Starting from January 2023, I have been self-learning Unreal Engine using various materials and getting help from my friends with game development experience. This is one small game that I learned how to create in Unreal Engine 5. I’ll be constantly adding new features to make it a complete, playable game in the future.

Mars Invasion is a 3D roguelike shoot ’em-up mini-game where players must survive relentless waves of aliens on Mars.

Players must eliminate every alien in the confined mission area by using WASD keys to move around and the mouse to aim/shoot. If they stayed outside their mission area for too long, they would be killed by radiation. Health pickables are spawned at random locations in the area, but also the aliens.

Another feature is if their health gets too low, they will hear their heart pounding hard in their chest, indicating they must heal themselves before the aliens kill them.

Here are some of the features and mechanics that I’ll add to this game in the future:

• Limited ammo. Players have to find ammo and reload their weapons.
• Weapons upgrade. Aliens will drop useful parts for players to loot and upgrade.
• New types of aliens with different abilities.