Escaped: The Dark Castle 7621-5116-0708

Just released “Escaped: The Dark Castle” chapter one of an escape room set inside a sinister dark castle, all made in creative on console! I’d love some feedback and criticism on this project! I have plans for many for levels and updates coming in the near future! Also wanting to get into UEFN!

Island Code - 7621-5116-0708

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I like the atmosphere you created there. Have you thought about bringing a moonlight to bring some shapes and silhouettes? I’ll check your island out fellow islander.

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That’s a great idea! I’ll have to keep that in mind for the next levels! Appreciate the feedback!

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I second that thought, if you position the moon just right you’ll get some nice rim lighting on your geometry.

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Will have to test it out today :eyes:

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Updated a few issues and bugs, and added a better thumbnail, so the moon follows the player or camera unfortunately and I wasn’t able to get it into the shot :smiling_face_with_tear:

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Looks great. I did something similar a while back - you can see the walk through here: https://youtu.be/RfXrKp17eBQ?si=KsRUi1EtISwaH3KE.
I never published it though and have had some issued migrating it to UEFN. Happy to talk through any of it if you’re interested.

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I just opened your island. Great opening, short and straight to the point. Be careful with the fog, I found it a bit too dense. You should add lights (point light with a small attenuation and no shadows and a spotlight that lights the ground and casts dynamic shadows). That way, you would help your players navigate your castle. Gameplay seems enjoyable and well structured.

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Thank you! I just checked out your video, you should publish it! Mine was done is creative 1.0 since I don’t currently have a pc for UEFN

Thank you for checking it out! I have thought the fog was too dense at times, I may adjust in the next version although it adds to the difficulty but adding lightning in some areas is a great idea! I will be implementing more new things into level 4 as well!

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I especially loved the lighting and the color palette. Very good job.

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Thanks for playing I appreciate that!

Thanks for checking it out. I did this in Creative 1.0 as well and there is nothing UEFN in it. It was complete about the time we were waiting for UEFN to be released - so I thought I would wait and then I thought I would migrate it. Unfortunately some things broke during migration and are still not resolved. The dangers of working with Beta tools I guess.

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That’s currently why I’m afraid to transfer over some of mine, but it will be worth it once all the fixes and changes are made so might have to!