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Plateform: PC, XBox controller local multiplayer

Engine: Unreal

Production Time: 5 Week

Size of Team: 1

Role: Programmer, VFX Artist

Integrate Niagara into gameplay

Create a blueprint for the projectile and add projectile movement.
Spawn the projectile blueprint using user input inside the player character blueprint.
In the projectile blueprint, connect the "Get Owner" node to the "Ignore Actor When Moving" node to prevent the projectile's collision box from colliding with the player who spawned it.

Determine the player's movement direction (X and Y axis) and push the other player away along the same axis when hit by the projectile.

Create a projectile blueprint for each player.
Inside each projectile blueprint, get the player’s rotation to determine which axis Player 1 is moving along, and vice versa for Player 2's projectile blueprint.
After retrieving each player’s rotation, obtain each projectile’s location. When a projectile hits the other player, adjust the other player’s location further along the current axis to create the push effect you see in the game.

(Another way is to use the launch character node, but in this mini game, off set player’s position create a more interesting visual effect)

Create a dynamic animation blueprint for the player that blends attack animations with idle, walking, and running states

Create a cached pose to connect with the state machine.
Blend the cached pose with the DefaultSlot using "Layered Blend per Bone." Check "Mesh Space Rotation Blend" to enable natural rotation blending for each motion.

VFX Breakdown

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