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Final Thoughts and Credits

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:28:11 GMT

All of this was made from June 2025 to December 2025 for my Capstone Project at Wichita State University. Looking back on it, I am very happy with how everything turned out. I had had this idea in my...

Save System

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:26:26 GMT

Last, but certainly not least, is the very important save system. Almost immediately when starting on the save system, I realized that I would need to have a way to put most of my actors in the same o...

Gifts

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:25:12 GMT

Gifting is something that can be accessed once the player has repaired the General Shop. Players can spend their gold to buy gifts for the characters around the town. Buying these increases the friend...

Characters

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:23:51 GMT

This will be a long one once again, so here we go. Across the level, there are characters that the player can interact with and make friends with. Each one is a child actor of the parent actor BP_Char...

Repair Points

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:21:01 GMT

There are many BP_RepairPoints scattered across the map. Each one shows the player what resources they need to repair it, and what it will repair once completed. As stated before, I wanted to make thi...

Sleeping

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:19:00 GMT

This is a short one as the “sleeping” mechanic is pretty much just used to respawn resources and repair buildings through the night. It plays a fun little fade to black animation and adds to the d...

Storage System

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:17:44 GMT

When I was originally coming up with the things I wanted to put in this project, a storage system was not one of them. Upon making everything and doing some early tests, I realized that it was absolut...

Upgrade Shop and Upgrades

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:16:06 GMT

Just like most things in this project, all the upgrades are stored in a Data Table that can be expanded upon. The only thing about this one is that you have to implement the upgrade once you add it. U...

General Shop and Selling Resources

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:13:27 GMT

The General Shop is a building where players can sell their resources for gold. This shop was the first of many where I had to do a lot of widgeting (as I liked to call it). The widget shows the image...

Breaking Resources and Player Inventory

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:11:49 GMT

The player has 3 “tools” that they can scroll through: a pickaxe, an axe, and their “hand” which is just nothing. When the player has a tool out, they can click to swing the tool at whatever m...

Resource Spawning

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:56:48 GMT

This was the first thing I tackled with my project. I imagined this system being easily editable, meaning I could place an object in the world and immediately change what type of resource would spawn...

Initial Ideas and Thoughts

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:55:55 GMT

So what I have chosen to make for my capstone project is a resource gathering game inspired by the likes of Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Palia if you've heard of it. What I am making is a smal...