Echo in the Shadows

Devlog

• Dominic - V0.0.3 Devlog - Doorway System
  May 02, 2025 by dgiardino

  I was tasked with handling the doorway system in our game. The problem was making a system that would add to the overall aspect of the game. At first, I made a simple system that would automatically o... Continue reading

  
• Sebastian - V0.0.3 Devlog - Groovin' and Collidin'
  May 02, 2025 by IDC_DEV6

  This week, I was tasked with cleaning up and polishing the existing enemy types, amongst other tasks. As part of this task, I had to make sure that all the actions had some sound and animation to go w... Continue reading

  
• Riley - V0.0.3 Devlog - Respawning & Checkpoints
  May 02, 2025 by aesthetical

  Now that we have finally established the core mechanics of our game it is time to begin building the gameplay loop. We want our player to be able to respawn in the level. We want the majority of the l... Continue reading

  
• Dominic - V0.0.2 Devlog - Shadow Detection
  April 29, 2025 by dgiardino

  One of the main mechanics in our game, Echo in the Shadows, is the ability for the player to interact with shadows to use abilities and stealth around levels. The challenge to this is how to get the g... Continue reading

  
• Sebastian - V0.0.2 Devlog - I Heard That!
  April 26, 2025 by IDC_DEV6

  One of my major tasks this week was to implement a sound detection feature to the enemy AI. This task raised two questions: does Unreal Engine have sound senses, much like the sight sense, that can be... Continue reading

  
• Riley - V0.0.2 Devlog - Crouch Animation
  April 25, 2025 by aesthetical

  While writing our player controller one of the mechanics we knew we wanted to implement from the start was a crouch mechanic. Crouching drastically improves the stealth aspects of our game and makes i... Continue reading

  
• Sebastian - V0.0.1 Devlog - Bringing Enemies to Life
  April 19, 2025 by IDC_DEV6

  For this week, I have taken up the task of working on enemy AI. Since I am mostly just familiar with making enemy AI in Unity, I felt that it would be a nice way to experiment more with Unreal Engine'... Continue reading

  
• Dominic - V0.0.1 Devlog - Creating the Tutorial and Level 1
  April 19, 2025 by dgiardino

  The first thing I was tasked to do in our team was create the tutorial and level 1 designs. Creating a tutorial level that is engaging to the player and thoroughly teaches the basic mechanics of the g... Continue reading

  
• Riley - V0.0.1 Devlog - Enhancing Players Inputs
  April 18, 2025 by aesthetical

  At the start of a project, after all the planning is done there is not much to do other than start getting to work. In my case I had to begin setting up our player controller. This means I had to make... Continue reading