The Last Leg

Created solo using Unreal Engine 4 for Epic MegaJam 2020.  The theme was "It's been a long time, but we're not done yet".  Used mostly C++ but used some Blueprints as well.

The Last Leg is a simple top-down shooter with the goal of survival.  Fight off hoards of zombies while your partner tries to make it to Sanctuary - a safe haven that you've been traveling to for a long time. 

STORY

A deadly disease has spread across the world, infecting anyone who comes into contact with it.  The infected become zombies, hungering for flesh and attack any non-infected they find.  Mankind collapses under this disease, but some still fight to return the world to the way it was before.

After several years, a group of scientists lead by Dr. Olivia Moore discover a cure for the disease.  However they lack the means to manufacture it on a mass scale.  They come into contact via radio waves with a settlement across the country named Sanctuary that promises they can help.  They have an fully operational hospital and the means to help develop this cure.  Dr. Moore and the others decide to take their chances and head off to find Sanctuary.

They enlist the help of the IEF - a defunct special forces group that now simply helps survivors wherever they can.  Lead by Lt. Jay Wilson, the IEF agrees to escort Dr. Moore and her scientists to Sanctuary.  

After a few long and hard months all that remains of the group is Dr. Moore and Lt. Wilson.  Now within a few miles of Sanctuary, they have a large hoard of infected hot on their tail.  Lt. Wilson manages to buy them some time but breaks his leg in the process.  

Tired, bruised, and weak, Dr.  Moore must find a way to get to Sanctuary and possibly save the world. 

CONTROLS

Simply aim using your mouse and shoot using using left-click.

Keep zombies from getting too close and attacking, you're weak so you can only take a few hits before dying.

CREDITS

I'm a programmer with little to no experience in modelling or audio, so I bought some assets to help fill out my game.  Thanks to everyone's hard work:

• Character models and animations: Mixamo
• Gun model: https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/ace-assault-rifle-3d-model-1493100
• Wheelbarrow model: https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-model-wheel-barrow-wheelbarrow-1402108
• Font: https://www.1001freefonts.com/zombie-control.font
• Streets assets: https://docs.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/modular-street-system
• Grunt/Death Sounds: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/human-vocalizations
• Shooting, Bullet hit sounds: pulled from projects from Gamedev.tv
• Various materials from Unreal Starter Content
• Music:
  • https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/orchestral-action-music-p...
  • https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/orchestral-action-music-p...