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Escape from ritual
Zhimo Li
Escape from ritual is a 3D game created in Unreal engine.
Gameplay video
'Find the difference' system
A very special part of the game is "finding the difference", in this part, the player will enter an area with 4 identical rooms, each room is basically the same furnishings. However, some rooms have items that are different from the others, and the player needs to interact to convert all items in the four rooms into the same.
This is the blueprint code for one of the items to be converted. As you can see, I used interfaces to enable the player character to interact with different items, and throughout the game, most of the implementation of item interaction is also done through interfaces. In the interaction of converting items, in order to distinguish items in different rooms, I added tags to the items and checked the tags to determine the location and other information during the conversion. At the same time, I added 3D UI to these interactive items to provide interactive tips, so that players can interact more accurately.
At the end of this area, by checking the number of items present in the game, simply checking whether the items in each room are the same, it will generate the golden statue needed to escape, and also unlock the gate of the area.
Lock system
In the video, you will find that in the prison cell at the beginning of the game and in the church shown in the picture, there are two devices that solve puzzles by rotating objects. In the cell, players have to align the shapes , while in the church, after solving a puzzle in the book, players will have to rank the animals in correct position. The code implementation is similar. The code mainly determines the rotate value to determine whether it is correct. As shown in the figure, after setting the rotation Angle for each interaction and the rotation Angle required for decryption, the player checks the code for each interaction, and when all five correspond, the statue rotates and reveals the key hidden behind it.
Magic Battle
The magic battle part is also an important part of the game. In this area, there are two different kinds of scarecrows with different colors of lights in their hands. The player's left and right hand attacks are red and purple magic projectiles, which also corresponds to the color of the lantern. The attack only works if the attack color is the same as the lantern color.
Final
The final part of the player needs to interact with the stone , placing golden statues to pass through the gate. The code on stone pillar will detect if player has collected the statues, and if so allow player to place it on the pillar.
This is code on the gate, which will detect if player place both statues on the pillar. Codes on the pillars are similar.