I actually work sometimes..
I had a bit of a slow run last week with work. I was doing some AI pathfinding stuff and I wasn’t feeling very inspired to do it. Maybe it was my inexperience with the existing AI system, or the fact that I didn’t know where to start. Either way, I managed to get pass it and now I got the dudes running around my li’l test map trying to get from point A to point B without hitting any of the obstacles. I’m constantly tweaking the algorithm and parameters to make them avoid all the obstacles in a natural way.
There are a whole bunch of variables that controls the movement, everything from speed and acceleration to how “scary” an obstacle is to the dude.
It feels kind of like a game of my own design. I enter some numbers, hit play and watch what happens. If I get a really bad result, that means I’ve lost and need to try a different combination. If I get a good result, I move on to the next level.
I played this “game” all day today, and my conclusion is that the current system is good, but not nearly good enough. There’s much to be done! =3
