Date the Prince

Devlog

• Aidan Prehoda Final Devlog
  December 16, 2025 by Aidan Prehoda

  Here is it! My final devlog! This project was a great experience, and I want to show off what my process was during the semester. My main contributions in the art team was finding and making the chara... Continue reading
• Hunter McRight | Final Devlog
  December 09, 2025 by Hunter McRight

  For a majority of this project, I was the main UI guy! All the menus you see in game were programmed and done-up by me, w/ all of the art from Jacklynn. I was also in charge of some various misc. thin... Continue reading
• Riley Seufert - Final Devlog
  December 09, 2025 by Fado Loyahl

  Hello hello, I am one of the members of the design team of this very game! I had a great time with this project and hope to work on more much like it. My contributions where: The designer of the Garde... Continue reading

  
• Mateo Vargas Final Dev Log
  December 09, 2025 by MateoSlender

  I was on the Design team for the development of Date the Prince. We were tasked to lay down the foundation for everything that needed to be done/created during the development process. The design team... Continue reading
• Logan Westerbeck Final Dev Log
  December 09, 2025 by L0g4n011

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• Elian Aguilera Final Dev Log
  December 09, 2025 by Sordove

  all of my this semester for the project: For the first couple weeks, the main goal that myself and a few others were given the task of was finding props within the asset packs that we could really use... Continue reading

  
• Caitlyn - Final Devlog
  December 09, 2025 by Kalunae

  Hello, my name is Caitlyn and I worked on the Guards in Date the Prince! Over the course of the project, I've worked with designers to get their needs met with the AI, and art to meet their needs with... Continue reading

  
• Christian Allison Final Devlog
  December 09, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  During this project, I was the art team lead, meaning my primary responsibilities were to ensure everyone had work to do, that they were getting that work done, and that the artistic direction of the... Continue reading
• Hezhen 'Lu' Wang Final Devlog
  December 08, 2025 by LuuWang

  Hi there! I’m Lu (Hezhen). I was part of the Art Team, and my main responsibility was designing and building the first-floor castle environments, including the entrance hall, hallway, kitchen, and d... Continue reading
• Patricio Blasetti Final Devlog
  December 08, 2025 by PatricioBlasetti

  Hi! Patricio here! Over the course of this project, I was tasked with different objectives. Big and small ones. During the first few weeks, I was tasked with ensuring that some of the assets had the c... Continue reading

  
• Elijah Anderson Final Devlog
  December 08, 2025 by The 678

  So I was an artist and I was tasked to work on part of the first floor. Specifically the throne room, servant's room, and the ball room. The first thing I had to do was make the block out of my rooms... Continue reading
• Beck Sanders, Final Devlog Final
  December 08, 2025 by Weirdgiant

  Over the course of this project, I was tasked with developing the dungeon map for the third and fourth levels of the game. That started with working with the drawn maps to get the basic size, layout,... Continue reading
• Bodie Allen Final Devlog
  December 07, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Over the course of the semester, I lead the design team. In addition, I came up with the initial game idea for Date the Prince, and guided its development. The first several weeks were spent organizin... Continue reading
• Kyra's Final Dev Log
  December 06, 2025 by RosieKitten

  My name is Kyra, and I was the art team member in charge of building the garden levels. Riley, the design team member who worked on the garden with me, gave me a rough block out of the castle’s exte... Continue reading

  
• Art Team Devlog 12
  December 03, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  This is for the week of 11/17 to 11/23 Aaron’s Work: I have gone through the levels and given another assessment for all the levels in the playtesting thread. Except for level one, because of the ex... Continue reading
• Luke Samuelson Final Devlog
  December 03, 2025 by lasamuelson

  Overall, I completed several systems in this project, including the interactable throw system, dialogue system, the majority of VFX, and minor items. Some of my favorite creations were the rats, which... Continue reading

  
• Jacklynn Wild - Development Log Final
  December 01, 2025 by Jacklynn Wild

  A lot of this project was fun, but there were a few moments where I felt lost and semi-directionless. Thankfully my team and several others could always help me find work in the short-term to keep me... Continue reading

  
• Aaron Holladay - Development Log Final
  November 29, 2025 by AaronLH

  During the beginning of this project, I was unsure how the process would proceed. It didn’t take long to understand the layout of the teamwork that was required for the course. Once we settled on a... Continue reading

