CIC Launch Event

1
CIC Launch Event

• Artificial Intelligence in Computer Games
• Dr Tim Gosling
• The Creative Assembly

2
Why AI is important to games

• Games are increasingly complex
• We want to improve the game play experience
• We have amazing graphics good physics, what we
  need now is sensible behaviour...

3
A Game Of Two Parts

• Total War games are games of world conquest
• Empire building
• What territories to conquer
• What troops to recruit
• What buildings to construct
• AI is needed Everywhere

• Real time combat
• Deployment of troops
• Strategies and tactics

4
Not Just A Game

• Other aspects of game play
• Squad and order following behaviour
• Companions
• Experience management
• Content management
• AI can play games and it can also create them
• Content creation
• Assessment of existing content

5
A Bright Future

• Games now require large, specialised teams
• Potential for academic/industrial partnership
• Challenging environments for academia
• New algorithms and techniques for industry

6
(No Transcript)
7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
Why AI is Increasingly Important

• To improve the game play experience
• Games are increasingly complex
• We have amazing graphics good physics, what we
  need now is sensible behaviour...
• Some help building the game would be nice too...