Myth of Valderit

This single-player, first-person horror experience combines exploration, survival, and puzzle-solving. Nil must endure and stay alive while avoiding the devoted fanatics of an unimaginable entity.

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🧠 About the Project

Myth of Valderit is an indie first-person horror game developed in Unreal Engine 5, focused on exploration, survival, and atmospheric tension. The project features a machine learning–based system designed to analyze player behavior related to fear response and dynamically adjust gameplay parameters, creating an adaptive horror experience tailored to each player.

I am actively working on this project as a gameplay programmer, contributing to core systems such as player mechanics, combat logic, AI behaviors, and general gameplay systems. The project is currently in development and already live on Steam.

Working on a real, publicly available UE5 project has allowed me to gain hands-on production experience, iterate on features based on feedback, and maintain stable and scalable gameplay systems.

🚀 Challenges Faced

The main challenge of this project is building and maintaining solid gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 5 while the game is actively evolving. This includes ensuring that combat feels responsive, AI behaviors are reliable, and systems remain flexible enough to support future features.

From a technical perspective, I have worked on gameplay architecture, AI logic, and performance-conscious implementation, balancing Blueprint and C++ usage to keep systems readable, maintainable, and efficient.

Another important challenge has been iterating quickly while keeping the project stable, as well as adapting systems based on playtesting and real user feedback from the Steam page.