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Null Dimension (Unreal Engine)

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Summary

Null Dimension is a third person RPG with an emphasis on platforming and exploration
Players take on the role of a police officer who's assigned to conduct a welfare check on an individual who suddenly stopped communicating with family/relatives for an unusual amount of time
- This leads to a shocking discovery that sends the officer into an alternate dimension, where they must complete platforming challenges and defeat monsters to escape
Null Dimension takes place in three levels: a police station, a house, and the Null Dimension
- Police station: here the police chief instructs the player to conduct a welfare check
- House: the player investigates the house and looks for a way in once the home owner doesn't answer; eventually they are sent to the Null Dimension
- Null Dimension: the player needs to parkour from island to island and find a way to escape
An RPG template was used as a starting point
- This provided a basic mission system, dialogue system, and combat system
- I was responsible for level design and all other scripting
- The template was heavily modified to better fit my vision of the game
For the art pass, asset packs were used to make the level more visually appealing
Overall, this project helped me gain more level design experience, become more efficient with scripting/debugging, and introduced me to creating custom nodes using C++

Project Objectives

Improve level design skills and scripting/debugging skills
Incorporate some degree of non-linearity and verticality into the levels
Create an experience that has an unassuming or innocent atmosphere but gets more creepy/distorted as players progress
Use C++ custom nodes to simplify blueprints

Level Documentation

Overhead Map (Click for Higher Resolution Image)

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Custom C++ Nodes (Click to Expand)

Attack Damage Blueprint Node

Attack Damage Node Implemented in a Blueprint

Attack Damage C++ Code

Calculates base attack amount and attack bonus, then calculates and returns the finalized damage

Hit or Miss Blueprint Node

Hit or Miss Node Implemented in a Blueprint

Hit or Miss C++ Code

Rolls a random number between 0 and 100 and checks if that number is less than the agility stat. If the rolled number is < the agility stat, the attack misses, otherwise the attack hits. This node was created because the Unreal Engine's random integer from range node was giving me problems

Damage After Defense Blueprint Node

Damage After Defense Node Implemented in a Blueprint

Damage After Defense C++ Code

Rolls a random number between the min defense modifier value and the max defense modifier value. Then it calculates the true finalized damage by subtracting the original damage value from the final defense modifier. Finally, it checks if the true finalized damage value is <= 0; if the value is <= 0, then the attack does nothing, otherwise the attack reduces the opponent's or player's health

Changes Between Documentation and Final Level

Added two different types of obelisks along with the original obelisk to reduce repetitiveness
Adjusted some positions of statue sentries
Added a larger final island where the player encounters the final monster; this was done to make room for a final puzzle that allows the player to pick up the house resident when solved

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Ambrose Ringor - Level Designer

Null Dimension (Unreal Engine)