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BARD BASH
ROLE
Sole creator
DESCRIPTION
Bard Bash is a musical 2D RPG made in Unreal Engine 4. In Bard Bash you take on the role of a bard where you will play magical musical melodies in rhythm based sequences. The game features a selection of songs of varying difficulty. In this game you will perform in front of crowds of people and will be scored on you skill. You can also battle others using your bard magic to fight.
YEAR
2022
GENRE
Rhythm based RPG
PLATFORM
PC with controller support
GRADE
84% which is an A
Premise
My goal with this project was to prototype a mechanic. With this focused goal in mind I could make the mechanics as fun and polished as I could. For example there are multiple forms of feedback for everything the player can do in the music mode.
Development Journey
Features
• Free play, choose any song and play it
• Researched accessibility settings that make the screen less busy
• Overworld that can take you to the songs.
Responsibilities
I was responsible for everything in the game. From the art to the blueprinting all was done by me. I also took it upon myself to try and make the game more accessible.
Future plans
• To add more open world elements
• RPG combat based on skill
• Soundtrack
Strengths and weaknesses
• A few bugs
• Great game feel
• Accessibility features
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High difficulty
Problems overcame
Most of what I did in this project was completely new to me. I learned how to use save games and figuring out how to spawn notes. I am much better at UE4 because of this project.
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