The Lost Chiibi

***NOTICE***

It appears there is a game breaking bug in the uploaded version here that kept causing the trigger to the 2nd flame to not to unlock in the packaged version. Unfortunately submissions were locked before I found the fix

If you'd like to play the fixed version that lets you actually progress through the whole thing : you may download it from my OneDrive here

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjgWCay0YYMJjV9SY-tQpnp9naPC?e=0dMvvX

Sorry for the bad upload  :)

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Players take control of Chiibi, a lost Eskimo boy who fell into a cavern while exploring. Chiibi stumbles upon the the Eternal Flames of life, and must use them to find his way out

Acquire 5 Flames each with a unique ability to help Chiibi escape.

Orange - Melt various objects

White - Find Your Path

Green - Enter the Spirit world and access new sights

Violet - Heal

Blue - Reflect damage back to your attack

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Controls : WASD moves

1 = Orange Flame, 2 = White, 3 = Green, 4 = Purple, 5 = Blue (after acquiring them)

Left Click (Attack w/ Blue Flame only to reflect fireballs)

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Assets Used:

Multistory Dungeons by Mana Station from UE4 Marketplace (for walls/pillars/flooring assets)

Modular Cliffs by CGMontreal (rock wall mesh)

****KNOWN BUGS****

1. Something is up with UMG/Camera transitions - sometimes it won't break from the "cutscene". Simply press ESC to enter the Menu, and hit Play again to go back to normal camera
2. If you switch between flame types too quickly, sometimes it gets out of sync. Just wait a second, and press a flame type and let the animation play
3. Sometimes the boss battle has issues if you're too far away, getting closer seems to fix the hit detection
4. Objects don't stop glowing when White Flame is switched off (usually related to point 2)
5. Friendly Ghosts show regardless of Green Flame being used or not

***GAME HAS LITTLE TO NO AUDIO****

Sound volume was ridiculously inconsistent and loud due to poor attenuation - this was very jarring, so most audio was removed to simply avoid this and not ruin the experience with bleeding ears and pain.

===== Credits & more Notes from the Author ====

This was a solo project in which I wanted to push my prototyping skills and see what I was capable on my own. All assets outside of the very lovely Dungeon Assets and rock walls were mine and built from scratch during the 5 days for the Unreal Spring Jam 2020. This is primarily reflected in the characters, enemies, obstacles, and traps.  I used the Dungeon Asset to block out the surrounding area, and had originally planned to replace them but time was better spent polishing the game. 

You'll notice there is a custom Ice Shader that melts its surroundings as you walk around, most things melt but it's more subtle than the obstacles. All animations, level-design, menus, the boss battle, all ice shaders, and enemies were solely created

Although there are a handful of things that didn't come out quite the way I had imagined it during the initial idea, there are always ideas you need to cut back out on to meet a deadline. Mostly the fact that the audio was so bad I had to rip it out last minute cause it hurt my hears....What can I say, I do all my game making with music on and didn't think about it till it was too late :)

- Micah A. Parker