Atmosphere, AI, Famous Horror Mechanics, and Final Touches

Overview

Enhance your horror game development skills with our comprehensive course on mastering atmospheric level design and integrating famous horror mechanics. Begin by crafting eerie environments using advanced lighting techniques, post-processing effects, fog, and ambient sounds to set the perfect mood.

Dive deep into designing immersive scenes enriched with depth-of-field effects and dust particles to perfect your game's visual atmosphere.

Then, explore how to recreate iconic mechanics from beloved horror games like Outlast, Resident Evil, and Five Nights at Freddy's. Learn to build functional camera systems that introduce new layers of tension and player immersion.

The course also delves into sophisticated AI behavior, helping you develop enemies capable of patrolling, chasing, investigating, and dynamically interacting with the game environment.

Create intelligent AI that can follow players, open doors, and trigger memorable jumpscares.

By the conclusion of this course, you'll have crafted a polished horror game featuring atmospheric settings, advanced AI, and staple mechanics of classic horror titles. Perfect for intermediate to advanced Unreal Engine users passionate about creating AI-driven horror games.

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