Games Scripting 2 – Overgrown assignment review

I have been using Unreal ED for 2 years now and find creating levels relatively easygoing, but this is the first time I have tried to effectively script bots in the 3D environment. To get my head around this part of the editor I used Brian’s walk through at first to establish an idea of what I could and could not do. Then I moved on to using the big red book to increase my knowledge and understanding.

I did create my story board and my Visio map before I created the map and cinematic sequence; I understand that they do not match up to what I eventually created. This was due to my lack of experience using the tools for the assignment. I can imagine that I will be marked down due to this.

I did encounter a few difficulties mainly with setting up the A.I. Script, bot and first path node. But when I eventually figured out where is was going wrong the rest of my sequence was relatively easy.

I found it difficult to get bots to shoot at each other and I will spend time over the coming weeks to get over this problem.

One thing I did get to work well was the slow-motion option in the matinee tool. I really enjoyed creating this part of the video and will be using this in my further work.
One thing I have learnt is how long it takes to create the scripting sequences, I didn’t allow enough time in the end to reach the 1.50 min time constraint. So I future assignments I will make sure I allot enough time for it. All in all, I think my final piece was a short but good example of an action sequence. With my new knowledge I should be able to create a very good piece for the final assignment.