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The Plague Tale games are known for the swathes of rats that infest the lands, and do their best to kill the player and everyone else. In this episode, we dig into detail on how the rats actually work, and how it ties back to the Micro Machines games of the early 1990s.
References for this episode:
How A Plague Tale: Innocence's rat hordes were made
www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-...
How ‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’ Makes Diseased Rats So Terrifying
variety.com/2018/gaming/featu...
Making the rat-tastic sequel A Plague Tale: Requiem, Game Developer, 2022
www.gamedeveloper.com/design/...
Video Chapters
[00:00] Introduction
[01:17] We Have a Rat Problem
[03:19] How the Rat AI Works
[08:12] How You Balance AI Rats
[11:02] Wait, Micro Machines???
[13:21] Closing
[14:29] Credits
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