engine: Scimitar

• atmospheric/environmental effects
  • dust: footsteps, impacts, lightbeams
  • lightbeams: vents, windows (some)
  • shaking: ?
  • shards: ceramic, wood
  • smoke: burnt rubble, cauldrons, chimneys, fire, incense burners
  • steam: animus underfloor machinery, vents
  • water: puddles, splash, spray
  • weather: fog/haze
    • clouds (moving)
    • wind: dust, fabric, hay
  • other: fire, projectile trails; see particle effects, physics, and sound
• collision detection: see physics
• lighting: dynamic, colored, vertex & lightmap; coronas, flickering; fire, windows
• particle effects: debris, dust, hay, leaves, mist, smoke, splash, steam, swarms (birds, insects)
• physics: Havok
  • gravity: player, NPCs
  • bouyancy?, friction, inertia, momentum, weight
  • weight: see breakable objects
  • hay stacks bounce when jumped into and out of
  • ragdoll bodies
  • swaying fabric
  • swinging lights/signs
• reflection: eyes?, floors (marble, metal), glass?, most metallic surfaces, pipes?, walls (marble only?), water (+ puddles), weapons; pixel shaders; see environmental texture mapping
• shadows: vertical angle adjustment, fading; NPCs, moving objects, clouds
• skeletal animation: yes
• texture: 16-?/32-bit depth
  • filtering: bi-/trilinear
  • mapping: bump, environmental, mip
  • decals: blood, impacts?
• transparency: fire, glass, light beams, projectile trails, smoke, steam, water
• other: blurring, depth of field, pixel/vertex shaders (reflections)

player character

• character: Altair, an assassin
• blinking, facial animation, idle animations (stretch)
• footsteps: dirt, gravel, metal, sand, stone, tile, water, wood
• moves: climb, drop, grab, jump, punch, run, sprint (arms in/out), throw, walk
• view: 3rd-person (1st-person in "eagle vision"--blurred, distorted colors)
  • pan: keyboard/mouse (+ vehicles)
  • zoom: none
  • pain: black & white, flickering red

level/world design

• # levels: 7 memory blocks, 5 cities, 1 kingdom
• location: Middle East, 1191 AD during the Crusades, cities (Acre, Damascus, Jerusalem, Masyaf; ~500mē each), coast, Arsuf; 2012 corporate building
• cutscenes: yes
• level editor: no
• environmental interaction
  • break: bowls, crates, merchant stands, pots (flower, normal), stools, vases, watermelons (some)
  • move: bows (dead enemies only), incense burners, people, swords (dead enemies only); see breakable objects
  • ride: horses
  • throw: knives, people
  • other: activate (computers, keypads); see physics
• puzzles: climb view points, destroy merchant stands, eavesdrop, interrogate, pick pockets, kill people, save citizens
• traps/hazards: drowning, falling, getting cut/hit

weapons: blades, fists, knives, sword

NPCs

• humans, birds (chickens, eagles, pigeons)
• AI: friendly NPCs help character by blocking enemy NPCs, object impact reaction, pigeons fly away when approached, scholars walk with character blend into crowds and get past guards

inventory: weapons/ammo

other

• sound: stereo, reverb?, multi-channel (2, 4, 4.1, 5.1)