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Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine

Multiplayer fighting videogames have become an increasingly popular over the last few years, especially with the introduction of online play, making for a more competitive experience. Multiplayer fighting games give players the opportunity to utilize particular strategies and tactics to win, allowin...

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Main Authors: S. Saini, Paul Chung, Christian Dawson
Format: Default Conference proceeding
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/10140
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author S. Saini
Paul Chung
Christian Dawson
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Christian Dawson
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description Multiplayer fighting videogames have become an increasingly popular over the last few years, especially with the introduction of online play, making for a more competitive experience. Multiplayer fighting games give players the opportunity to utilize particular strategies and tactics to win, allowing them to use their own signature style. As a player can only play against a particular opponent who is actively participating in the game themselves, they cannot practice combating the opponent’s style if the opponent is not participating in the game. This paper presents a novel approach for an avatar to learn and mimic the style of a player. It does this by recording and analyzing the data before splitting it up into two tiers; tactical data and strategic data.. The approach uses a Naïve Bayes classifier to classify the tactics to particular states, and a Data Driven Finite State Machine to dictate when certain tactics are used. Statistics recorded during an experiment involving the approach are discussed, which indicate that the architecture of the Artificial Intelligence is fit for purpose, but does require refinement. Limitations of the architecture are discussed, including that such an approach may not provide accurate results when more parameters are considered.
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spelling rr-article-94053442011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine S. Saini (7169639) Paul Chung (1250973) Christian Dawson (1257441) Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified Artificial Intelligence Fighting Game FSM Bayes Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified Multiplayer fighting videogames have become an increasingly popular over the last few years, especially with the introduction of online play, making for a more competitive experience. Multiplayer fighting games give players the opportunity to utilize particular strategies and tactics to win, allowing them to use their own signature style. As a player can only play against a particular opponent who is actively participating in the game themselves, they cannot practice combating the opponent’s style if the opponent is not participating in the game. This paper presents a novel approach for an avatar to learn and mimic the style of a player. It does this by recording and analyzing the data before splitting it up into two tiers; tactical data and strategic data.. The approach uses a Naïve Bayes classifier to classify the tactics to particular states, and a Data Driven Finite State Machine to dictate when certain tactics are used. Statistics recorded during an experiment involving the approach are discussed, which indicate that the architecture of the Artificial Intelligence is fit for purpose, but does require refinement. Limitations of the architecture are discussed, including that such an approach may not provide accurate results when more parameters are considered. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/10140 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Mimicking_human_strategies_in_fighting_games_using_a_data_driven_finite_state_machine/9405344 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
spellingShingle Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
Artificial
Intelligence
Fighting
Game
FSM
Bayes
Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
S. Saini
Paul Chung
Christian Dawson
Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine
title Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine
title_full Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine
title_fullStr Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine
title_full_unstemmed Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine
title_short Mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine
title_sort mimicking human strategies in fighting games using a data driven finite state machine
topic Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
Artificial
Intelligence
Fighting
Game
FSM
Bayes
Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/10140