PotC: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a sequel to the previous PotC game I've worked on at Amaze Entertainment, and follows the plot of the Disney movie. This game, while still action adventure, featured significantly more platforming than its predecessor (hooking, sidling, rope swinging, climbing, etc), as well as two new minigames - Liar's Dice and Dueling (which made heavy use of the Nintendo DS touch screen). Although this title did not feature a co-op mode, both of the minigames had multiplayer capability for local wireless play.

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Release Date

May 22, 2007

Platform

Nintendo DS

Developer

Griptonite Games

Amaze Entertainment

Foundation 9 Entertainment

Publisher

Buena Vista Games

Developers

• Sam Beirne
• Dan Posluns
• Kim Guttman
• Travis Guadan

Responsibilities

• Implementing the majority of world objects used in the game - pickups, breakables, obstacles and puzzle elements.
• Programming various platforming mechanics such as ledge grab, sidle and climbing with respect to a level's BSP and scripting.
• Architecting and implementing the Touch Screen Dueling mechanic, including custom boss AI behavior and multiplayer functionality.
• Developing the enemy AI (behaviors and actions) for the game's adventure mode, including waypointless pathfinding.
• Implementation of the game's multiplayer lobbies, multiplayer matching, and download and play functionality.
• Design and programming of a versatile damage system for combat in the adventure mode.

Images

Box shot

Title screen

Yours truly with PotC: AWE in Tokyo, Japan.