Procedurally Animating Creatures for my Game | Withersworn Devlog

Creating immersive and quick enemies through procedural animation for life-like results!
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// Video Description
This is my process and direction for where I'm going with procedural animation. These monsters shall get even better it's going to be wild I tell ya.
// About
Hi, I'm Andre Sargeant otherwise known as Asarge. I'm currently solo developing the high fantasy, fast mobility action game Withersworn. I also worked as the artist and animator on the pixel action rpg Aethyr. I'm a bit new to learning programming and 3D but will try my best to deliver the greatest game I can!
Software:
Engine - Unity URP 2022 LTS
Programming - Visual Studio Code
3D Modeling - Blender
Textures - Substance Painter 2022
Illustration - Procreate
PC Specs & Hardware:
GPU - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
CPU - Intel i7-13700K
RAM - 32GB
Mouse: Logitech G502
Keyboard: Logitech G512 SE
Chapters
0:00 - What is Procedural Animation?
1:20 - Basic Set Up
2:27 - Pathfinding with Boids
4:00 - Additional Behaviors and Polish
5:11 - Procedural Humanoids
5:55 - Procedural Gameplay and Future
#devlog #indiegame #gamedev #unity

[@newtybot]

There’s something really vindicating about seeing someone take the name “Withersworn” and then deliver on it. Lots of people take cool names and just produce crap, but I don’t see that here

[@alex.g7317]

SwornBorne: Bourbon

[@peytonck5609]

And since I'm a bad dev I use crappy names, like spooder

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

It's cool to see teenage fanfic and want the names of authors who think about their project seriously.

[@whannabi]

​@@peytonck5609 names like "super war & guns" for an fps

[@Bo-kq8tn]

This looks genuinely incredible, can't wait to see where this game goes! (The side-bar algorithm sent me btw, hope more attention is on the way, this is great work!)

[@Andre_Sargeant]

That's awesome to hear! Thank you and welcome :)

[@ReneSteenNielsen]

side-bar algorithm?

[@Crooklyn7]

@@ReneSteenNielsenthink of watching KZbin on a computer, the recommended videos are on the side.

[@misterbeach8826]

The game will be lame, like with all KZbinrs. They talk big but at the end of the day... they do not know how to create interesting games. But the tech can be entertaining.

[@KnightGuy]

@@misterbeach8826 I bet you had tons of friends at school.

[@Pixi_Dev]

Damn this might be the clearest explanation of procedural animations I have heard yet. Plus the using of boid behavior to get around needing a navmesh is really smart as well.

[@ordinarynerdofficial]

idk why but procedural animations make me feel so good

[@TheVocoderGuy]

5:35 the guy faceplanting the limbo bars is literally me

[@leaf16nut]

Dude! That spider like creature's movement is infinitely better than I've seen in most games, super smooth, turns directions very realistically and doesn't have that 'animation' like movement. Nothing breaks immersion more than an enemy who has clearly scripted movements.

[@Tempo_cat]

I love this kinda stuff because it just make everything look so good, Rainworld for example, really shows how cool this stuff is

[@DawnTyrantEo]

A small addition that might be useful- in real life, you can study animals with kinematics, and there's often particular laws that they follow while moving around. For example, many have particular shapes to how they move; a border collie moves its front feet in a rectangle and its back feet in a squished-front oval, from a quick look at a graph. Looking up 'animal foot trajectory graph' might be useful for adding one or two extra 'goal' points to foot movement IK, with 'animal' optionally switched out for whatever might be useful as a reference (e.g 'insect'), or 'animal kinematics graph' if it's something more general.

[@sunnivaflusund2987]

What a great tip, i will remember this when i start to make games myself

[@dEllDIIb]

Added to my wishlist. It's pretty inspiring seeing the creative process laid out so comprehensively. Makes me wanna learn how to make games lol

[@Andre_Sargeant]

Thanks! Unity and Unreal are pretty powerful engines and free if you ever wanted to try gamedev out. It's a great time to make games :)

[@crow2596]

same

[@Rkyiel]

Wow, I was just searching for procedural animations and found this gold of a game. I love this style of games, can't wait to play the game on the day of release. Until then, It will sit in my wishlist. Keep up the amazing work!

[@uzzy2522]

Those creatures chasing you relentlessly is just a nightmare jesus...

[@xinoHITO]

I love your creatures and how the procedural animation actually gives you amazing potential for gameplay opportunities like what you said with bosses protecting their weak points. PS. 6:10 The part where that huge plant-like thing is SOOO cool!

