HOLD UP

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2023

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Strategy Game

In Developement

Programmer

UE5

30 Days

DESCRIPTION :

This project was supposed to be our end of studies project, unfortunatly after the projects selection, Hold Up as been killed. We started it last year (end of 2nd school year).
It's a turn based strategy based game where you play robbers.

It was a difficult project for me, I was having other priorities, that's why I didn't work much on it last year.

This year we continue working on it from end of december.

My tasks :

Programming of the Grid System
Weapon Architecture
Sound Design
Interactive Elements

Insight :

Grid System

It works with a "grid" objects which spawns cells.
The grid system contain borders, cells usability and obstacles.

As you can see above, the grid can be customized and configured to serve your utility.
I made a dedicated page for this Grid here. Go check it to see more

Weapons

Above, the weapon hierarchy for Hold-Up.
Each of the playable character can equip only one type of weapon.

The weapon parent only handle common variables ( Mag capacity, Damage per shot, ...) and functions (Shoot, Reload, ...).
When a more specific behavior is needed, they are in the BP which needs it.

For example if we need to apply a burning effect on target when the shotgun 2 is used, the burning behavior will be in the shotgun 2.

Shoot
Reload

Burst

Burning Effect

If you want to use a specific behavior in other weapon class, simply move it in the previous parent.

What I learned / improved :

Clean and reusable hierarchy
Made a easily usable features for designers
Optimization

Team :

Paco CHAULIAC / Level Designer & Game Designer

Néo GRAPIN / Programmer & Game Designer

Guillaume PRADIER / Level Designer & Programmer

Arthur ANGENIEUX / System Designer

Vincent DUMONT / Producer

Gabin LEGNIER / VFX Artist

Maxime LAURENT / Character Artist

Nicolas SCHAERLY / 3D Artist
Alexandre MICHEL / UI Artist