Other Training and Explorations

UE5, C++, Multiplayer, GAS, Systems

Gameplay Ability System: First Implementation

End-to-end exploration of UE5's GAS framework. The goal was to concretely understand how this system works before integrating it into a more ambitious project.

• Melee Attack ability implementation
• Move ability implementation
• Interaction ability implementation
• Replicated advanced damage system with damage mitigation

Multiplayer Steam Survival Game

250-lesson course focused on building an Ark Survival Evolved-style game with a Steam multiplayer framework. The trainer also provided a revamped version with better practices and more polished systems.

• Inventory system framework
• Harvesting and crafting systems
• RPG features: player stats, armor and equipables
• Building system
• Tribes and clans system
• Open world with multiple biomes, procedural foliage, AI for creatures and procedural zones
• Player minimap
• Save and load system
• Steam sessions, front-end widgets, dedicated server setup and hosting

Make Your Own Co-Op Game

Two-player co-op action-adventure game. An intermediate course that deepens understanding of the UE5 multiplayer framework and its implementation. Replication is an initially counter-intuitive subject, and this course addresses it effectively.

The course claims to teach you how to make a full game, which isn't entirely accurate. It efficiently focuses on the multiplayer framework and how to start using it for your own projects. A playable version would require a Steam key and servers, so this project stays local.

• Fundamentals of online multiplayer in Unreal
• Creating online gameplay sessions
• Programming online multiplayer gameplay
• Mastering the replication system
• Using the Online Subsystem
• Connecting via Steam's online services

ToonTank

First course to create a game in UE5 using a combination of C++ and Blueprint. The learning curve was progressive and the systems built allowed for a complete, playable game.

Learned during the course

• Components in C++
• Forward Declaration for code optimization
• Exposing variables for designers
• Inheritance from a C++ class to Blueprint
• Simple particles using the Cascade system
• Basic damage system with Pawn destruction
• GameMode managing win conditions based on remaining towers

Built on top of the project

• Custom camera behavior for a more immersive experience with the mouse cursor
• Adapted exposed parameters to reflect the dynamism I was looking for
• Used the Enhanced Input system instead of the deprecated system presented in the course