2021 revzim - azadventure-demo - firebase

server - Node/TypeScript

client - Unreal Engine 4.26/C++

GAME FEATURES -

• VIDEO DEMO

- FIRST DEMO OF TESTING NEW WEB UI PLUGIN w/ UE4. VUETIFY WAS TOO INTENSIVE AND ENDED UP LAGGING UI SO DROPPED IN NEWER DEMOS
- PC ISNT GREAT SO RECORDING STUTTERS A LITTLE DURING CERTAIN SWAPPING DUE TO RUNNING SEVERAL APPLICATIONS & PROGRAMS WHILE RECORDING

Server

• authoritative state of truth
  • any and all modifications/decisions to the game state are strictly handled by the game server
• procedural generation of any heroes & enemies
• turn-based battle against server ai
• battle data & actions are dictated by server
• any & all updates that modifiy the server state of truth are validated by the server before any modification is finalized
• battle structure: heap priority queue

Heroes & Enemies

• derived from one base 'brain' class to dictate metatype
• psuedo-random procedural generation (each hero & enemy is different)
• each metatype is generated from the following:
  • 20 hero models & 5 enemy models
    • 3 different metatype animation blueprints
    • each blueprint has 5-7 'actions' (variance due to asset limitations)
  • 100 different weapons
  • 20 particle systems generated per each attack
  • metadata - definitions & attributes per generated hero
  • all assets transform (weapon, model, particlesystem xf)
• all notable actions are recorded & stored in firestore
  • ex. defeating an enemy & successfully fishing will yield experience

GAME FLOW

• login/signup and connect to the game server
  • use any email/password combo to sign up
    • firebase authentication system
    • just like everything else, don't use a password you've used before
    • my server uses firebase token validation for authentication
  • on successful signup, server will procedurally generate your character & all attributes as well as asset information
  • hero assets (weapons/models) can be altered in game and every change is recorded and will be reflected immediately in game as well as in your hero ui

PLAY

• CLIENT > DOUBLE CLICK AZAdventure.exe
• YOU CAN EITHER RUN YOUR OWN SERVER AND PLAY OR CONNECT TO ANOTHER SERVER
• GO TO CLIENT SECTION TO LEARN HOW TO CONNECT TO OTHER SERVERS

CLIENT

- TO PLAY YOU WILL HAVE TO POINT THE CLIENT TO A SERVER
- TO DO THIS, ENTER CLIENT>AZADVENTURE>CONTENT>SETTINGS
- OPEN SETTINGS.JSON

SERVER

- PROVIDED IS A BUILT VERSION OF THE GAME SERVER
- TO EDIT THE SERVER PORT GO TO: SERVER & OPEN CFG.JSON
- EDIT PORT TO WHATEVER PORT YOU DESIRE
- MAKE SURE IF JOINING YOUR SERVER, CHANGE SERVER ADDRESS WITHIN CLIENT SETTINGS * SEE ABOVE CLIENT SECTION *
- DOUBLE CLICK THE GAME SERVER TO AUTOMATICALLY START IT UP

AUTHOR: revzim

PACKAGED ON: 2021-08-25