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THE LION'S SHARE
PROJECT TYPE
Group Game Jam Project
ABOUT THE PROJECT
A pun-filled couch co-op beat 'em up styled game. Gang Beasts inspired game created by a small team of five where I was one of two programmers. This particular Game Jam was hosted by Dink at Teesside University in October 2023 over the course of three days. The team was awarded "Best use of theme" which was "PunDemonium".
Overview
Game Description
Challenge your friends to get the "Lion's Share" of the stock market trade! Play as Lionel Richie - and yes those are fishnet stockings and high heels he's wearing - to beat up your friends and knock them out whilst you gain as many stocks as you can. Watch out for stock market events such as Insider Trading to gain more points or Market Crash to work together to prevent a huge loss for everyone.
Key Learnings
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The flexibility of blueprinting in Unreal Engine works very well for small, quick projects such as this one and can save a lot of time towards building functionality.
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Unreal Engine 5 brought many changes and new features. During this project I learnt to use and implement enhanced input effectively, along with a few older features such as active ragdoll.
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I had never met my team before this project and quickly adapted to their work flow as I had been away from engine and games production for a year (due to placement in Software Development).
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Taking part in this game jam was a great decision for many reasons, including: learning to work in a small team of new people, refreshing my knowledge of Unreal Engine and visual scripting, learning new features and more.
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