How we crafted the horror atmosphere ?

Hi everyone!:)

For our turn-based horror game, we needed a lot of unique corpses. Making them by hand was unrealistic, so we took a different approach. We built a procedural corpse generator.

How it works:

• take rigged models

• place them into poses using IK

• choose the damage level (from "fresh" to a skeleton in a lab coat)

• enjoy the result

Everything runs in a Unity + Houdini pipeline.

In the end, all the corpses look different, and the locations feel alive (well, almost). The procedural approach saved us a ton of time and noticeably boosted the atmosphere:)