RATCHET IT UP GAME JAM
Ratchet It Up Game Jam · Graduate division winner
Die, See, Level is a first-person gravity-control prototype built in Unreal Engine. Players tilt a DualSense controller to choose gravity, move between surfaces, and evade enemies. I served as Lead Programmer on this Game Jam project.
Adapting enemies to new gravity directions so they can pursue the player along the current gravity plane.
Enemies synchronize with player gravity, project the direction to the player onto the gravity plane, and move once their up direction aligns with gravity. This is directional pursuit rather than NavMesh path search.
View implementation ↗Enemy pursuit in a changing-gravity environment.
Choosing a new gravity direction and reorienting the character toward a new floor.
On release, the target orientation snaps to world axes. The character rotates smoothly, then commits gravity to the movement component and begins falling. Movement and camera control use the character’s local frame.
View implementation ↗In-game demonstration of changing gravity direction.
Controlling an Actor in the scene with motion input from a controller.
The project integrates DualSense gyroscope input over time and composes orientation with quaternions. Dominant-axis selection and a small noise threshold stabilize the gravity indicator.
View implementation ↗A recording of the motion-control prototype.