The island
Responsibilities
As a gameplay programmer, my main responsibilities while working on The Island were developing new gameplay features for customers to enjoy while they were on the resort or travelling between different games. All elements were developed as part of multiplayer experience so all customers could enjoy them at the same time.
- Role: Junior Unreal Engine Developer
- Engine: Unreal Engine 4
- Language C++/Blueprints
For almost a year I was working on The Know-A-Lith which is a standalone UI system for The Island. This UI was shared and updated between multiple clients with the same client ID making it quite a tough challenge to synch all the UI elements across all different groups as UI in UE4 is client sided.
Outside of working on the UI, I have also been responsible for developing a VR Bow range which was made from scratch. And multiple smaller features such as ray guns, wave shooter or pickable items that rewarded players with virtual currencies. Moreover, I was also taking part in integration of Ready Player Me which now has been released and is being used across all Otherworld sites.
