The Squad AI project is by far one of my favourites that I completed whilst at UWE. 

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For this project I was tasked with the creation of an AI that controlled a squad of "guys" which would respond to both commands given by the player and situational occurrences.

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The primary commands which I put the player in charge of were the movement of the squad and the formation the squad took. Controlling formation allows for the player to set up for a variety of situations such as holding a choke point, covering a wide area and more. This allowed the play to think strategically but not have to fuss about individual unit placement.

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In terms of situational reaction, the squad is able to determine which appropriate action to take at any one time - including:

• ​Attacking the closest enemy.

• Moving around obstacles.

• Healing itself when idle for a certain period of time.

• Arranging into the desired formation automatically.

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The "hands-off" nature of the project in terms of player interaction was one of the limitations placed on the project. Our tutor wished to see a squad that was primarily controlled via implemented behaviours rather than player control (selecting targets, manually attacking etc). 

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Overall, the project went extremely well on my end. My tutor was happy throughout the progress sessions, giving appropriate feedback that I was happy to address as it helped to improve the project tenfold. 

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Tools used: Unity, C#, GitKraken, Aseprite, Trello, OBS Studio