Sky Trader AI test... what exactly am I seeing here, Jarrod?
Hello Sky Trader fans!
We have had a busy week here at Skybase One! We have been working overtime to get Sky Trader out the door and into your hands.
Our illustrious artist Nick has been plugging away on the environment for the main island. He has completed the base map and we are in the process of creating all the rocks, trees, shrubs, and other bits that bring the map to life. We even have a majestic waterfall! Keep watch for screenshots over the coming weeks.
Our mad-genius programmer Jarrod has built a working AI system for airships. It will navigate itself from trading post to trading post without any human input. If it is attacked (or if we press the "bully" button), it will pursue it's enemy with vengeance. The screenshot above is from a stress test, where we had over 100 ships on screen with little performance impact (= epic sky battles)! We fixed the crazy nose-dives, but the gif was too funny not to post!
Fly strong, Fly proud!
JJ