Margwa BO3 Remake

ABOUT

I was tasked to remake a boss fight in Unreal through c++ and blueprints to show techniques of optimization.  The game that I replicated was Call of duty Black ops 3 which I selected a zombies game mode. I was drawn towards this project through the action and first person genre. What inspired me to select this game, was the intense interaction between the boss and the player. The Margwa is an alien creature that has 3 glowing faces that are required to be popped. You only have a selected period of time to do this since the heads open and close rotating through cycles that can damage the boss. While this is happening, the monster tracks you down and with each thunderous step its waiting for the right time to attack you.

OPTIMIZATION

To gauge frame rate, object count and CPU outages, Unreal provides tools to alert the developer; profiler tool, optimization view modes, statistics, and memory leaks. I aimed to fix programming, design, and art issues that were encounted. On a lower end spec pc (i7-8700, 8 GB RAM, 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 1TB HDD), frames rose from 13.5 to a consistent 51 to 60 frames. 

CONTROLS

WASD for movement

R for reloading

LMB for shooting

ASSETS USED 

MODELS:

• Custom M4A1 COD Warzone (Fan model) by Requital under Creative Commons Attribution
• Shelf by Dmitriy Mitroshin
• Crate And Plank by Not Good Enough
• Wodden Table
• Bullet 9 mm by Y2JHBK
• Magic Circle

• Boxing Ring by Alex Osler. 2nd Year Art student, rather not be reference but can provide email upon request
• Bathroom Door Frame by RubaQewar
• Old Metal Folding Chair by MaX3Dd
• Simple old shotgun by SuperMopsek
• Sniper Rifle by Martin Trafas

ICONS:

• Pump Shotgun free icon by Jesus Chavarria
• Gun free icon by lapiyee
• Submachine Gun free icon by Freepik
• Bullet free icon by Muhammad_Usman

MONSTER MODEL / ANIMATION:

• Model: Pumpkinhulk L Shaw
• Animation 1: Breathing Idle
• Animation 2: Mutant Run
• Animation 3: Standing Melee Attack Horizontal
• Animation 4: Zombie Attack

All provided by mixamo.