The procedural planning system used in the agent architecture of games

ABSTRACT

We discuss a procedural planning approach that automatically and dynamically generates plans for game agents in real-time. This approach is applied to the design of an agent architecture in our current research project, Gameme, a game design application. This planning depends on offline goal design, the structure of the agent architecture, and real-time planning mechanisms. The Procedural Planning System (PPS) is capable of improving agents' control for real-time goal processing in games.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Multiagent systems

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
      K.8.0 General
          Subjects: Games

Keywords:
agent, agent architecture, game, goal oriented design, planning, procedural planning system