Grosdoigt Dilane
Gameplay Programmer
Hellhound
About
This project was our second project of our 2nd year into ESMA, we were asked to create an horror game
Project infos
Role : Game Programmer, UX Designer, AI Programmer, Tech artist, VFX artist, Level designer
Team size : 5
From : January 2023
To : June 2023
Time frame : 6 months
Engine : Unity
Platform : Computer
Introduction
The aim was to create an horror game of a duration of 10 minutes. After many iterations we decided that the game will take place inside a crypt where our character, an exorcist, is sent to purify this place from the evil. The mission of the player is to purify holy relics, to achieve his goal, the player must find 3 fetishes and burn them before being able to purify the whole place. During his mission the player will find that he is not alone, trapped with a Hellhound.
What I learned
This project taught me a lot when it comes to collaborate with your team mates. It helped me see how it works in the professional world and that communication is one of the most important if not the most important skill that you need in your career.
When it comes to programming, I've learn how to use more correctly coroutines which was a life saver in this project because of all the state that I needed for both my player and the AI. It helped me keep control on what I was doing and was really useful for the integration of the different animations.
About the NavMesh, it was my first time working with it. I've understand how powerful it can be when correctly used even if I've only scratched the surface. It made my life easier for the movement of the creature because it handled almost all of it alone which is a pretty good time saver.
Overall it taught me how to better optmise my code and my workflow and most importantly, the communication between me and my team mates is what made this project possible.
StateMachines / Coroutines
This was my first time doing state machines for both the player and the AI. It makes things easier when it comes to keep control of what state they are and when used with coroutines it help to see things more clearly as well as keeping in check each state and play the animations correctly depending on the current state.
I used coroutines with my states for the player and the AI. It allowed me to use the animations at a given time and still limiting the player and the beast because they can't be in 2 state at the same time and each almost each coroutine is linked with one state. The goal was to do things separately so the code is better organized and the player and the beast can't go past the coroutine because it can only be stopped when the state is changed.
AI NavMesh
The NavMesh was really useful when it comes to movement of the AI. It facilitate my work because it comes with the NavMeshAgent that have a lot of options which was really useful to handle the movement of the creature. All I had to do was tweak some options like the turning angle and after that I just had to set a point where it need to navigate and it did all the work for me !
Credits
Game Programmer, UX Designer, AI Programmer, Tech artist, VFX artist, Level designer : GROSDOIGT Dilane
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Lighting, Rigging, Project management, Environnement artist, Narrative designer : GRIMARD Camille
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2D/3D artist, 3D animation, Project management, Environnement artist, UI Designer, Narrative designer : MARTINEZ Damien
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3D artiste, Texturing, Sound Design : MENDIBOURE Lilian
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2D/3D artiste, 3D animation, Rigging, Narrative designer : VALETY Rose
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