Flock Assignment

I created a barking mechanic (one of the central features of our game) where the dog you play as has the ability to bark (enter button/mouse down) creating a 'scatter' feature in nearby sheep. 'Scatter' is a system I developed for the Sheep AI, where after signal from a target (such as a bark), the sheep would suddenly pick a randomised direction in an angle facing away from the dog, and accelerate in that direction. I created variables determining the duration of the scatter behaviour, the angle, speed and weight all of which I fine tuned by testing with different values until I found a suitable fit. Integrating the scatter with barking created a unique game experience where the player can use barks to herd higher volumes of sheep easily but has to be careful of the randomness and lack of control it brings.