Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)
Mission 1: Ghost Stories
During the early stages for Ghost I pitched a mission idea where the International Space Station gets hijacked my enemy forces and scuttled. This mission was greenlit for the game and eventually became the game’s opening mission which featured heavily in trailers and E3 footage.
This mission was a massive technical challenge, from the zero-gravity movement in space, to the fully animated traversal through the station, to the complete destruction of the station and the player falling to Earth’s atmosphere. I was responsible for the design and scripting of the free space portions, including the intro, the I.S.S. destruction sequence, and the free fall into the atmosphere.
Watch it here - Ghost Stories Space Gameplay Youtube Link
Mission 13: End of Line
Mission 13 “End of Line” is a covert infiltration and raid on a fully autonomous weapons factory deep in enemy territory. I was responsible for scripting, encounter design, and level design for the interior sections of the factory.
This includes a heavily scripted ambush moment and an extremely high tension gunfight to escape the factory. A major goal for this encounter was to incorporate the moving machinery of the factory into the play space. In the finished level many large tank parts move across the factory floor, periodically stopping as robotic arms weld them together. The moving obstacles added a very dynamic and dangerous element to the encounter.
Watch it here - End of Line Gameplay Youtube Link
Mission 17: Loki
Mission 17 “Loki” is an assault on an enemy space station in zero gravity. This was our largest battle in space including dozens of allies and enemies. For this mission I created an AI movement and animation system for zero-gravity. The system supported AI freely moving in all directions, and taking cover on objects in unusual ways since there is no uniform “up” direction in space.
The level also had to support full AI pathfinding in a zero-gravity environment. I think we really pulled off an effective and believable zero-gravity combat encounter.
Watch it here - Loki Space Gameplay Youtube Link