Rainfall

Devlog

• Restoring Player Progress After Level Changes
  October 17, 2026 by binglebuster

  Trenton Smith - October 16, 2026 The Problem: This week, I worked on preserving player progress in Rainfall. Loading a saved game involved more than reading a file. The game needed to open the correct... Continue reading

  
• Giving Structure To The Tool System
  October 16, 2026 by Assassin Squid

  Author: Josiah Campbell Problem: The build system needed a foundation One of the most central features in our game is the build system. The player needs a base to take shelter from hazards, build and... Continue reading
• Non Nanite Errors/Texturing issues
  October 16, 2026 by NickBurtram#error update, #Update, #Gaming, #New Game, #Survival

  Author: Nicholas Burtram Date: October 16, 2026 Part 1: The Problem During this week I ran into a few issues but the most notable issues I had were issues with the texture being very grainy and some o... Continue reading

  
• Improving Zombie Audio in Rainfall
  October 16, 2026 by KayFamm

  Part 1: The Problem During this week of development, I was working on the zombie sound effects in Rainfall using Unreal Engine. One problem I ran into was that the zombie growls were too loud and coul... Continue reading

  
• Patch Notes v0.0.2
  October 16, 2026 by FreezeDriedStrawberries

  Added Game Icon Player crouch functionality Tool base script to inherit Equipped tool functionality for the player Build tool for placing structures Input map for build tool Support for static mesh to... Continue reading
• “Problems with crafting and resources”
  October 14, 2026 by KFess21#blog

  “Problems with crafting and resources” Author: Keagan Fessler Posted on 10/8/26 -The Problem- I really didn’t have a big problem this week besides time to work on stuff around work. One Problem... Continue reading
• Fixing the Zombie Walking/Running Animations
  October 10, 2026 by binglebuster

  Trenton Smith - October 9, 2026 The Problem This week, while working on Rainfall's zombie movement, I ran into an issue where the zombie appeared to jump backward every time its movement animation loo... Continue reading
• First Person Animation Struggles
  October 10, 2026 by Assassin Squid

  Author: Josiah Campbell Initial Trouble: Too Much In View When I first added our player character mesh, the first person camera was clipping in and out of the player character's mesh. During the idle... Continue reading

  
• Creating the Starting Area
  October 09, 2026 by NickBurtram

  Author: Nicholas Burtram Date: October 8, 2026 Part 1: The Process During this week I faced many issues. The biggest Issues I faced involved me trying to make time around repairing my home. Beyond tha... Continue reading

  
• Fixing the Main Menu Button Sound Delay
  October 09, 2026 by KayFamm

  Part 1: The Problem During this week of development, I was working on adding audio to our game's main menu in Unreal Engine. One problem I ran into was that the button-click sound effect was delayed w... Continue reading
• Patch Notes v0.0.1
  October 09, 2026 by FreezeDriedStrawberries

  Added Initial project folder hierarchy Gameplay first level Test Levels for each developer Basic gameplay mode AI Controller with sight, sound, and damage perception Landmass and Water Health componen... Continue reading