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BSc project · Solo · 8 weeks
Feudal Living
A medieval life sim in the style of The Sims. Manage your needs, level your skills, earn money, and build your home.
GradEx 2025: 2nd place, Gameplay Prototypes
- Role
- Solo developer
- Time
- 8 weeks
- Engine
- UE5
- Award
- GradEx 2nd
- Grade
- 82%
01 // Why
Why I made it
I wanted to see whether I could build the foundation of a life sim on my own in eight weeks.
The goal wasn't a finished game. It was a solid, modular base that's easy to understand and could grow into a full game later.
02 // How
How I built it
I planned it in a technical design document first, then built each system to be modular and easy to extend.
Needs decay over time, skills change how you use world objects, and objects raise or lower your needs and skills. A build mode lets you buy, sell, and place objects.
An AI takes over when you go idle and keeps your needs topped up, using an object manager that finds what helps each need the most. Stats and objects save locally, with analytics on top.
03 // Media
Gallery
04 // Features
What's in it
- Five needs that decay over time: hunger, thirst, energy, hygiene, and belief
- Let a need hit zero and your character dies
- Four skills that level up to 10 and make interactions quicker: faith, plumbing, crafting, and cookery
- Modular objects, each with its own prices, need and skill effects, cooldown, and sound
- Build mode: buy, place, move, and sell interactable and decorative objects
- Going to work: head out the door, eight hours pass, and you come home paid
- A world clock you can pause or fast forward
- Camera controls to pan, rotate, zoom, and follow your character
- An AI that takes over after 20 seconds idle, roams, and tends to any need below 25%
- An object manager that finds what helps each need the most
- Local saving for stats and objects
- Game analytics
05 // Documents
Read the docs
Contact
Like what you see?
I’m looking for gameplay and systems design roles. Email is the quickest way to reach me.