Nigtmare Grounds AI Characters

I have developed 23 AI Variants for this project, with 16 different and Unique behaviour patterns Crawler

• Crawling characters

• Has Short Navigation capsule , means it can navigate through narrow and open surfaces. (eg: under the broken walls where only short AI agents can navigate)

• Tentacle attack - Launches tentacles and drags player towards itself

• Melee Attacks on close range

  Crawler Egg :

  • Holds one cocooned Crawler

  • Gives birth at triggers such as loud noise, gunshots or damage

"Crawler Egg" gives birth to "crawler" , they can be found in caves and creature nests - crawler is a short navigation character and can go through narrow spaces

Sleeping Flower

• Carnivorous plant

• Launches Tentacles at proximity hostiles (can launch 2 tentacle at 2 directions at once)

• Drags the targets towards itself

• Applies Spike damage on trapped Characters

"the Sleeping flower" can drag its victim towards itself

The TrapWings

• Flying character with active tentacles

• Flies to the player and traps them with the tentacles

• Flying pawns use 3D navigation pathfinding system in Unreal

  "Trapwings" can catch the player and carry its victim around

  
  

  Night Hunter

  
  

• Only Spawns at nights (unique creature, only comes out at nightfall)

• Continuously chases player (if player is outside the safe house)

• Heavy sanity attack (screams at player)

• Can get repelled by the safe zones or active UV lights

  
  

  "Night hunter" is a single and Unique character & only spawns at nightfall

  RipTide

  
  

• Swimming AI character

• Only can be found in lakes and body waters (Roams in water)

• Applies heavy melee attack by attaching itself to the player's head and drowning him.

• Player needs to perfom a Quick time Event (QTE) to get rid of riptide

  "Riptide" can attach itself to player - Player needs to do a QTE

  
  

  Butcher

• Axe wielding character

• Has 2 variants

• Close range Heavy Melee attacks

• Long range spear throw attacks

  Butcher Has heavy Melee Attacks

  Burdon

• Carries special weapons, like Impaler, Rope Blaster, etc.

• Special weapons can be acquired by the player after eliminating the character

• AI Special weapons have limited ammo/durability.AI will eventually run out of ammo and will engage in melee attacks.

  "The Burdon" character uses a "Rope blaster"

  "Burdon" uses an "Impaler"

  Inferna

  
  

• Torch wielding female character

• Applies Sanity damages

  "Inferna" applies sanity damage

  
  

  Whiproot

  
  

• Stationatry plant character

• Hard to detect -Hides underground (invisible to player , unless approached)

• Resurfaces on proximity and lashes out at the player when triggered.
  

  "Whip plants" show themselves on proximity

  Whisperer

• Invisble character (Visible only through flashlight or torch)

• Hides in dark forests and cries

• Player can detect them by the sound of their whisper or crying

• Visible only through light sources, (such as player flash light or torch)

  "Whisperers" are invisible to player . only detectable under light exposure

  
  
  
  

  Marksman

  
  

• AI character with sniper rifle

• Extended sight vision (Very broad and wide FOV )

• heavy melee attack on proximity

• doesn't leave his position unless the player approaches their proximity

  "Marksman" detects the player from long range

  The LongShots

  
  

• Character with Rifles and high rate of fire

• 2 Variants

• Default Rifle attack on long range

• Can throw spears as well (if unable to navigate or find a path to the player)

• "long shots" mechanics showcase

  
  

  Ravagers

• Character with Pistol and low rate of fire Weapon

• Default pistol attack on long range

•  If unable to navigate or find a path to the player throws spears at the player

  
  

  Some AI character can throw spears to player

  Wolf

  
  

• Wolf character

• Spawns at night

• Attacks safehouse at night

• Applies charge and jump attacks