[@Andre_Sargeant]

Thank you, I'm excited to see how far I can take it with those dynamic behaviors! I forgot to mention but for that fella the mouth opens with proximity as well as the strike with tons of different outcomes from a simple line of code, it will be cool to see it all working together for more advanced creatures.

[@Lykarus1]

I love how your game looks, thanks for taking a dive into procedural animation. I am trying to get more into animation and building systems and using procedural animations more.

[@quantumdisappointment5711]

Just now stumbling upon this, your monsters and gameplay design look absolutely amazing. that grapple at the end while you were running from that crazy long neck monster looked gorgeous. I'll definitely be looking more into your game.

[@Flamsleburger]

Your game looks so amazing and I can tell you're such a talented person. Keep up the INCREDIBLE work!

[@Avalonanon]

The idea of grabbing your hand as an analogy for IK is a brilliant way to describe it to quickly understand, thanks for the awesome tut, subbed

[@zeebegener]

He is back, lesgoooooooooo!

[@technosyrup]

As someone really new to game dev stuff, this is really cool and inspiring. Can't wait to see where this goes next! I really wanna play this, lol.

[@cibey4461]

Looks fantastic man.

[@ibrabdo]

Loved it, very informative Devlog, Thanks

[@RationalBike]

That Looks So Epic.

[@manliestdev]

Awesome video! The IK is rad, and I find your implementations of procedural navigation quite inspirational. You earned a sub!

[@pixelmade42]

My favorite example of procedural animation is rain world. Its AI, its collision, everything is run by it. It goes to the extreme that EVERY SINGLE THING IN THE GAME is procedurally animated, from your character to your enemies to every story character. And it does it wonderfully. A balance is good, but in the right situations, even extreme ends of the spectrum can be great. Sorry I'm autistic, heard "procedural animation," and neurons started firing lol

[@duskadown6751]

This is awesome!! I love how you've made each creature's gait unique

[@Not_Dynamics]

super excited for this!!!

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

I liked the focus of this on your project because in addition to giving more details and quality, gives the animations a naturalness and a repulsion for the creatures to their expressive movements.

[@benigi765]

This genuinely looks so great, through and through. With great art direction. And with fluid, simulated movement. This looks great and I'm looking forward to the next devlog

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

every compliment said about your work is already said, i hope to see more.

[@werlig]

OMG this looks sick! creatures are amazing and movent is simply perfect. Love it!

[@darkbionicle6]

Beatiful video thank you a lot for such an interesting one Asarge, and keep it up your game looks fenomenal!

[@zuresei]

your creatures look insane, loving how quick they are. really captures the feeling of being a prey animal

[@thekiborg]

Your game looks so promising, im looking forwards to seeing more videos from you!

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Awesome work, thanks for sharing and putting it out there.

[@Nevermind445]

Your game looks awesome dude! ^^ Thanks for sharing!

[@mr_clean575]

This is the coolest simulation graphics I’ve seen in a video game in a long time. Way cool!

[@throstlewanion]

I remember seeing Codeer's video and thinking that this animation style has so much potential, and your game is evidence of that. Fantastic animations! They really sell the believably of the creatures being living organic things. Subbed!

[@DarkDax]

Great video! Procedural Animation is something I'm really interested in and this video does a great job explaining it. Can't wait to see what you get up to next!

[@_EUREKA.]

Wow, incredible, it’s amazing how two « little games » working with procedural animations get published (synthetic selection). I think your game can be a game changer in the gaming industry, keep it up king 💪. (I wishlisted it).

[@patrikniens4154]

Great work as always! The notification of you making a new video makes my day

[@Youyou972]

aint no way youre in my feed lmao, much love

[@warrenscipio4168]

damn came for the procedural generation lesson (as I'm trying to get into it), and damn the game looked dope as hell the character and creature designs look cool af and the dynamic movement is top tier subscribed and wishlisted

[@WhatIFeelLike]

Great video, your game looks incredibly fun!

[@datnastysalad5616]

This is so cool omg

[@Pyseph]

The quality of your game looks amazing. The creature animations themselves look sooo fluid! Well done!

[@NovaStorm93]

criminally underrated channel, this gave me so much inspiration!

[@REVYMofficial]

Best IK explanation on youtube, plus the results are genuinely more convincing than a CG movie!🕷💯

[@exotic1405]

Very cool, i'll follow this one

[@user-zs3st5qq6r]

The game looks amazing! Make the creatures more intimidating!

