Reeco

Sniff and Rescue! Reeco the avalanche rescue dog has dedicated his life and nose to seeking out and finding lost skiers and hikers in the snowy wilderness surrounding the Renou Mountain range.

What I worked on:

Path Randomizer

We wanted a system that would randomly pick a path around the valley for the player to follow so I created a system for our designers to easily create paths by simply creating sets of nodes. The nodes would then be able to automatically generate the skiers lost items around them to give some variety to multiple plays.

Snout Tracking System

The player needed a way to find the skier as a dog so we decided that the snout of the dog would point slightly towards the location the player needed to go. If the player was already pointing in the general direction of the next target the snout would be centered.

Digging

When near a node the player can try to dig up what they ‘smell’. When the player digs they would get a small pile of snow created below them, if the found the item then a larger pile would come up with an item in it and the player would be able to move on.