Licht Rayders

Tank Top‑down Shooter – Windows – UE5.4

Licht Rayders is a short and tactical top-down tank shooter built in Unreal Engine 5.4, combining retro-inspired visuals with methodical combat. You control a tank with a mobile turret and limited energy (stamina), navigating small-scale arenas filled with deadly AI.

Originally developed as a portfolio milestone, this game represents a complete game dev cycle — from design to implementation, UI, win/lose conditions, transitions, and deployment. It uses a modular and scalable architecture in C++ with Blueprints.

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🎮 Gameplay

Take down waves of color-coded enemies across 3 levels and a tutorial:

• 🟢 Green: Easy
• 🟠 Orange: Medium
• 🔴 Red: Hard

Each color comes in turret and flyer variants, with enemies using:

• Blasters
• Projectiles
• Lasers
  

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📽️ Showcase

Controls:

• W / A / S / D – Move tank
• Mouse – Aim turret
• Left Click – Fire
• Spacebar – Nitro boost
• Tab – Pause menu

Estimated playtime: 15–25 minutes

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Design Intent

Built around replay and iteration, Licht Rayders encourages spatial reasoning and methodical approaches over reflex-based gameplay. Its level design rewards experimentation, retrying, and tactical planning.

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Development Status - On Hold for now

Alpha build – Fully functional and playable.
Some systems (like audio or polish VFX) are pending.

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🔮 Future Additions (if positively received)

• Sound effects & VFX polish (e.g. Nitro trails)
• Weapon-switch stations & Repair stations
• Infinite wave survival mode

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💻 Platform

Windows 64-bit (Packaged in Shipping configuration)

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👤 Credits

Developed solo by Noothowl, using:

• Unreal Engine 5.4 + C++

• Blender for Assets

Assets: All by hand