Decision Making in a Life Simulation Game: Using Behavior Trees and Utility Functions for the Behavior of the Crewmembers in Cosmonautica - Couverture souple

Erler, Philipp

 
9783639678215: Decision Making in a Life Simulation Game: Using Behavior Trees and Utility Functions for the Behavior of the Crewmembers in Cosmonautica
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639678214 ISBN 13 : 9783639678215
Editeur : AV Akademikerverlag, 2014

Synopsis

Natural behavior of a single artificial intelligence or even entire groups is a great challenge but also necessary for the immersion in video games. The object of this work is to find and implement the best technique for the behaviors of the simulated people in “Cosmonautica”, Chasing Carrots’ next game. The comparison of the different decision-making techniques shows that behavior trees combined with utility functions are the best choice due to their overall composition of flexibility, quality, performance, re-usability, and maintainability. Now, behavior trees are used in “Cosmonautica” to control the behavior of crewmembers in the player's space ship. They determine e.g. in which situations the crew members work or when a need has to be satisfied. Utility functions are used to compare all possible actions to decide which work task or activity needs to be done. This combination of behavior trees and utility functions has proved to be an easy and powerful way to control the behavior of artificial intelligences.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Natural behavior of a single artificial intelligence or even entire groups is a great challenge but also necessary for the immersion in video games. The object of this work is to find and implement the best technique for the behaviors of the simulated people in “Cosmonautica”, Chasing Carrots’ next game. The comparison of the different decision-making techniques shows that behavior trees combined with utility functions are the best choice due to their overall composition of flexibility, quality, performance, re-usability, and maintainability. Now, behavior trees are used in “Cosmonautica” to control the behavior of crewmembers in the player's space ship. They determine e.g. in which situations the crew members work or when a need has to be satisfied. Utility functions are used to compare all possible actions to decide which work task or activity needs to be done. This combination of behavior trees and utility functions has proved to be an easy and powerful way to control the behavior of artificial intelligences.

Biographie de l'auteur

Philipp Erler studied Software Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen. Since the practical semester, he has been working Chasing Carrots, a small independent game developer in Stuttgart. Now, the practical part of his bachelor’s thesis powers the artificial intelligence in Cosmonautica.

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Éditeur
AV Akademikerverlag
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639678214
ISBN 13 
9783639678215
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
68
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