Final project of the summer

So I’ve wrapped up my final project of the summer. During the pandemic, I’ve been brushing up on my electronics and learning how to use the Unreal Engine to create video games. I wanted to see if I could tie those two ideas together. Watch the video below to see how it’s possible to create a video game that requires you to know what is going on in the physical world. In this case, the color of an LED connected to a microcontroller informs the gamer which colored sphere to shoot.

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UE4: Editor assist

I’m continuing to wrap up some summer projects before school starts. I’ve been learning how to create games in Unreal Engine over the past few weeks. One tool that I’ve found handy has been the ability to use Blueprints while in the editor to make life easier. This is one such example, where I use Blueprints to place an actor where the in-editor camera is located.