Part

AI opponent

You might say: computer player, AI empire

The program that runs a rival empire's decisions about building, expanding, trading and fighting.

What it does

Balances playing to win with being a fun and readable opponent.

Ask

Is the AI playing to win, or playing to be a good opponent?

Parts

• Difficulty level: A setting that changes AI bonuses, starting units, and research or production rates.
• AI personality: Leader-specific agendas and attitudes that make one AI warlike and another knowledge-focused.

Sources

1. Soren Johnson, Playing to Lose: AI and Civilization (GDC 2008), Playing to Lose: AI and Civilization (GDC 2008)I highlighted the difference between “good” AI and “fun” AI and how writing AI for Civ is tricky because it fits somewhere between those two extremes.
2. 2K Games, Sid Meier's Civilization IV Manual, The Players MenuAI: To be played by an artificial intelligence (standard in a single-player game).
3. Kevin Dill, What Is Game AI?, p. 1Game AI should be about one thing and one thing only: enabling the developers to create a compelling experience for the player.

Use it on your project

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Paste it into a coding agent that has the teardown skills.

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