Supertalk has been released
...as an open source project :) redxdev/SupertalkDialogue scripting language for Unreal Engine. Contribute to redxdev/Supertalk development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHubredxdev…
Unreal "Typewriter" text block effect
I've spent way too long getting this right. It seems so simple to just have a letter appear every fraction of a second in a text block... and it is. At least until you start caring about details like line wrapping not breaking mid-effect and rich text support. I've posted…
Realtime turn-based AI
You know how in most forms of media (games, comics, movies, whatever) if a group of people gang up on the "hero" or player, they tend to attack one at a time? It's a pretty common trope, but at least as far as games go it's also somewhat required for…
Scripted Dialogue Sequences
I've been working on a prototype for a game in Unreal as a personal endeavor for around 8-9 months now. One of the systems I setup pretty early on was a way to very easily script cutscenes through blueprint. It's primarily based around writing textual dialogue, and is called "TalkMoment"…
Improving Pathfinding + Navigation
In my last post I showed off how my cinematic system works. The result was this nice little gif: The caption said, "The navigation system is a little funky and needs a rewrite"... Well, now I've done a large refactor of the navigation system and it works much better. Before…
Scriptable Cinematics with Coroutines
I've been working on and off on a small 2D ARPG for a year or so. There's very little to show right now (and it's almost entirely using placeholder assets) but I'm incredibly proud of some of the underlying tech. Kenney makes some wonderful assets to use for prototypingThe custom…
Quick demo of a multiplayer top-down shooter
I've been working on a multiplayer top-down shooter in Unreal 4 recently as a way to learn more about Unreal's multiplayer systems. I recorded a really quick video to show progress after about 1.5 weeks.…
Designing AI for Explore
In my previous article I talked about designing a dungeon generation system for the roguelike I'm working on, Explore. Today I'm going to talk about writing the AI and some of the design decisions behind enemies. Speed and Timing Explore, like many roguelikes before it, is a turn-based game. With…