Hypercube

Game with an adaptive difficulty system based on Unreal Engine 4.

Gave description

Controls

• wasd - walk
• space - jump
• shift - dash
• lmb - attack
• esc - pause

Player target

Score the maximum number of points. The more enemies run after you - the greater the damage and points multiplier.

Level complite and adaptivity

The race ends in two cases:

• HP less than 1 (defeat)
• Less than 1 enemies (victory)

Each subsequent race will differ in a number of parameters. For example: character speeds, damage, vampirism, number of enemies on the level, modifier

Details

On the top left of the HUD you can find:

• health points
• multiplier
• dash cooldown
• points scored

At the levels you can find interactive elements:

• reduction of enemy damage
• slowing down the enemy
• player character acceleration

Released features

Player

• running and turning the camera
• jump and dash
• attack
• animations
• sounds
• visual effects

Enemy

• run, jump and attack
• navmesh and navlink system
• crowd control
• detection of the main character
• animations, sounds and visual effects

UI

• pause menu with local leaderboard
• HUD with HP, Multiplier and Score
• screen damage effects
• indication of enemy aggro and effect status
• enemy health display

Adaptive difficulty

• depends on
  • number of restarts
  • number of opponents at the time of loss
  • last race time
• affects
  • mc speed
  • mc damage modifier
  • mc vampirism
  • speed of enemies
  • enemy damage
  • enemy visibility radius
  • number of enemies in the level
• appears in the pause menu

Logic

• multiplier depending on opponents
• sequential launch of levels

Sound

• combat music with analysis of combat activity
• sounds of systems and various actions
• sound spars system

Levels

• Tutorial
• first level
• second level
• final level
• elements of diversity
  • acceleration
  • slowdown
  • damage reduction