Final Game Project: Playable Character

For my Final Game Project at university, I created a fully playable, motion-capture-driven character in the Unreal Engine. It's focused on deliberate, combo-driven combat and some limited platforming.  It’s playable with both keyboard/ mouse and controller; I think it feels better with the latter. Aside from the rig/ model, I did every aspect of the project myself, including the motion-capture, animation clean-up and Unreal blueprints (though, tutorials were helpful with the latter). The focus is mainly on the animation and how it's implemented into a real game environment. 

It plays like a fairly standard third-person action title but the controls can be found below. They can also be seen, alongside descriptions of some of the more atypical mechanics, in-game via a Help Menu and in the 'Controls Document' provided.

Controls

	Keyboard	Controller
Move Character	W, A, S, D	Left Stick
Move Camera	Mouse	Right Stick
Jump	Spacebar	A
Light Attack (Hold)	Left Mouse Button (LMB)	X
Heavy Attack	Right Mouse Button (RMB)	Y
Block (Hold)	Q	B
Dash	Left Shift	Right Trigger (RT)
Lock-on	E	Left Trigger (LT)
Lock-on Cycle Left	Tab	Left Bumper (LB)
Lock-on Cycle Right	R	Right Bumper (RB)
Power Up/ Down	Alt	Up (D-Pad)
Harm	Right Shift	Down (D-Pad)
Help Menu	H	View
Quit Game	Esc	Menu

Rig/ Model:
Henleyernest. (2006, September 9). Animation Guy [freebie man.zip]. Retrieved from https://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/320800