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About

Step into Akai’s world of calm exploration, discovering a cozy gaming adventure! Cozy Tales is more than just a game; it's a comforting escape into a serene and charming world. Here, players are invited to immerse themselves in a peaceful adventure, turning maps into stories and guiding future adventurers.

Key Informations:

Engine: Unreal 5.3

Team Size: 10 people

Platform: PC

Genre: Exploration Adventure

Participation Duration: 4 weeks

Release: 14.2.2024

Number of Players: Single Player

Role in the team

• late joiner (only participated for 4 / 10 weeks.)
• Gameplay Programmer
• UI Programmer
• Profiling

Tasks in the project

• Profiling, Debugging and Performance Optimisation
• Tutorial System
• Extending the Quest System
  • Added option to (de)activate actors based on quest status.
  • Updated Placement of Quest Markers to be more reliable and spatially designed.
• Improving the Player Movement
• Controller Support
  -> All over the place!
• UI Menu Programming
  • Various Menus
  • Custom Decorator for Controller Icons
    -> retrospective should have used Common UI for various situations.
• Player Map
  • "Fog of War"
  • Placement via Mouse and Controller
• Smaller Gimmicks
  • Compass
  • Logo (yes that was me)

Learnings taken

• first bigger experience in Unreal
  • with C++ as well
• Did not take enough effort into finding pre-created Unreal solutions.
  • example UI Programming could have benefitted from Common UI
• TODO: Extend (haha yes.)

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