Ship Wars

Devlog

• Data persistence
  December 23, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  I figured out how to make data save between maps with a game instance and set that up... Continue reading
• Boss Ship
  December 22, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Added a boss with some different abilities and a different behavior tree. This one has 10 cannons. Watch out... Continue reading
• Mini Boss
  December 22, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  I added a new level of enemy that shoots more and has more health. I also adjusted the camera so it doesn't bump into other ships and the camera height so it feels better. I also made it where the shi... Continue reading
• Cannon Boom
  December 20, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  I added cannon noises and a actor for switching levels. And i added some bushes and fixed the angles of the trees... Continue reading
• Health Bar
  December 19, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Added a health bar to the ships so you can see when they are going to die... Continue reading
• Blocking Island
  December 18, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  I added a spline mesh to cut the nav mesh to stop the AI from going on the island. I also added collision to stop the player from going on land. Kind of silly but I guess it's needed... Continue reading
• Ship Upgrades
  December 17, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Added the ability to upgrade the ship so now you can get more guns. I had to add more spawn points and an upgrade actor and some tracking but that worked pretty easy... Continue reading
• Ship Fracture
  December 16, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Added fracture when the ship gets destroyed. So that you can actually see something happen when you beat the ship! much more chaos!... Continue reading
• Player Shooting
  December 15, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Ok now the player can shoot and I'm actually doing it properly from the player controller... Continue reading
• Shooting From The Hip
  December 15, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  So i decided they should shoot from the sides. Like normal ships shoot... Continue reading
• Way Too High
  December 15, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  This is just silly. I kept trying to get unreal to work with the suggested velocity to get from one location to another. This is clearly not it... Continue reading
• Off Centered Shooting
  December 15, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  For some reason the shoot logic would not center on the ship. I tried using the suggested velocity but it wouldn't hit the ship... Continue reading
• Ships Stuck
  December 13, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Well I'm trying to get the ships to fight each other in a way that doesn't look stupid. So far I have not been successful... Continue reading
• A More Civilized Fight
  November 16, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  I added that they destroy themselves on contact. not with themselves or owners. Also they will shoot a little and reposition... Continue reading
• Too Many Cannon Balls
  November 16, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Now the ships can attack one another. But I need to do some clean up obviously... Continue reading
• Moving Ships
  November 15, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  Now the ships move. I had some issue with the ships being pawns and I tried using pawn nav movement but that kept breaking. So now they are characters... Continue reading
• Got Some Ships
  November 13, 2025 by Steven Cooney

  I'm starting a new game and it's going to have some ships in it so I bought some ships off the unreal engine fab store... Continue reading