Date of Award
8-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Committee Member
Dr. Brian A. Malloy, Committee Chair
Committee Member
David Donar
Committee Member
Dr. Eric Patterson
Abstract
Video game remakes are a popular modern phenomenon in which an existing game is remade to target a different platform, a higher resolution, or simply a different audience. Seldom, however, are video games remade into a different genre altogether. In this paper, we describe the process of remaking Kingdom Rush, a popular top-down 2D tower defense game, into a 3D third-person shooter in Unreal Engine 4. In addition to recreating all visual components of the game in 3D, this process revealed several challenges that arose related to transferring the gameplay from a 2D screen to a 3D world. We describe these challenges and their solutions and describe the results of our work: a playable, single-level prototype that mimics the original game in aesthetics and functionality while also incorporating a controllable hero character.
Recommended Citation
Stith, Christian, "Kingdom Rush Tribute: Porting a 2D Tower Defense Game to a 3D World using Unreal Engine 4" (2017). All Theses. 2736.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_theses/2736