May 2023

Summary: Paint Squash is first-person VR sports game based on the game of squash. It features full room-based movement and racket controls via hand controllers. Each level presents the player with an empty painting on the wall in the style of a coloring book. The player must hit paintballs towards the canvas and fill the appropriate sections in order to win. Additionally, they may choose to compete for the best time.

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Teammates: Nick Moon and Rhuta Joshi

Tools: Unreal Engine 5, Blueprints, HTC Vive Pro 2

Main Gameplay Features:

• Player has a racket in their hand that can be adjusted for length
• Each level begins with a blank canvas and line drawing. The outline of the line drawing contains the colors that the player must fill it with
• Cannons at the top of the court fire paintballs that the player can hit
  • Paint Balls: Can take on any color needed to fill the canvas
  • Palette Balls: Will fill any section they hit with the correct color
  • Eraser Balls: Will erase the color in the section they hit
  • Homing Balls: Help with aim and will go towards the section that matches their color
• If a section is filled with the correct color, it cannot be changed unless hit by an eraser ball
• If a section is filled with the wrong color, it will briefly take on that color and then slowly fade to white

Implementation Details:

• The canvas and line drawings (“canvas sections”) are implemented as Blueprints with a mesh shape assigned to them
• They listen for collisions and respond differently depending on the type of ball colliding with them