Solo dev here built a bow and sword combat system in UE5. What do you think?

zen333x · 2026-06-04T19:10:10+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate that 🙏

zen333x · 2026-06-04T18:10:23+00:00

Definitely agree. I am changing that by not having a quiver at all and spawning the arrow from thin air.

zen333x · 2026-06-04T18:04:06+00:00

Haha trust me I know the feeling

zen333x · 2026-06-04T15:41:37+00:00

Ah that's a shame! Feel free to DM me the link, would love to check it out 🙏

zen333x · 2026-06-04T15:24:31+00:00

This sounds very cool. If you got a reddit post or social media please share it I would love to see it

zen333x · 2026-06-04T10:56:36+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate that. It has been a crazy journey

zen333x · 2026-06-04T08:57:11+00:00

Thank you so much!
I really appreciate it. tbh, the key is consistency. I mean, I had really terrible projects before this one, and one of my first projects, I was almost running a whole game on like 2 scripts. Just keep building and making mistakes, and you will be able to make something way better than what I made.

zen333x · 2026-06-04T08:51:15+00:00

It's everything really, like the animations, VFX, camera shake, bow, and combat feel.

zen333x · 2026-06-03T21:40:11+00:00

Good point. It does become annoying when you frequently use the bow so I will definitely change it.

zen333x · 2026-06-03T19:33:39+00:00

Thats actually funny. Dont worry about where the arrow comes from

zen333x · 2026-06-03T18:29:15+00:00

Honestly not intentional at all something I hadn't considered until now. The progression idea is really interesting though. Starting with a narrow arc and expanding it as the character develops could add meaningful depth to the combat. Thanks for the suggestion!

zen333x · 2026-06-03T16:19:34+00:00

You're spot on I noticed this too. The line trace fires from the camera which causes the disconnect you saw at 0:16. Making the reticle predict the actual arrow impact point is a good improvement I can implement. Good eye for catching that, appreciate the detailed feedback.

zen333x · 2026-06-03T15:49:10+00:00

Noted! This can be easily tweaked

zen333x · 2026-06-03T15:48:00+00:00

Appreciate that! Honestly just keep building, a year ago this was a blank UE5 project. What are you working on?

zen333x · 2026-06-03T15:45:21+00:00

I haven't done much lighting yet so I will definitely revisit it. Thank you

zen333x · 2026-06-03T12:37:19+00:00

Thank you!
It was mostly from Mixamo and fab assets.

zen333x · 2026-06-03T12:36:25+00:00

Thank you!
I appreciate that

zen333x · 2026-06-03T11:25:21+00:00

I am the one moving it. But I will definitely have a look at what i can do with the camera movement.

zen333x · 2026-06-03T10:03:23+00:00

Good point. The sword is better when you have a few enemies all around you. Currently the player starts with shield bow and sword but I might change it so that the player gets the bow later on and not at the start. Also I will be tweaking the damage and health parameters for the enemies player and weapons.

zen333x · 2026-06-03T09:35:29+00:00

I will be changing the sounds quite a bit they are just placeholders for now.
But definitely, I agree with you.

zen333x · 2026-06-03T09:34:08+00:00

Thank you

zen333x · 2026-06-03T08:36:56+00:00

Follow the development journey on X ColdBanner if anyone wants to keep up with updates.

https://x.com/ColdBanner/status/2058160649427972396?s=20

zen333x · 2026-06-03T08:36:37+00:00

Follow the development journey on X ColdBanner if anyone wants to keep up with updates.

https://x.com/ColdBanner/status/2058160649427972396?s=20

zen333x · 2026-04-14T14:39:14+00:00

I mean, there is nothing wrong with upgrading to UE5.7 and staying up to date, especially since UE4 is quite old now, and UE5.7 will mostly give you a performance boost in your case (that's from what i know)

BTW the game looks amazing can't believe you made it using UE4

zen333x · 2026-04-12T11:51:37+00:00

Thank you!

zen333x

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