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Making an Endless Runner

Development Discussion C++ Gameplay Programming
#1

How do you guys approach making an endless runner? The coding part to be exact?

I plan making a array to store static meshes and each few seconds check the location where the player’s character is present. If the static mesh is behind the player, I plan to destroy it, remove it from the array and create a new static mesh in the most front part.

I plan to have infinite left and right movements in the endless runner so I am going to need to spawn a lot of platforms dynamically. Other than that, any suggestions?

Does Unreal engine support 2d arrays?

#2

Hey Envenger!

I’m not entirely sure, so don’t quote me on this, but if you made an endless runner, I don’t think space in Unreal is infinite.

The way I’ve seen many people approach it is by keeping the character still, and then spawning/deleting meshes based on distance.
The speed the meshes move towards the player is based on the player “Speed” (Which is just a ‘FVector’). Noting that the player is still standing still.

There are actuallylive dev videos on youtube, going about making games like Temple Run etc, which cover this idea a lot more thoroughly that I can at the moment.

Sorry I’m not of much help! But I wish you luck, and will help further if I can!

-Peace

#3

Every tile you create needs to have a box collision at the end that overlaps with player character. You also need to keep track of the last location that a tile needs to be spawned at. In the beginning of the game, you can spawn 5 tiles and then every time player character overlaps with the box collision you create another one at the last location.

Have a look at my template:

#4

What a NECRO!!
Made me feel nostalgic remembering the time when I was learning UE4.

#5

Ahahahahhaha :wink: