Top Down 2D

Basic project template developed in Unreal Engine using PaperZD and Blueprints
Technologies • Download • Credits

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Demonstration:

Click here to check the project demonstration video

(01/12/24) Player Movement.

TopDown2D_v1.mp4

Details:

• Player movement in four directions: Right, Left, Up, and Down.
• Player Animations: Idle, Run, and Sword Attack

(01/14/24) Implementing an enemy and the player's attack.

topDown2D_upd2.mp4

Details:

• Player Attack hitbox with the sword in four directions (right, left, up, and down).
• A simple enemy that pursues the player within the navmesh.
• The enemy now displays animations corresponding to its current state: (idle, moving, taking damage, and dead).
• The color of the enemy sprite will change when it takes damage.
• Life system for the enemy, including the ability to take damage and die.
• A floating indicator shows the amount of damage the player has dealt to the enemy.
• Upon dealing damage to the enemy, the player's camera will now shake.

(01/15/24) Health Bar and Player Damage

topDown2D_upd3.mp4

Details:

• Implementation of a Health Bar widget that displays the player's health.
• In the Health Bar, the current amount of health has been added alongside the player's maximum health.
• Addition of an effect on the Health Bar that highlights in yellow the amount of damage received.
• Inclusion of a blood effect in full screen and on the ground near the player, indicating that the player has taken some damage.

(01/16/24) Coin System

topDown2D_upd4.mp4

Details:

• Creation of the coin blueprint class.
• Coin "floating" effect on the ground.
• Effect upon collecting the coin.
• Creation of a widget that will display the amount of coins collected by the player.

(01/19/24) Sign System and Player Interact

topDown2D_upd5.mp4

Details:

• Player Interact Input.
• Implementation of a new interface that will handle player interactions.
• Creation of a new actor "Sign" that will allow the inclusion of text information for players to read when approaching and interacting with the sign.
• Creation of a blueprint widget to display the sign text on the player's screen.
• Typewriter effect during text display. The Typewriter effect plugin was used for this purpose.

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Technologies:

• Paper2D
• PaperZD
• Typewriter effect
• 100% Blueprints
• Unreal Engine 5.2

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Download:

Download this project and open it by clicking on the "BaseTopDown2D.uproject" file.

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Notice: This project is not finished. I plan to add new features soon.

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Credits:

All the arts for this project were downloaded for free through the itch.io website.

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