Floor Master

The Project

Floor Master is a university project I designed to learn more about replication and widgets in Unreal Engine 5.4.4. It mainly served as a prototyping test, with weekly iteration based of off feedback received.

The gameplay requires multiplayer, and is a PvP game between two players:

• The Dungeoneer,  a top-down real-time combat character who has to fight off the denizens of the crypt.
• The Floor Master, a card deck player trying to defeat the dungeoneer with their many minions, spells, traps, and more.

Documentation

To complete this project, a great deal of documentation was created, including:

A pitch, a planning document, dev-log videos, forum posts, design outputs such as gameplay loops, and a literature review.

Links to these documents can be found here:

Pitch: FinalPitch.pptx

Planning Document: Floor Master Planning document.docx (Download for better formatting)

Dev-logs:

First Log: (This first one has slightly high volume, apologies.)

Second Log:

Final Log:

Literature Review:

Evaluation

Overall I'm quite happy with what I learned during the creation of this prototype, and am more confident in designing for online multiplayer projects. I also wanted to be creative in mixing game-modes that aren't typically seen together in a multiplayer setting, which could lead to interesting gaps in the roguelike deck builder market.

Updates

As of 18/02/2025, the university module involving this project is finished, and any further updates will be listed below, as there are certain fixes that I couldn't quite get around to in my time frame!