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A small fighting AI test

Although me and finite state machines are good friends for sometime, implementing a more in-depth artificial inteligence algorithm is something I’ve been looking forward to test for some time. I did manage to take sometime to do some learning and testing and I’d like to share the results with you.

What you see below is a simple FSM ruling the behavior of two fighters. Each fighter selects one of six attacks randomly, moves into position, attacks and steps back. If the fighter is attacked before starting his own attack, it has a 50% chance of dodging and then proceed to attack. If hit, after being in slight pain, it steps back. Everytime it steps back, a new attack is chosen.

The discussion I had with myself is if it would make sense to make a round based combat disguised to create the illusion of real time combat or a real time combat directly. Funny enough, I found it easier to make it real time directly.

More can be done in terms of complexity layering, but as a learning experience done with just some hours, I’m more than happy, so see you all later! Vlad is out!

p.s.: oh and cheer Marco for this character! It’s a long time favorite of ours, waiting for the right opportunity to pop up into the web!