• Prototyped enemy behaviors and combat mechanics in UE5 using GAS, Blueprints and Behavior Trees.

  • Enemy AI Behavior Trees: abilities, states and conditions for state changes.

  • Created enemy and player abilities using Blueprints.

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• Translated vision holders' and feature owners' creative vision into in-engine behavior, building enemies that feel responsive, readable, and fun to fight/hunt.

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• Tuned enemy behaviors to land the right balance of challenge and gameplay feel.

  • Attack patterns, timing and cooldowns.

  • Enemy perception, detection ranges and reaction windows.

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• Built dedicated test environments (gyms) to iterate and validate AI systems rapidly.

  • Enemy AI Gym​

  • Enemy Animation Gym

  • Enemy Traversal Gym

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• Integrated and validated animation assets within the enemy and AI pipeline, working hand-in-hand with the animation team.

  • ​Set up all enemy and boss animations

  • Set up all animation notifies for enemy animations​​

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• Worked closely with vision holders, designers, programmers, artists and production to keep AI systems aligned and moving efficiently through the pipeline.

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• Worked with production and QA to track down, debug, and resolve AI-related issues across development.