Merzouga

Description:

You have to find and rescue any survivor of a colossal crash that happened in the Merzouga Desert, where the temperature is extreme. Without water, you can die in just a few minutes.

Controls:

- Mouse Left Click -> pour water in an area of effect. Reduce the heat.

- Mouse Right Click -> extract water from a liquid source.

- WASD -> movement.

-Shift -> Sprint.

- F Button -> send a probe to locate survivors.

- R Button -> use a lens to zoom in and figure out your next move.

- Free fixed camera controlled with the mouse movement.

Goal: Find as many survivors as you can and guide them to the Solar Temple. You also will need to recollect water for them.

Technical Highlights:

- Dynamic shadow check (you can protect yourself from the merciless sunlight in every shade or shelter. They are also checkpoints)

- Tool for placing N meshes randomly in a dynamic area. Used for placing rocks and thousands of corpses all over the desert.

- 4 different AIs characters: Giant Worms, Wolfs, a Fox Companion and a Tracker Robot using state machines and a custom AI controller.

- Level optimization: level streaming, actor's dynamic activation, checking mesh polygons, tweaking the project settings, etc.

- There is a low-cost intro cinematic at the beginning of the adventure (you can see it in the trailer)