[@Andre_Sargeant]

Thanks! I'll be focusing on combat through 2024 so definitely will be adding more aggression as those systems develop further.

[@Usual_User]

This looks so amazing! I can't imagine how hard is to make something liem that, but this is just amazingly looking!

[@ramboi1387]

Keep up the good work, looks amazing!

[@olorinskiller2989]

Thanks man this helped a lot❤

[@Nebulaoblivion]

Dude hell yeah! Looking super good!

[@NeatGames]

It's looks so smooth and neat :D

[@Dastorm]

This is really cool Ive been cooking up a game idea of my own but i need to learn code first and these devlogs help a LOT keep up the good work 😊

[@Ramt33n]

this is gem, subscribed!

[@SamuTheFrog]

Bro this game actually looks fucking AWESOME I was here for the learning but stayed for the insane looking game I mean fuck dude every 2m im seeing something that's making me say "Wow that's so fucking cool, what is this game"

[@sirlimonada2]

cool video dude, well explained and you managed to get me into your game haha

[@esotericgamedev]

I love your character movement and monster design. This is going to be a great game

[@vaarrp251]

instantly added to the wish list

[@BurgerDestroyer685]

this is amazing im so glad that i found your channel

[@levilukeskytrekker]

This looks rad! Subbed!

[@user-pb5xh1iw9j]

What the heck, this is amazing :D

[@evanstential]

this video has help me understand IK and reconcile with my distant grandfather

[@tylerscira9324]

With the way you are fighting that moster with the split jaw reminds me a lot of monster hunter with the monster always charging at you, Looks great!

[@woodsmanthepeasant]

Wow that is cool. I have never heard procedural animation explained. Thanks!

[@Bananenbauer123]

The animations on your character and the aliens look incredible!

[@smallFrie43]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO MAN, IT HELPED ME ON MINE THANKS BRO

[@mohsenzare2511]

Very useful content, continue the Good work

[@evmarekaj]

Very interesting video, I'll be watching out for your game. As someone whose interested in 3d modeling/animations i find this pretty cool.

[@MrCool-lo3ls]

damn this looks amazing!

[@randomclipsofmedoinrandomd4253]

The art looks amazing!

[@ForceDev]

This absolutely siiick dude

[@thadudelydude3707]

Omg, I have no idea what game you're making, I just know I need to try it!

[@gargolus.]

man, this is awesome

[@LukeAps]

Hey, very cool game you got there. Thank you for that simple educational break down.

[@mook_10]

I can't even express to you how fucking rad this game looks. Instant subscribe and wishlist I can't wait to play it

[@guvi5016]

Incredible work!

[@El-Burrito]

This looks amazing, I love procedural animation

[@evanlephrog7337]

I adore how most of your creatures are giant and scary.

[@sauceman-dv3lf]

Theres one game that has a great example of it. Its called rainworld and it only has procedual animation

[@steinfakinaway6854]

Have you been able to beat rainworld? It's so damn hard

[@sauceman-dv3lf]

@@steinfakinaway6854 oh i have beaten rainworld like many times, 700h playing tho. One thing you should know is that it starts off hard and pretty annoying but once you reach a certain point and start decemating the local wildlife it becomes like the greatest thing ever

[@Weppi4]

​@@sauceman-dv3lfThe first playthrough is just magical. I never had so much fun struggling at a video game.

[@ZedAmadeus]

this game looks crazy in some of these clips!!

[@rodbot]

Very informative :)

[@PrivateForPersonalReasons]

I absolutely love Inverse Kinematics AND Procedural Animation

[@emberdragons8244]

just amazing!

[@WhiteNorthStar1]

Very cool!

[@nitzantregerman1482]

Great content! I bet that 3 months from now you are going to have atleast 10k followers

[@TheNoobzoid]

Awesome sauce!

[@alexandermain5102]

I just got here but this game looks BOMB!!!

[@thechef9443]

Very cool 100%would play it if i could

[@nylelevi750]

Your game is looking crazy man

[@Myth_Maker_Forreal]

I loved the stranger things clip at the end the video is amazing and I can't wait to see the game when it's finished!

[@Creed329]

this game's gonna be a banger

[@grizzle2015]

your game looks awesome

[@Hemoplaguer]

This is very cool.

[@hilmikapukaya2749]

this is underrated as FUCK .. i love this so much

[@dragoxk4542]

I love procedurally animated movement.

[@Devydon]

You are a wizard.

[@vcjg287]

Damn. Your game looks great.

[@esotericgamedev]

Excellent video and underrated channel

[@dyslexicsoap7605]

very sick video