Primal Instinct Companion AI in Far Cry Primal

AI and Games is a crowdfunded series hosted on patreon. Let us return to the world of Far Cry to look at one of the core mechanics of 2016's Far Cry Primal: animal taming. In Primal players can lure and tame a variety of predators to later use as weapons in combat. It's a fun new system to add to the Far Cry formula, but it's introduction was far from straightforward. So let's take a look at how the companion AI works in Primal and the steps taken to ensure it operates in and around the systemic AI Far Cry is known for. As detailed in an earlier entry in the series, Far Cry is built atop a systemic gameplay framework: where numerous systems and mechanics interact with one another and enables emergent gameplay to arise.