Project

Bossfight Prototype

Fast iteration arena built to test combat readability and camera work.

Unity C# Cinemachine VFX Graph

Code

Overview

Team project (mostly programmers) creating an arena boss fight in Unreal Engine. The encounter features a stone giant boss and a grappling mechanic. My primary responsibility was the knockback damage system: ensuring force application, player state changes and recovery after impacts. This was implemented and tuned using Unreal Blueprints.

Features

• Camera shakes and framing tuned per attack type.
• Anticipation timings tweaked to keep attacks readable.
• Reusable hit-stop utility to sell impact without slowing gameplay.
• Debug controls to replay specific patterns quickly.

My contribution

• Developed combat scripts, camera helpers and debug tools.
• Explored and tuned different anticipation timings and telegraphs.
• Documented learnings and patterns for later reuse in other projects.

Code snippets

Knockback damage (Blueprint logic)

// Pseudocode / Blueprint node flow:
// Event: OnTakeDamage(Damage, HitDirection, Force)
// - If DamageType == Knockback:
//     -> Apply Launch Character (Direction = HitDirection.Normalized * Force)
//     -> Set Character State = 'Stunned'
//     -> Play Knockback Animation
//     -> Start Timer (RecoveryTime) -> OnTimer: Set Character State = 'Normal'
//     -> Reduce player input while Stunned; re-enable after recovery
// Notes: Use actor impulse for physics-based knockback or LaunchCharacter for pawn movement. Blend animation and root motion to avoid jitter when combining with physics.

Repository

Open on GitHub