Change the way the AI works? (Need an opinion)

We’re considering changing the AI for the enemy in our horror game. Here’s the 2 types of AI we can choose from:

  • Simple AI: The enemy just walks towards the player without stopping.
  • Slender AI: Only moves when not looking at enemy, player dies if looking at enemy for too long.

The problems with these two types, the simple AI might just ruin the game. It’s called Stalker, but running towards the player probably wouldn’t be considered “stalky”. And for the Slender AI, we haven’t figured out how to make the player die from looking at the enemy.

We need some advice, which AI would you prefer?

Not to be “that guy” but this is a question that would be best for the forums because there’s no real answer to this due to it being based solely on opinion.

IF you’re asking how to make the player die by looking at an enemy then that’s completely different, and completely do-able. Even a simple raycast would probably suffice:

            float damage = 0;       // Damage dealt to the player by looking at the enemy
            Transform playerEyes;   // Eye-level for the player
            float playerHealth = 0; // Current health the player has
            float distance = 0;     // How far away the character can see

            Ray ray = new Ray(playerEyes.position, playerEyes.forward);
            RaycastHit hit;

            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, distance))
            {
                if (hit.transform != null)// If the transform exists
                {
                    if (hit.transform.tag == "Enemy")// If the transform is the enemy
                    {
                        playerHealth -= damage; // Apply Damage
                    }
                }
            }

To answer the actual presented question, though… it’s impossible to say because I know nothing about your game :frowning:

I’d prefer an AI that took more then a minute to code. One that gives the semblance of making intelligent decisions based on the game situation.

AI code downloaded from the net falls pretty low on my list of games to play.