In this tutorial we’ll set up a new enemy.

The Spitter is similar to the Chomper, but has another attack – spitting, i.e. a ranged attack.

We’ve already set up all animations we need in the chomper’s setup, so what’s left for us to set up (in this tutorial):

• move AI
• combatant
• prefab (damage dealer/zone)
• scene setup (spawn, etc.)

We’ll set up the spitter’s spit attack in the next tutorial.

Let’s get to it!

Move AI #

The spitter will use the same move AI as the chomper, but with larger ranges – i.e. we can make it easy for ourselfs and just copy the Chomper move AI.

Navigate to Combatants > Move AIs and copy the Chomper move AI.

Base Settings #

Waypoint Settings #

Enemy Detection #

Move Detection 1 #

Caution Settings > Critical Range #

Stop Range #

Spitter Combatant #

Next, we’ll set up the combatant itself – again, the spitter is very similar to the comper, i.e. we can just copy the Chomper combatant and adjust it.

Navigate to Combatants > Combatants and copy the Chomper combatant.

Base Settings > Prefab Settings #

Status Settings > Status Value Settings > Status Values #

Animations & Movement > Movement > Move AI #

Save Changes #

That’s it for the setup in the editor – that was quick.

Don’t forget to save your changes by clicking on Save Settings at the bottom of the editor.

Prefab Setup #

Next, we’ll set up the spitter’s prefab to deal and receive damage.

Open the Spitter Variant prefab for editing – you can find it in Assets/Tutorial Assets/Prefabs/Combatants/.

Same as the chomper, we’ll add a Damage Zone and a Radius component to the root, and a Damage Dealer component to it’s Attack child object.

Add Damage Zone #

Add a Damage Zone component to the prefab’s root using the component menu.

The default setup is already correct for us.

Add Radius #

Add a Radius component to the prefab’s root using the component menu.

It should automatically set the radius according to the added colliders.

Add Damage Dealer #

Add a Damage Dealer component to the Attack child object (the Sphere Collider in front of it’s mouth) using the component menu.

Activation Settings #

If you remember, we used the activate tag attack in the chomper’s attack ability, so we need to use that here as well.

And that’s it for the prefab – save the changes.

Close the prefab editing.

Scene Setup #

Open the Scene scene (found in Assets/Scenes/) if it’s not already opened.

We’ve already added Chomper spawners, so we can just copy one of them and adjust it.

Combatant Spawner #

Select one of the Chomper spawners and duplicate it. Rename the game object to Spitters.

Combatant Settings #

Sphere Collider #

Decrease the radius of the spawn area.

Placement #

Move the game object so that the spitters spawn on the moss-covered rock in the upper center of the scene (left of the current chomper spawners).

More! #

Alright, let’s add some more enemies to the scene.

We’ll create larger packs consisting of 6 chompers and 3 spitters, each spawning in an area with a radius of 20.

Select one of the Chomper spawners again and duplicate it. Rename the game object to Chompers and Spitters.

Combatant Settings #

First, increase the chomper’s quantity to 6.

We’ll add another combatant to the spawner by duplicating the chomper’s setup.

Sphere Collider #

Increase the radius of the spawn area.

Placement #

Place the spawn area somewhere and add multiple more to cover the map with enemy packs.

I’ve added 8 of those pack spawners in total.

Make sure to also check their Y-axis position, so that they’re not too low or high in relation to the ground they’re placed on.

That’s it, save the changes we made in the scene.

Testing #

Hit play and take a jog around the scene.

They are everywhere – success!

 

Next, we’ll set up the spitter’s spit attack.