This project quickly became one of my favorites, especially because it marked the transition from working in Unity to The Game Assembly’s custom C++ engine, TGE. Unlike commercial engines, TGE came with very limited built-in systems, which meant we had to build many features from the ground up—including collisions, physics,

Working in this kind of low-level environment was challenging, but also incredibly rewarding. It forced me to deeply understand how game systems function under the hood and pushed me to solve problems I would normally rely on an engine to handle for me. That hands-on experience gave me a much stronger grasp of both C++ and engine architecture, and it made every solution feel truly earned.

My Contributions

• Collision System
• Force Engine
• Player Movement
• Player State Stack
• And more!

Project Specifications
Team Size: 14
Reference: Katana Zero & Metroid Dread
Duration: 11 weeks
Speed: 50%

I wanted to make character controller that feels good and natural, so I wanted to make a physics based character controller. But since the engine dont have a physics engine implemented I had to take actions into my own hands and implement an engine which only applies force to objects, therefore the name Force Engine.

This force engine would also make it easier to separate colliders from eachother by simple applying a force.