In my attempt to learn more about boids / flocking AIs, I've been experimenting with our little flood friends and it's pretty sick! Combining cohesion, avoidance and alignment rules to the AI produces some pretty convincing results! So fun to watch!

Working on a little side-project diversion from my Halo prototype with everyone's favourite popcorn bois 🍿 Will have some cool stuff to show soon! Expect to see MANY MORE of these friends running around haha

Aim assist and bullet magnetism! 🧲

The white crosshair shows the 'corrected' path your bullets will take, and the different shaded circles represent regions where your aim speed is slowed to make it easier to come to rest on enemies mid-firefight!

Honestly credit for this concept has gotta go to the original guys at 343 / Halo. The fascinating breakdown of Halo 5's aim assist they did in 'The Sprint' helped so much in replicating the mechanic. Check it out (time stamp included) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVQ4Bp7vlwc&feature=youtu.be&t=158 

Aside from that one guy on blue team that naded his teammate towards the end there I'd say my AI experiments have turned out pretty successful so far! Something really magical about seeing my little Spartans come to life! ✨

💥dO yoU EvEN GreNAde JuMP BRo?💥

NOW we're getting close to that quality Halo sandbox content 😤👌 Man I can't even begin to tell you how much I missed working on this little prototype haha - more to come! 😁

OH BOI HE ZOOMIN 👀☁️

As promised I got Cloud into Unity for some quick movement prototyping! Just look at that hair bounce 🤩 Feels pretty fun so far -- double jumping + a simple sword combo are next on the agenda!

⚠️ MONGOOSE INBOUND! ⚠️

Still a LOT of work left on the vehicle physics + getting the suspension working properly before Chief can get onboard but I wanted to show a quick peek at how things are going so far!

PEW PEW - Halo project update! Improvements to all weapon FX as well as adding in burst mode capability for our new Battle-Rifle! Lots more exciting stuff in the works - just wanted to post a quick update because the BR is SO SATISFYING to play with! 🤩

Quick breakdown of the shield shader!
🔸 Panning noise + dithered transparency
🔸 Vert. offset for expansion
🔸 Vert. offset multiplied w/ above panning noise for wobble
🔸 Colour tint multiplied over fresnel emission

Some things to note!
🔸Make a 2nd UV set with your UVs laid out top>bottom so your noise will pan / flow in that direction!
🔸Smooth your normals + keep UV seams connected to stop your mesh breaking apart with the vert. offset