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@@Nathangorman854 it isn't a game unfortunately! This was just a system I designed a few years ago. I've expanded the system since and am actively working on a first person action/horror game with similar combat as in the video, which we aim to release in a couple of years (and will be announced some point next year)

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames cool good luck 👍 😃

@@Crystalpet13 I'm so glad to hear :) I may compose more in a similar style soon, I really enjoy this kind of piece (even if it is super cheesy)

Sorry, I don't plan to make a tutorial for this as I am focusing entirely on making a full length game, and making a tutorial takes a lot of time I already don't have :)

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames Can you suggest some documentation or content?

I'm actively working on this game with a small team in our evenings after work! It's less Dark Messiahy in regards to the action, as I'm putting more of a focus onto stealth (inspired by Thief) with combat segments as an optional approach! The theming is also more horror - I'll have more to show in a few weeks! The combat mechanics are similar to Dark Messiah though with the kick, similar kind of blocking/attacking inputs etc. :)

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames seems really interesting, I look forward for more news in the future ! I'll keep your work on track.

Thanks! I just had a look at your stuff on your channel, looks awesome, especially the physics kick! We've got a basic kick in ours, though it's more of a function to bash shields out of the way or interupt attacks rather than actually kick things over. I originally made this kind of first person locomotion for a medieval game, though the 18th century stuff just worked better for the balance of combat and stealth/horror we're going for!

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames Yeah the kick is nice. Was doing something to be able to kick down enemies. Same idea for shield enemies, take the guard down. But I think it can be fun if you are able to kick some enemies off a cliff or into some traps like Dark Messiah. Still a lot of work ahead. The physics kick is a work in progress. On that video is way overdone just for fun hah. Working on it rn, gonna have an updated version soon. And I know that you started like that with medieval theme, tbh you are one of the reasons I got inspired to do something like this in the first place, gave me hope that it can look good even if it is done by a single person. :D

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I originally worked in music, but shifted to game audio then fully over to game design (being self taught)! THIS project is a hobby/side project for me, but I have worked in AAA fulltime for a few years now (both in audio originally and now level design) so I definitely do have a bit of a background in games at this stage! I would say though - don't be discouraged at all! This loco system (and the combat system which I will be uploading a video of soon) is smooth and feels good but is very simple under the hood - keeping things simple but focused and polished is always what I think is best. My only programming background was from doing computing at high school (with visual basic lol), though I can get by enough with python - everything I do in UE is Blueprints!

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames Very cool, thank you for the thorough reply. Will definitely be subscribing to keep up with your progress.

Best of luck! I'm working on a game using this system in the video reworked (as it's set in the 18th century instead of medieval, there's flintlock guns etc.), so there will be plenty of update videos coming with more first person melee!

Hello, all of the animations in this video are from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, some of which I then edited on the animation file itself in-engine using keyframes!

Thanks! I've got some fun update videos coming - we've expanded things even further and combat is just about at the stage I'm happy to make some videos about the overall gameplay loop :)

Thanks! There's definitely a lot I would do differently now, especially in regards to the gun feel and AI, but I'm happy with what it was :)

@@IstyManame originally I designed this combat system for something different, but I'm now expanding and reusing it for an upcoming game I'm working on with a small team on the side from my day job! It has the same kind of duelling combat, but with the addition of an off-hand flintlock pistol, and it's more of an action-horror game. Think Thief, but more horror, and this kind of combat!

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames Sounds exciting, can i track it anywhere?

@@IstyManame Not quite yet - still getting together enough so that there's some interesting stuff for people to see and experience before release! I'll reply to your comment again in the nearish future once we've got some stuff set up (discord server is likely the main thing!)

th-cam.com/video/vhIfFbBDoKA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=A62pUCSn41U-uAxZ was a test area I made but it doesnt have your slick movement.

@@dogipillar Looks nice, I love how the shadows look in the level, and you can't go wrong with a dungeon full of skeletons! I'm slightly regretting my own video here being so dark as you can't see a lot of the locomotion happening as clearly haha. I'm almost done with the flintlock mechanic, then I'll be making a (brighter) video showing off some of the fluid combat with this loco

@@nbshftr thanks, I didn't realize how dark the video would come out so once I've finished up some of the combat design, I'll post a much brighter video with all the fun locomotion along with melee fighting and shooting!

