Blood Moon Bounty
Weapon Switching Mechanic and Ammo System
For my action platformer game, I created a weapon switching system complete with UI for ammo indication to help make the combat more complex and exciting
I first had to create the weapons as separate actors to make the coding process easier and more organized.
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I also created the ammo UI elements as actors too because I want them to appear on the screen and dynamically change,
Weapon Shooting Mechanics
This code helped to make the revolver shoot with a delay to prevent the player from spamming their weapon.
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I used an attribute to set the ammo for the revolver. This attribute was a game attribute so that it can be interacted by codes/behaviors which will come in handy with the ammo UI.
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Pressing R will disable the gun from shooting and reload the weapon reset the ammo to maximum again.
The code for shooting the shotgun reuses most of the code for shooting the revolver, however certain changes are made to make the shotgun feel different.
The shotgun shoots multiple bullets at once but has less ammo and takes longer to reload. Thus making it a risky but rewarding weapon to use.
Weapon Ammo Mechanics
The code for the ammo UI is located in the Revolver ammo UI.
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Because we have set the revolver ammo as a game attribute, we can change the Revolver ammo UI based on the value of the game attribute
This is done by changing the animation for the Revolver ammo UI actor.
The ammo UI for the shotgun is also similar as I have another game attribute to track the amount of shotgun ammo.
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However, due to the shotgun having less ammo, it was relatively easier to complete as I just had to make a few changes to the revolver ammo UI code.
Weapon Switching Mechanics
The weapon switching system occurs when the F key is pressed.
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It will change the opacity of the revolver and disable the shooting behavior for the revolver. While the opposite happens for the shotgun.
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This causes the weapon and bullets fired to "switch"
The weapon switching for the shotgun uses code that has the parameters altered.
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This is to make sure that the weapon and ammo UI for the revolver does not appear when the shotgun is in use as this will cause a conflict.