Vivid Dreams

This project is from when I was in college. I worked with five other student game artists and developed all programming solutions using Unreal Engine 3, UnrealScript, Kismet, and Maya Embedded Language (MEL) scripting. I was the primary software engineer on the project.

Work Done

Technical Art

• Created identical shaders for Autodesk Maya's viewport and Unreal Engine 3
• Automated 3-point light rigs in Maya using MEL script
• Imported animation skeletons from Autodesk Maya into Unreal's editor

Gameplay

• Implemented hit detection using tracers for melee weapon fighting
• Setup a top-down fixed camera with smooth zooming
• Blended animations with Unreal's C++ API using available animation nodes
• Teleported out-of-bounds player to a nearest node path
• Faded trees with occlusion using Kismet and Material Instance Constants
• Implemented health pickups