A cinematic platformer of traps, treachery and jet-fueled escapes, outrun a collapsing goblin fortress with only a stolen prototype and your will to survive. Can you complete your mission and help people escape?

Project Overview

Goblin Escape is a third-person platformer that combines resource-driven traversal, environmental puzzles and light shooting combat. Designed around escape sequences, the game challenges players to survive a goblin fortress using a fragile jetpack fuel system while navigating traps and collapsing structures. The goal was to create a short but memorable action-adventure with strong narrative flavor, cinematic pacing and accessible mechanics.

  • Engine: Unreal Engine 5
  • Tools: Blueprints, C++, App Development Kit, Unreal Sequencer
  • Perspective: Third-Person, Chapter Based
  • Platforms: PC and Mobile
  • Team Size: Solo
  • Developed by: Ibad Ur Rehman
  • Role: Gameplay Developer, Designer and Producer
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Gameplay

Responsibilities

  • Balanced jetpack fuel management with wall-runs, rope swings and momentum-based jumps.
  • Designed trap navigation challenges (pressure plates, pendulum blades, collapsing scaffolds) with timing and resource tension.
  • Shifted focus to environmental combat encouraging players to knock enemies into traps instead of traditional brawling.
  • Designed frequent checkpoints and simplified input flow so players could focus on rhythm, not complex combos.
  • Introduced collectible relic fragments as optional storytelling elements, enhancing narrative depth without slowing gameplay.
  • Implemented progression system with weapon upgrades, spirit abilities and passive traits.

Game Narrative

You’re sent to investigate a forest where people have recently vanished including a fellow officer who went missing while searching for a scientist rumored to have built a jetpack. Shortly after entering the forest, you’re ambushed by goblins and wake up imprisoned in their hidden lair. There, you discover your missing friend, the scientist and several others are being held for a mysterious experiment.

With the scientist’s help and your tracker, you locate the stolen jetpack and use it to navigate the goblin camp, freeing prisoners and planning an escape. But just as things start to go your way… the goblin leader arrives.

What I Learned

“Bridges fall, blades swing and every second counts as the walls close in. Will your jetpack carry you to freedom or flame out in the depths of the goblin stronghold?”