Tex-Mechs

Tex-Mechs is a first-person mech shooter made in Unreal Engine 4 by a team of 18 student developers over 16 weeks. In its single-player campaign, the player must kill hordes of insect monsters using a giant mech suit equipped with iconic wild West weapons. I served on the project as both a Combat Designer and Level Designer.

As a Combat Designer, I implemented many of the game’s combat encounters, including all of the tutorial section’s. I used a combination of hand-placed spawns points, data-driven wave controllers, and a director Blueprint to create a streamlined combat experience. Additionally, I helped design and code the enemy AI. I used Blueprints and Behavior Trees in order to create three different enemies that with unique behaviors. Lastly, I coded the mech cockpit’s bobbing effect. 

As a Level Designer, I planned, built, and set-dressed several parts of the game world. I was the sole designer of the and “Riverbed” level, and later I took over the tutorial level. We used Unreal’s landscaping tool to sculpt out the environment, then filled it in with static meshes, foliage, NPCs, and pick-ups.