Overview:

For this project, I was lead designer and engineer on a team project to develop a melee enemy AI. I worked with 5 designers and 6 engineers to solve the needs of creating an engaging combat experience for the players of Valkyrie Quest.

Specifications:

Behaviors:

• Has a default idle state.
• Has Unreal AI Perception component to detect player presence.
• Has an aggro state during which the AI is actively pursuing/attacking the player.
• Enters aggro state when the ray cast to the player is uninterrupted and is within the sight radius of the AI.
• Howls and alerts other allies on the map of the players location.
• Circling tactic with other wolves to attack from different angles.
• Returns to default idle when the AI loses sight of player (object is interrupting ray cast from the enemy to the player).
• Has health variable as determined by the design team.
• Takes damage from the player when hit by player attacks/abilities.
• Enters death state at 0 health and de-spawns.

Attacks:

• Primary attack of biting with damage by amount controllable value determined by the design team.
• Ranged attack lunge attack that inflicts damage on player character by amount controllable by a variable as determined by the design team.

Movement:

• Movement limited to the navigation mesh placed by the design team.
• Movement has adjustable speed controlled by a variable as determined by the design team.
• Moves within its navigation mesh

The Awesome Team!

Angeling Cruz-Yen – Art Director & Environment Artist & VFX Artist

Val Ross – Creative Director & Character Artist

Joe Brace – Environment Artist & Lighting Artist

Oak Thaloengpong – Environment Artist

Ebony Bryant – Concept Artist & Character Artist

Elena Rasskazova – Rigger

Cody Johnson – Lead Animator

Blake Johnson – Animator

Josh Bechtol – Animator

Suzanna Jelsema – Composer/SFX

Lindy Plunkett – Technical Lead & Gameplay Programmer

Dustin Keplinger – Producer & Gameplay Designer & Gameplay Engineer

Quinn Beierle – AI Engineer & Gameplay Engineer & Gameplay Designer

Ted Sharygin– AI Engineer

James Doolittle – AI Programmer & Level Designer

Casey Rogers – Design Director & Level Designer

Nate Borger – UR & UX

Laurel Darling – Combat Desginer

Jaden Corrado – Level Designer