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames theres not enough melee based games out rn, you are doing gods work

Do you mean a video that automatically plays at the beginning of a level, or the kind of sequence that's at the beginning of THIS video? :)

@@Mathieu-ov6li this was done in blueprints in UE4, and I ported the system to UE5 for the full release game I'm working on right now, so it's ABSOLUTELY possible!

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames awesome, thank you

Sorry for the delayed reply! I'd be happy to give some advice in general, though I don't think there (or know of personally) tutorials for getting the atmosphere! If you want, feel free to add me on discord (the name is Macnaughton) and I'm happy to give advice/guidance. Otherwise if there's a big want of it, I could try and make a shortish video outlining the vibes, as a lot of it is carried by sound design

It's a system I made myself based on my first person melee combat! Unfortunately I'm not sure what to suggest as a purchasable/similar system but I'm sure 3rd person melee systems are out there to purchase! I'm personally not planning to sell mine as I'm actively using it in a game I plan to release later this year

Are you sure that the animation you're using is a root motion animation and has the Root Motion checkbox enabled within the animation itself? It might not apply to you but the other thing is that if you're using Mixamo animations, the mixamo rig for some reason doesn't actually have a root bone even if the animation is technically a root motion anim, so you'd have to manually add it (there are auto-tools for this as a blender addon :))

What do you mean module system? :)

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames instead of killing the enemy by reducing their hp to zero, win by incapacitating them until they can't fight, by damaging individual body parts. The severity of the injury can be determined by an hp-damage system, but only on a per-module basis. Each "body part" is a module, whatever you choose to define that as. Adding mechanics like bleeding and adrenaline might also be cool.

Look up the damage system in War Thunder, it's like that, but applied to a human body rather than a machine

@@Aegis4521 that's pretty cool, I'll definitely look into trying a system similar to that as it could be very interesting!

I'm glad it helped you!

It's just animations with some VFX and audio feedback (and a bit of screen shake)! When you attack someone who is blocking, rather than dealing damage it branches off to trigger 'blocked' logic, which in this case triggers the deflection animation on the victim, with VFX sparks and audio triggering at the point of impact on the player sword

Nice one, thanks! It was a commission I wrote for a person I play WoW with, not my usual TH-cam content but nice that you liked it!!

Hello, it's hard to know exactly what the issue is without seeing it. Has your animation definitely got Root Motion checked in its settings on the animation itself?

@@AngusMacnaughtonGames Yes of course. The skeleton is custom. I do animation in blender 3.5. or UE5, the result is the same. The root movement is triggered on the X and Y axes, but not on the Z axis.

@@boundlessunrealengine9467 Sorry but I'm not sure I can help you - I don't know a lot about animation beyond the basics!

It's just a manual placement, the arms are attached to the camera rather than the other way around. The actual centre of the animation doesn't mechanically matter for me as there's a fairly wide spheretrace happening to see if the player has hit anything! I usually end up tweaking the height of the arms a lot through developing systems like this to make it feel good, so I wouldn't worry about not having it perfect first time

Everything's been very busy for me lately so I haven't managed to get round to making a video about it yet, but I plan to since I get asked a lot. This system at its absolute core is just a series of notifies triggering traces to see if you land a hit, then checking things like if you're blocking or not etc. to give back an animation and calculate how much damage is done. The magic projectiles are their own projectile BP with the projectile component on them, that are spawned one after the other with slight offsets when the spell is cast (the animation is immediate). The enemies in this video are super simple- they just run at you and if they're close enough, they'll try and attack. My newer work on this system has far more interesting enemies with strafing, more dynamic decisions being made etc., but here it's still good fun to play against. Obviously there's a lot of stuff I haven't mentioned (there are quite a few interesting things under the hood with audio and more customised movement) It's worth having a look at some videos/writings about game feel, as that was a big focus for me in making this feel good even though it's actually very simple