Mortal Void (Game in Development)

[minor cape]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhYuosh8byY

[minor cape]

Hey everyone! 🙌 I'm excited to share with you the latest progress on Mortal Void, an online third-person shooter in development. In this game, you'll be accompanied by a Cosmobot, a robot that will help you explore a futuristic world and team up with other players to face challenges together. As we continue to develop the game, we'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on what you'd like to see more or less of in terms of gameplay and environment. Your feedback is important to me as we strive to create the best possible experience for our players! 🎮🔥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ZyZQAmK0c

Mortal Void (Game in Development)

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Attention gamers! I have an incredible story about the development of Mortal Void. While designing the enemies, we envisioned a planet overrun by killer robots. It's a fight for survival! Take a look at how these deadly robots will appear in the game!
If Mortal Void caught your interest and you want to know more about our third-person shooter, subscribe to our channel and visit our website https://neogamelab.com! Get ready to join the battle to rid the planet of this robotic infestation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ScS8_Ty1w

[minor cape]

Improving the AI of these robots is a fun and engaging challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyCN19DlHSQ

[vocal magnet]

awesome game!

did you made it in unreal engine?

[violet quartz]

I- uh- wat @ above

Seeing this game and seeing decently good sound design mixed with the UI and smoothness really was cool as hell. Coming from Unity to Unreal and I'm clicking well with using UE bit by bit as I get more used to it. Your game project reminded me how cool UE can be if you work with it rather than against it!

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Hi @vocal magnet , yes it's made with the Source version of Unreal Engine 5.3.

[minor cape]

Yes, Unral Engine is great, I can't say if it's harder or easier than other engines as I haven't used them. But all in all I have had a good experience.

[violet quartz]

I think it's genuinely up to preference on a per-project basis. Would I use Unity or Unreal all the time? After what I've learnt in the last few days, I'd go with what my team needs and prioritze them over what I want. UE's C++/BP mix is insanely powerful now that I'm really getting into it

[minor cape]

You are absolutely right, prioritising the preferences of the team will always be the best way forward and helps one to get out of the comfort zone. In this particular game I only use the Unreal Engine c++ source for the multiplayer, but for everything else it's still Blueprint, in my team we are only 3 people. Lucky for me all 3 use Unreal Engine. How long have you been using UE?

[violet quartz]

I tinkered around with the level editors of UnrealEd 1.0, 2.0, 2.5 and UDK 3.0 as a kid when playing Unreal Tournament. Did Blueprints in UE 4.27 for my first year at uni (loved it in the end) and I'm coming back after nearly two years to properly learn UE5 C++ and re-learn blueprints. Because learning Unreal Engine's game development side isn't part of my course itself and it's just a stepping stone on doing my dissertation for the Tools Development side, I'm able to just focus on learning without making the papertrail as much.

if you're ever curious about UnrealEd 1.0 up to 2.5, yeah they still work in Windows 10/11. Bluetooth peripherals break them a bit but they work otherwise.

More importantly though, I'm glad your game's going well and that your team is working together well

I hope you don't mind either but I was curious about your company (Neo Game Lab) and have just casually been looking around at the website

What has it been like on your journey as a team to go from idea to prototype/alpha builds?

[minor cape]

WOW, I've never used UnrealEd, although I must say it looks a lot like GTK Radiant for making game levels based on the Quake engine.

[violet quartz]

Probably because it was inspired by it heavily from what I recall. GTKRadiant is ancient. I'm genuinely lucky I got to experience the growth of game engines, even though I'm only 22! Didn't have the "latest and greatest" as a kid so I stuck with older games for eons

i went back into UnrealEd earlier this year just to see if it still worked out of curiosity and it does... but that's uh about all it does. I think in part that was due to the OldUnreal patches pushed to UT1999 too.

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It has been difficult for us, as none of our team has had a full or formal training on how to develop videogames.

The people that accompany me in the team have other professions, Eduardo is a designer, Romina is a Physical Education teacher and programmer, and I am a programmer but with experience developing microservices for companies.

Eduardo is now doing a master's degree in videogame development in Barcelona, and Romina and I are learning on our own in our free time, since we both have another full time job.

The hardest part for us as indie developers is marketing. We want to stay independent (without publishers) so we don't lose control of the project.

[minor cape]

You are very young and have already achieved a lot of knowledge, congratulations!

[violet quartz]

Has learning games programming been rewarding for you three?

I've not really achieved much but I like to read a hell of a lot and dive deep to technical levels whenever possible.

[minor cape]

Yes, it has been very gratifying, as the three of us all had the same dream of making videogames when we were kids.

If you like to know much more about technical aspects and tricks in Unreal Engine I recommend you to follow https://twitter.com/GhislainGir He worked for the game Spyro: Reignited Trilogy (One of my favourite games), I have learned a lot from him.

Ghislain Girardot (@GhislainGir) on X

Indie Game Developer and Unreal Engine Content Creator. Worked on Spyro: Reignited Trilogy and Shardbound.

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[violet quartz]

sweet, I've been focusing on general stuff for the timebeing and I'm planning to follow through a blueprints tutorial for a vehicle and convert it into C++ on-the-fly while I watch along to get used to the systems.

I'll keep them in mind for more technical stuff

[minor cape]

Good start

[violet quartz]

I hope you and your team have fun making your game!

[minor cape]

Thank you, it's quite a lot of work but entertaining. If you have any questions about the engine you can ask me here. I'm no expert but I'll do my best to help.

[violet quartz]

Yeah sure, I plan to ask around if I get stuck

[vocal magnet]

oh nice nice

good luck man! this is fun game so far 😄

[minor cape]

Hey! I wanted to share with you the Kickstarter page for Mortal Void. I'm really passionate about this project and I hope you can support me to make it a reality. Any support, including following our Kickstarter page, would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy the game. We would be eternally grateful for your support.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/neogamelab/mortal-void?ref=1aej7w

[balmy nest]

Impressive stuff

[minor cape]

Thanks!

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Exciting news for sci-fi gamers! 🌟 Mortal Void is now available for wishlisting on Steam! Assemble your elite squad, customize your robot companion, and blast off into an epic space adventure! 🚀 Add Mortal Void to your wishlist and get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey! https://bit.ly/MVSteam

[vocal magnet]

@minor cape hey, i was wondering how you achieved this atmosphere in unreal engine. did you follow any tutorial for that?

[minor cape]

Lot of things but the most noticible is custom LUT in Post procesing effect

[vocal magnet]

oh

nice nice

do u have any recommendation tutorial?

[minor cape]

I dont have a tutorial, but i think this video will help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWl-8qQICo8

[vocal magnet]

thank you so much man

wish you best on your project, looking epic so far!