AI 9 3 25 Meeting Notes - AlexisBliesener/Bewitched GitHub Wiki

Meeting Title: AI Meeting

Date: 9-3-25

Time: 5pm - 6pm

Location: Discord

Attendees:

• June
• Tristan
• Andy
• Alexis

1. Agenda

• Guard
• Dryad

2. Discussion

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Guard

Key discussions:

• Primary attack:

  • thrusting the spear back and forth, a bit longer than a regular attack
  • playtest is probably to long just make slightly shorter
  • shield to side spear forward in thrust

• Secondary attack:

  • defence block
  • block in front of them only
  • not able to attack while doing it
  • blocks almost all damage 70-80 % (idea not taken)
  • blocks all damage first couple attacks, damage increases as time goes on, based on time not hits (idea taken)
  • holding the button to do this
  • slight cool down
  • can hold indefinetly
  • can move while doing this at a slower speed
  • raises sheild spear behind angled down

• Death:

  • Shield and spear gets thrown
  • guard get thrown up and back and falls

• Movement:

  • Shield held at side and the spear angled a bit forward, marching
  • holds a post
  • goes through certain points and follows a set path when patrolling
  • very rigid and specific
  • moves in pairs

• Behavior:

  • When player is seen approach and raise shield at certain point when close
  • When close enough go for a strike
  • Approaches in defensive stance
  • Shield wall, approach in lines grouping up
  • Only one attacks at a time in the wall form, cycling on and off
  • If by them cycle they just cycle with themself
  • On low health go into defence hold shield and try to box them in

• Action items:

  • Write this up
    • Assigned to: Tristan

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Dryad

Key discussions:

• Primary Attack:

  • Purple energy blast
  • single target
  • Somewhat slow moving, double speed of old possession orb
  • not hitscan, tough but avoidable
  • Hands together cupped in conjuring and then pushing spell forward offering motion (splashing water motion)

• Seconary Attack:

  • Ideas:
    • small jump into a new location (short teleport)
    • spawns a roots that blocks the player from getting to them or blocks the player in a corner, could be destroyable (taking this)
      • root wall
      • small damage on the roots spawning up if you get hit
      • groots wall from marvel rivals
      • mid range distance, 3x height ish
      • Drop to knee hit ground, raises up with the wall

• Behavior:

  • Holding hands to the side in idle
  • Solitary
  • Only show up by themselves in rooms, max 2 to a room
  • Wants to stay off in corner on their own
  • Not wanting to interact with others
  • large detection area
  • Roots in the environment lead to the dyrad
  • Always locked after aggro
  • Keeps their distance at all possible when on normal heath
  • Approaches when on low health, less time to dodge the projectiles
    • wall goes behind player, not trying to block trying to trap
  • When at low health
  • Gets desperate, "goes off the deep end"

• Movement:

  • Quick, long and exagerated strides
  • moves in big bounds
  • triple jump esc movement first two jumps part

• Death:

  • Falls to the ground and roots pile over top and the roots pull it back into the earth

• Action items:

  • Write up notes
    • Assigned to: Tristan