Devlogs
This marks the beginning of my development journey to create the upcoming 4-player cooperative first-person shooter, Overrunners. Work together to escape an alien invasion and live to tell the tale. The plan is to launch it on Steam, and I’ll be documenting the process along the way.
The Concept
Being a long-time fan of the Left 4 Dead series, I aim to create a game that offers a similar sense of replayability, unpredictability and fun cooperative gameplay. For this game, our heroes will be battling against hordes of aliens, starting in a coastal town in Southern England. This is a setting not often depicted in video games, only now it is tainted by the hordes of an alien invasion. Is anywhere safe anymore?
Unreal Engine 5
The game is being developed in Unreal Engine 5. Getting to grips with this powerful software has been a steep learning curve, but a very rewarding experience. The plethora of tutorials available on sites like YouTube has been extremely helpful, and I must give credit where credit is due for the creators who have been able to share their knowledge in a clear and engaging way.
These creators in particular have been of huge help, and I would thoroughly recommend them if you are keen to learn UE5:
A particular challenge for this game has been learning the concepts of replication for multiplayer gameplay. I will dive into more detail about this in future devlogs.