AI and Gaming

• The purpose of AI in games is to create a realistic representation of life’s behavior.

• AI helps to create characters with human-like behavior and skills for a challenge in many different genres of gaming.

• These genres can range anywhere from first person shooters to role playing games.

Today’s AI Games

• Some examples of games that use a great deal of Artificial Intelligence today are:– World of Warcraft– Final Fantasy XI– Unreal Tournament (series)

How Fun Would it Be?

• If While Playing a Game:– You beat opponents too easily (OR)– You were murdered by opponents all the time – ????– Artificial Intelligence in Gaming balances these

possibilities for a positive gaming experience.

Example: World of Warcraft

• In World of Warcraft, the NPCs (non-playable characters) you fight are programmed to fight intelligently. Although the game itself isn’t realistic, the NPCs fight you almost like you were fighting a human on the other end.

AI in World of Warcraft

• Example: Monsters walk around obstacles such as hills or objects

• If you run away from them, they will eventually get tired and stop following you.

AI in World of Warcraft

• Monsters will surely attack you if they have a good chance to kill you.

• Others will not attack unless you attack them first.

• Some will run if you are about to kill them.

AI in World of Warcraft

• As you “level-up” in the game, the creatures you fight become more intelligent and more powerful, just as you do from playing and learning in the game.

In the End...

• Artificial Intelligence in World of Warcraft makes for an interesting gaming experience.

• One must be aware of a creature’s abilities, or their own life could be in jeopardy.