RIVERVIEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Key Persons
Chris Crawford's Patton vs. Rommel (1987)
I haven't played the game in over 20 years, but I remember being very impressed by the AI, specifically how the program had a ‘feel' for the tactical situation. A very important part of the game was the ‘road net'. Units moved much faster on roads and it was easy to get your units caught up in traffic jams. When that happened the AI would warn the user. This really shocked me when I first played the game. Chris employed what he called ‘geometric AI' in Patton vs. Rommel. He goes into more details in his book, "Chris Crawford on Game Design," (http://www.amazon.com/Chris-Crawford-Game-Design/dp/0131460994).
There are plenty of great games out there, but that's not what this post is about. The question is what games have good AI? I'm going to need to think about this and see if I can add some more titles to the ‘good AI' list, because I sure have a ton for the ‘bad AI' list.
David Ezra Sidran, Ph.D. holds a Doctorate in computer science and Master of Computer Science degrees from the University of Iowa. He has worked as a computer game designer since 1985, receiving two Codie Awards from the Software Publishers Association and was named Designer of the Year by Computer Entertainer magazine. He has authored numerous commercial computer wargames and has authored the number one commercial computer game. His research interests focus on human level artificial intelligence for tactical and strategic decisions.
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