Overview

This bachelor’s project focused on pathfinding and group movement at large scale. The core goals were:

• move large groups while keeping formation quality
• work with Unity DOTS
• stay close to gameplay needs rather than pure simulation
• build something production-minded with guidance from industry mentors

The main systems combined a full navmesh with a waypoint graph to connect towns and larger routes. Formation movement mixed full pathfinding with dynamic obstacle avoidance.

Main takeaways

• large-scale movement depends as much on data layout as on the actual pathfinding algorithm
• formation quality and readability matter as much as raw throughput
• DOTS was useful as a practical way to think differently about structure and scale

The source repository is available on GitHub.