diversity in npc ai
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What's with all the zombies in games right now? In this session, I talk about some of the reasons that Zombies are a lazy AI Engineers dream come true and what we could be doing insteadTRANSCRIPT
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Luke Dicken@LukeD
What’s With All the Zombies?IGDA Salt Lake City
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Who am I?
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Real Talk
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Real Talk
•Our industry is collectively worth more than $74 Billion dollars
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Real Talk
•Our industry is collectively worth more than $74 Billion dollars
•It’s a fantastic time to be a game developer
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Real Talk
•Our industry is collectively worth more than $74 Billion dollars
•It’s a fantastic time to be a game developer•More people than ever are playing games
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Real Talk
•Our industry is collectively worth more than $74 Billion dollars
•It’s a fantastic time to be a game developer•More people than ever are playing games•More devices than ever to play games on
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Real Talk
•Our industry is collectively worth more than $74 Billion dollars
•It’s a fantastic time to be a game developer•More people than ever are playing games•More devices than ever to play games on•More people than ever are making games
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The diversity we see ingames is truly amazing!
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The diversity we see ingames is truly amazing!
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The diversity we see ingames is truly amazing!
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The diversity we see ingames is truly amazing!
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The diversity we see ingames is truly amazing!
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The diversity we see ingames is truly amazing!
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And 2013 will beamazing right!?
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And 2013 will beamazing right!?
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And 2013 will beamazing right!?
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And 2013 will beamazing right!?
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What’s with all the zombies?
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ZOMBIES ARE EASY!
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What is AI?
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What is AI?
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What is AI?
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What is AI?
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Why is AI important in games?
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Where do we see AI?
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Why is AI Scary?
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Why is AI Scary?
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Why is AI Scary?
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Is that fun?Is it the point?
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Batman Arkham Asylum
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The Dangers of Anthropomorphisation
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LeveragingAnthropomorphism
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Beyond Anthropomorphism
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Empowering Designers
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AI is Primarily About Tools
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Summary
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Summary
•AI is a vastly under utilised tool for devs
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Summary
•AI is a vastly under utilised tool for devs•AI and Design are much more tightly meshed than many disciplines - it isn’t just a sub-area of Programming
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Summary
•AI is a vastly under utilised tool for devs•AI and Design are much more tightly meshed than many disciplines - it isn’t just a sub-area of Programming
•That’s a two way street - good AI developers support design with powerful tools
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Summary
•AI is a vastly under utilised tool for devs•AI and Design are much more tightly meshed than many disciplines - it isn’t just a sub-area of Programming
•That’s a two way street - good AI developers support design with powerful tools
•AI does not need to be scary!
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