A demo-length survival horror game built in Unreal Engine 5 with C++, developed as a Computer Science capstone project and delivered in eight weeks by a three-person team. Players navigate a zombie-infested mansion during a thunderstorm, solving nine environmental puzzles to collect key items and escape. Combat features directional hit reactions with per-limb damage tracking, locational blood masking, and ragdoll physics.
As project lead, I scoped and implemented the core game framework, all combat and AI systems, cinematic sequences for narrative transitions, and the reusable interaction and inventory components, while coordinating task delegation across the team.
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Players explore a storm-battered mansion, solving environmental puzzles across multiple floors, managing limited ammunition and healing items, and fighting through zombies to collect key items and escape.
- Nine environmental puzzles with container-based item validation gating progression through the mansion
- Directional hit reactions with per-limb damage tracking, locational blood masking on enemy models, and ragdoll death physics
- Incapacitation system: sufficient leg damage transitions enemies from standing to crawling with modified movement speed, attack patterns, and ground-level alignment
- Hitscan weapon system with bone-specific damage modifiers, crosshair spread affected by movement, and curve-driven recoil
- Four zombie base types with randomized clothing and hair meshes generating visual variety across encounters
- Component-based interaction with raycast detection, timed hold-to-interact, and delegate-driven events reused across doors, containers, pickups, and puzzle elements
- Progression-updated map system revealing newly explored areas and floors as puzzles are solved
- Engine: Unreal Engine 5
- Languages: C++
- Visual Scripting: Blueprint
- Version Control: Perforce
- Project Management: Jira
