Birth of an Angel

With the release of Mechanized Corps: Rebirth a few days away (Demo available now!), I wanted to share some of the work I did so far in the game.

I was tasked with turning the Mechanized Corps from the Table Top Game into full blown characters for the video game. So as you're playing and fighting the bots, that's my work. So let's delve into the SECOND character I worked with (but the first alphabetically) Angel!

To start, if you're unfamiliar with the table top game, each pilot has a name, brief description, a picture and some stats of how they effect the mechanized corps they pilot as well as what weapons and MC they might like.

Angela 'Angel' Grumond

Dubbed the Angel of Death, she specializes in scout and infantry mech with an affinity for hitting targets from elevation and at range.

That's it! Well, that and a picture.

So I had to think about who she was. She doesn't have a preferred weapon listed, just the sizes. Easy enough, right?

So we know she likes the smaller, faster units. We also knows she likes range. I loaded her up with the longest range weapons we can find. Brimstone lasers, Arc 80 cannons and the sniper rifle. I ended up making the sniper rifle a bit of a signature weapon since the Sauterelle can use one as a scout. She has one at each size. 

As for what to make her look like, the pilot image features blues, purples and pinks. A deep purple reads well in battle so we paired that with the Angel theme to make Silver the primary color and purple the secondary. 

So now she has a a signature weapon, a fighting style and a look. So I built out the idea of her and really gave her range but made sure to keep close fights in mind with secondary weapons.

Now currently all the bots use the same behaviors but I note that she'll be much better at longer range, so custom behaviors to keep her 800m out from her target will really push her power level up. Getting in close to her still isn't ideal with Kristen 8 HS rocket pods as backup.

I also thought that since she doesn't really go for the bigger mechs, I would skip the Assault entirely and gave her a second heavy. As a note, I might go in and swap one heavy to a second Infantry based on testing of another character that we will talk about later.

Currently she can't use cloak or anything fancy like that - but watch out! in the future you might not see the Angel of Death before she has you in her sights!

I hope you enjoy seeing her on the battlefield. I know I much prefer seeing her on my team than on the other side!