Transcript CIC Launch Event

CIC Launch Event
Artificial Intelligence in Computer Games
Dr Tim Gosling
The Creative Assembly
Why AI is important to games
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Games are increasingly complex
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We want to improve the game play experience
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We have amazing graphics & good physics, what
we need now is sensible behaviour...
A Game Of Two Parts
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Total War games are games of world conquest
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Empire building:
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What territories to conquer
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What troops to recruit
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What buildings to construct
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Real time combat:
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Deployment of troops
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Strategies and tactics
AI is needed Everywhere
Not Just A Game
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Other aspects of game play
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Squad and order following behaviour
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Companions
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Experience management
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Content management
AI can play games and it can also create them
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Content creation
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Assessment of existing content
A Bright Future
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Games now require large, specialised teams
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Potential for academic/industrial partnership
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Challenging environments for academia
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New algorithms and techniques for industry