LEGO Fortnite (AI Engineering) - Epic Games
Summary
- Shipped the following major updates – Star Wars, Lost Isles, Storm Chasers, Expeditions, Ninjago: Rise of the Ninja
- Engineering owner of the ambient spawning and event management system for LEGO Fortnite
- Engineering owner of all new creatures from Lost Isles onward, including Storm Crawlers, Bears, Elemental Wolves and more
- Migrated existing creature roster to use updated behavior systems
- Resulted in streamlined maintenance as well as faster design and implementation of new NPCs and variants of existing NPCs such as elemental versions.
- Added NPC direct capture controls for marketing team to directly control creatures for improved trailer footage capture
- Owned engineering for enemy bosses Kor, the Spire, and Unannounced Boss Creature. Contributed final engineering and release support for LEGO Dragons, including ability, behavior, and encounter event setup and support
- Implemented enemy ninja abilities, behaviors, and spinjitzu for all elemental variants in Ninjago
- Implemented combat revive and companion affection reaction behaviors for friendly NPCs, expanding interaction with players in and out of combat
- Set up behaviors and event system for enemy ambush encounters