I’ve been working on two big projects in UE5, utilizing blueprints. As one is being temporarily shelved, and the other is mostly still in the planning stage, I’m combining these into one post. For a while, I worked on a multiplayer game in UE5 designed to use P2P co-op lobbies for a exploration and questing…

SQUIRE on itch.io SQUIRE is a 2D mini-game I made as a part of a weekend long game jam. It’s a game where you support the true hero, rather than being the hero yourself. It features a old-school RPG style combat system. Each turn you can heal the hero, buff him, shield him, or debuff…

I’m Zachary Hilsman, and I’ve been an aspiring Game Designer for most of my life. When I was only about 10 years old, my brother and I worked on plans for an MMORPG that we wished we could make, combining elements from some of our favorite games. This dream stuck with me, and I even…

My latest project, and what I’m currently putting most of my time into developing, is a currently untitled 3D RPG set in the wild west made in Unity. The 3D models were purchased on the Unity Asset Store, and I’m using a plugin for Unity that adds a dialogue system, so that all you have…

Catboy Crazy on itch.io Catboy Crazy is a rogue-like with 2D sprites in a 3D world made in Unity, where the path through the level is randomly generated, and the player receives random stat buffs by spending money earned by killing monsters. Later in the game you can unlock additional abilities with gold, however, a…

Dulce et Decorum on Steam This was my first fully released project, which I started development on around 2018, and released March 2022. All the coding and design was done by myself, with assets such as the 2D sprites, music, and sound effects being purchased. Dulce et Decorum is a 2D platformer-shooter made in GameMaker…