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Goal Oriented Action Planning

A framework in Unity3D

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Index

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  • About me
  • Demo
  • What is Goal Oriented Action Planning?
  • The works
  • Process
  • What’s next?

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About me

Interaction Game/user�Tools�Artificial Intelligence

Different kinds of Artificial Intelligence�GOAP perfect balance between AI and tools

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Demo

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Traditional statemachines

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What is Goal Oriented Action Planning?

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Statemachine

Goal Oriented Action Planning

Static

Dynamic

Quickly put together

Needs a framework

Industry standard

Not used a lot

Scales badly

Scales well

Requires code changes when behaviour is changed

Doesn’t require code changes when behaviour is changed

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The works

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Actions

  • Preconditions
  • Effects
  • Cost�

The action AttackRanged�Precondition: “hasMeleeWeapon”, true�Effect: “killEnemy”, true

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Goals

  • Successen
  • Prioriteit �

The goal KillEnemy�Succes: “KillEnemy”, true

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Planner

A* algorithm

Actions chosen based on cost�Goals chosen based on priority

Designers can easily create behaviour

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Process

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Preparation for GOAP

Games which use GOAP�Papers�Tutorial(s)

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Results Goap

Framework�Knowledge�Specialisation

Extra tools

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Challenges GOAP

One practical tutorial�Movement seemed trivial�Algoritm changed�Set out to create a full game instead of a tech demo�High expectations from myself

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What’s next?

Job/Master�Write-Up about GOAP�Asset store

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Thank you

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