Format Wars

Format Wars is a short vertical slice side scrolling platformer with a single level where you play as a Betamax tape player on a mission in a retro futuristic world to rescue hostages and defeat the evil VHS with your superior Hi-Fi Sound and Resolution!

Controls are: 

Move - WASD

Jump - Space

Shoot - Right Mouse Button

Settings Menu - M

Unfortunately I didn't have time to add controller support, might add it after the fact.

This was made in one week for the Unreal Engine MegaJam 2023 using a fresh build of UE5-Main (5.4.0) 

All assets were created by myself for this project with the exception of all Audio was either from freesound.org or recorded by myself for voice acting as well as one default explosion particle system that comes with Unreal Engine.

Format Wars requires a Shader Model 6.0 compatible GPU, it uses Lumen, Nanite and has Hardware RT Lumen options in the settings menu. 

Software Used: 

• Unreal Engine 5.4.0 (UE5-Main compiled mid September.
• SideFX Houdini Indie
• Adobe Substance Painter