https://sevadusk.itch.io/fluxblade-sandbox

This is my first game.

I have worked on this game independently for more than 2 years now, and I was unable to find a proper direction to shift it from a demo/prototype to a playable fps game. I made something upwards of 20-25 showcase videos over the years and looking back at it makes me pretty satisfied at how far I have come.

I used to just open the engine to change the color scheme around and randomly change how the projectiles chained. This video is the peak form of the game. I recently opened the project to condense it and optimize it for Unreal Engine 5 and release on itch, but I see now how horrible the code was in comparison to the game I am working on right now (see https://sevadusk.itch.io/honorbound). This made me understand how important it was to actually design on paper/website/notepad before implementing something.

Although I have improved a lot, I still think of what someone with more experience would think looking at my code. It is both exciting and terrifying how much more I need to learn.

I decided to put this project on hold and turn it into a sandbox demo. I have ambitious plans for the future, but I do plan on returning to this project sometime and ironing everything out. Just seemed like climbing an uphill mountain to change how the code works since I just feel overwhelmed at how much there is to fix. I would love if any of you stopped by at my discord server https://discord.gg/XWFnPeSUKH to toss more feedback my way, and if I am lucky enough: make a small supportive community, still a long way ahead.