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The forest is coming to life!

Having the base layout done I finally got to add the foliage, loads of trees have been added and other foliage. I also added two small lakes to make everything look nicer like an actual place you would want to live. I wanted to use some procedural generation for the trees but I ended up handplacing them for more control when I need to move around certain things.

I picked it up again!

You know a lot of life stuff happened after my last post. The urge to make a horror game never left and now I finally picked it up again! You see it here first! I will do a different story though for the game. I will create a video series with my progress so you can follow along on youtube too but you see exclusive stuff here on Patreon. I will also add all patrons as a thank you to the game! Unfortunately I cannot add Twitch or Youtube subscribers because of ToS violations. Also, there might...

Refined the atmosphere

I reworked the coloring, fisheye camera and sound design to create a more believable atmosphere for the game. Previously I just slapped a blue tint over the footage. Now reworked the coloring completely with Photoshop to give it a more realistic coloring. I also readjusted the fisheye lens to avoid warping effects that could cause motion sickness and also increased the field of view to 145 degrees to match the fov of a gopro camera. I also made the picture slightly worse to simulate imperfect...

Making Audio worse + additional level

The title sounds weird I know, but since I am making a bodycam style game I need to make the audio worse to make it sound more real. Since there was 0 tutorials for this on google after searching for weeks I almost gave up on it. Just for shits and giggles I asked ChatGPT (AI) if it could help me and that thing carried me through it all as my personal audio engineer, absolutely insane. It literally explained everything and how to do it in Unreal Engine :D

I also reworked some sounds esp...

Found some spooky locations

An old cabin in the woods and an abandoned camp has been found! I am not gonna reveal too much what is happening at those locations since I want them to remain a mystery. But my main goal right now is to build all the locations and adjust the landscape in a way so it fits the story of the game. Unfortunately the cabin asset I am using was too small so I had to do some trickery to make the cabin bigger so it fits my vision. I am really happy how it turned out and how well it fits into the fore...

First in-game footage (Unreal Engine 5.1)

Here is what Charlie looks like in-game. Also showing night-vision and the compass. Just keep in mind this was filmed in-editor. Nothing is optimized yet.

Charlie is here!

It was a big complicated to add this lovely companion but I finally managed to do it with proper follow mechanics. He will have super smooth animations and fits great into the forest environment.

Glowsticks + Compass to lead the way

The forest in the game will be fairly big. I did not want to clutter the screen with markers. So I was thinking of a natural way the user can find it's way to the next objective and also find it's way back. 

Glowsticks are a great way to leave a trace. You can now throw glowsticks to leave a trace and find your way back. In addition I also added a compass. I want players to find the spots themselves by giving you a direction and leave the exploring up to the player. More of that wi...

Creating my first horror game in Unreal Engine 5

As you may know, I started learning Unreal Engine 5 in November 2022. I always wanted to create my own Blair Witch game ever since I watched that movie over 20 years ago. Back in the day the technology for it was pretty much non-existent and the tools were extremely poor. That has changed with the insane capabilities of Unreal Engine 5 so I thought I finally give it a shot again! 

I am making a Blair Witch style horror game in a dark forest with a ghost haunting the place. You wil...

Thanks to all my supporters!

First post yay :D I just wanted to say this: no matter where and how you support me and my channels, either on Twitch, YouTube, or here you are all awesome! I cannot express how grateful I am! <3 Lets hope for more years of endless fun :)