3 Tips to Improve your Game’s AI Today

With the game releases growing each year, not having an unique appeal for your game means that your project will most likely end up in failure. By failure I mean not being able to get the sales numbers to make a living out of it.

To succeed in this crowded market, the developers are constantly searching the the next tip or trick that they can make use in their project.

And you have arrived at the best place! In this article you will find 3 practical tips that will improve your Game’s AI.

Do you like coding complex things? Neither do I! Don’t worry, we will focus on game design decisions regarding AI. If done right, these will make the game a fun experience for the player.

Let’s find them out!

Tip #1: Have your AI Communicate more

This phrase serves a good purpose, beside the fun factor: it signals the player that the AI changed it’s state from searching to idle or back to an activity. After this, the player will know that they are not being actively searched for.

The AI does not need to communicate only with sound, but it’s important that it does in a way or another. By using lights red — attack / yellow — search / green — idle, UI elements hovering above to indicate their state the developer can achieve the desired effect.

Don’t worry that this might make the game more predictable — yes, you might lose a little uncertainty but the end goal is to give the player an environment that can be learned and mastered.

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