  
• Art Team Devlog 11
  November 23, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: I was able to give assessments to all levels that took care of issues like levitating items, clipping issues, Niagara particles, misaligned assets, and light complexities. I listed eac... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 10
  November 11, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: This video shows the progress made. I have added rats, adjusted assets, added more candles, and adjusted the lighting. I also changed the attenuation on the sounds that I added to all... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 9
  November 03, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Bodie- Since this was design's final pass at the maps, I left most of my time open for assistance in case any designers ran into game breaking issues. Admittedly, this ended up not being needed, the o... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 9
  November 03, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: I have assessed the first, second, third, and chapel levels and given feedback on what I saw that needed to be attended to in the levels. I also cleaned up some of the dungeon map, and... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 8
  October 27, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Bodie: I updated a couple older documents to stay up to date and prevent any confusion. I finished the dialogue list and updated older dialogue to fit with current info. I play tested a few of the map... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 8
  October 27, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: The Lights needed to be adjusted for the Epic settings. It is all set now. Debris, rocks, buckets, bottles, jars, skulls, etc. have been added to the dungeon. These assets include the... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 7
  October 20, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Game Design 3 Art Team Devlog 7 Aaron’s Work: Overhauled the lights in the dungeon using the light complexity function of Unreal Engine to set the lights to blue and green intensities. Moved lights... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 7
  October 20, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Bodie: I unfortunately did not get a lot done this past week due to personal issues. I did some review work and a bit of support, but not much beyond that. I’ll use this coming week to bounce back a... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 6
  October 18, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: I moved everything from Dungeon V2 to Dungeon V4, which included the barrels, candles, torches, and lights. I also made a flicker material for the torches and candles with material ins... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 6
  October 15, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Bodie- This week, like the other designers, I play tested the current state of our levels to see what we still needed to get done in each area to make it feel "complete". I also finished off an audio... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 5
  October 06, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: Added Lights, removed the sky lights, and added half the bottles back into the storage room. The sleeping guard is back, and the wine storage is back as well. I also added candles to t... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 5
  October 06, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Bodie- Most time was spent planning out future tasks and events, as well as getting current tasks fully planned and assigned. I got sick for several days, so not as much work was completed by me. Rile... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 4
  September 29, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Bodie- This week I spent a majority of my time again going between other team members, making sure there was proper communication and understanding around the project, and writing a tech document for... Continue reading

  
• Coding Team Devlog 4
  September 29, 2025 by lasamuelson

  Caitlyn: This week, unfortunately, I couldn't get as much as I'd like done because I didn't have internet and my laptop kept crashing. I could easily implement the logic for sensing whether it's the p... Continue reading
• Coding Team Devlog 3
  September 29, 2025 by lasamuelson

  Caitlyn: This week, I spent a long time (12+ hours) trying to get the alert system as a component after learning about the design of it. I had to update the guard’s information with additional check... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 4
  September 29, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: Finished most of the dungeon. Added everything that is required by block out, which includes many assets from the Polygon Fantasy pack and dungeon pack. Waiting on feedback to change t... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 3
  September 22, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: Added all necessary animations to the prince and cleaned up some of the folders. I attached the Prince animation to Logan’s BP_PrinceAI as requested. All that is left is to clean up... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 3
  September 22, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Bodie Allen: I spent most of my time going through what the design team has done up to this point. I've made sure that everyone is much more on the same page and will stay on the same page going forwa... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 2
  September 15, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Beck's Work: This week, I build the lower level of the castle. I started with a loose outline of the upper level and blocked out a few rooms, those include a barracks area, a food storage area, and a... Continue reading
• Coding Team Devlog 2
  September 15, 2025 by lasamuelson

  Caitlyn's Work: This week, for over 8 hours, I added each guard’s type and data, the different states they can be in, created children of the base class with the correct data table row and a matchin... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 2
  September 15, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

  Aaron’s Work: Elian and I worked on getting the animations retargeted. Things went well for the Peasant girl. However, the guard pack gave us some trouble. Elian managed to figure out the issue, whi... Continue reading
• Design Team Devlog 1
  September 08, 2025 by GlitterGoop

  Beck's Work: I created a level map with a basic layout of the castle in Unreal. I also created a first draft of the second level of the game. Basic wall layout of the walls based off of the sketch tha... Continue reading

  
• Coding Team Devlog 1
  September 08, 2025 by lasamuelson

  Caitlyn's Work: This week, I spent about 5 to 6 hours developing the base blueprints for the guards, including their patrol points. The guards now have sight and sound perception, and customizable pat... Continue reading
• Art Team Devlog 1
  September 08, 2025 by GRIMSLEY7452

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  Aaron’s Work: I have added all the assets in the Polygon Dungeon folder, the Monsters folder, the Animals folder, and the Nature pack with bushes and plants. The original dungeon asset pack I added... Continue reading