam since 2010. So it was great to get back into the spirit. The theme for March 2015's Global Game Jam was "Set it free:" So my fellow tester Kyle Hawkins and I deiced to create a 3D marble game where the player is to set the marble free. This is a brand new engine with a ton of new stuff to learn. There was a bit of a learning curve. We deiced to keep it simple. The point is to free the ball. The ball can shrink and grow and also jump. I created the level and Kyle did all of the scripting. What we presented was a pretty fun project. So take a look and you can even download it. So try it out! I'm going to dedicate the next month to create more levels for Bruce Ballner. So look out for that. Until next time internet, stay cool.

Sweet tron-ness


Bruce Ballner: In a world where balls are abused, mistreated, and incarcerated its time to escape. Enter a dark world where a ball is determined to be set free. Navigate to the top of the level and locate a space ship to escape imprisonment forever.

Sunday, March 15, 2015