We're going to tell ourselves just about the artificial intelligence in Chernobylite. How it was created, how it works and what mistakes should not be made when creating an NPC "reason". We try to answer those questions below.
When talking about character animations, we usually think of images from Disney or Pixar movies, where computer-generated puppets are set in motion. In Chernobylite we also used computers to create character animations, but before that we used motion capture to help with the process.
Scanning solid objects is easy, since they tend not to move. Just place a doll in one place and it will sit there motionless as long as we want to (unless we change its position ourselves). The human model is not as stable - one sudden movement (even a very small one) of their hand ruins hours of work.
We have shared numerous instances of our exploration of Chernobyl, showing us going inside the buildings to capture a plethora of photos. And not only the walls and floors.
This is a model of the building of the "Energetyk" Cultural Center that was based on scans of a building actually existing in the center of Pripyat. We used our drone to scan it from all sides and angles (yes, also from above).
It's time to piece together all the scattered components, incorporating materials you probably haven't seen before, and assembling them like a puzzle. In this way, we want to show you exactly the differences (or maybe similarities?) between Chernobylite, the game, and Chernobylite in reality.
We devoted a lot of space in the reports to the characters appearing in Chernobylite: from the most important ones to ordinary NPCs. However, looking into our box of surprises, we noticed that we hadn’t told you about one more, probably the most important hero of Chernobylite - chernobylite crystals itself.
Creating costumes for characters is more than draping a shirt over a back, putting on tattered pants, and affixing anything you can get your hands on to a jacket and calling them "decorations." Sometimes there is a whole philosophy behind such actions!
