QTE (Quick Time Event)
A QTE is an event where you have a certain amount of time to carry out a task.
Unreal Engine
I only used unity for first year and it was recommended to use it again for this semester but since my game is meant to be 3D I wanted to try out unreal since I heard good stuff about.
I used a tutorial to complete this mechanic for unreal by UE5 Poseidon on YouTube:
TapKey
Creating TapKey button and animating it to shade to green or to red. Also animating its scale to make it bounce with a loop.
Time ProgressBar
These are the nodes to make the time bar for my TapKey icon, I decided to go with a time limit of 5 seconds.
QTE Mechanic
This is the QTE mechanic results and I was happy with them. This mechanic could be used in various situations in my game, for example and airlock that is about to open, or pulling on a stiff lever.
Its small and hard to see in the video but there are message outputs depending on the failure or success of the QTE.
‘YOU ARE DEAD’
‘GOOD JOB’