Hi everyone!

As the next step in my game i have decided to anger various right-wing animal rights groups by testing out virtual weapons on virtual chickens. The next step in my game was obvious in that some form of combat was needed.

I have implemented a combat system based on the approximate swing arc of the sword (or whatever weapon the player is weilding) which deals a set amount of damage per swipe, for now. Each chicken or any other NPC listens to the "On Take Any Damage" event which allows it to be hit.

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By default, chickens wander in a 100 unit radius of their original spawn location, unless injured, which resets their 'spawn' location and centres their wanderings on a new location. Hitting them also puts them into panic mode which can make them move faster and more often.

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Alive chickens emit random clucking sounds every few seconds, and when killed a death animation is played for the static mesh and a death sound played at the same time.

It is rather hard to hit the chickens, as can be seen in the video below:



Questions or comments as always are welcome below!