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Tommy Thompson
Personal blog · aiandgames.comaigames
Tommy Thompson writes AI and Games, a personal blog at aiandgames.com about ai and games. Since 2019, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Building the AI of F.E.A.R. With Goal Oriented Action Planning”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Tommy Thompson's game AI site and AI 101 video series cover techniques such as GOAP and F.E.A.R.'s NPC behaviour. HN readers link it as a beginner resource for game AI.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Exploring research and applications of artificial intelligence in video games.
Most-linked posts?
- Building the AI of F.E.A.R. With Goal Oriented Action Planning2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-07
What Hacker News says?
F.E.A.R. remains at the top of its class for the feel of the NPC behaviour, and it's worth understanding why. https://aiandgames.com/facing-your-fear/
Comment linking /facing-your-fear/
on “Ask HN: Game devs, what is the hardest part about designing an AI for your game?”Submitted Building the AI of F.E.A.R. With Goal Oriented Action Planning as a story · 30 points
HN discussionThe games industry has a lot of things in between state machines and neural nets. Since 2008, the craze has been goal-oriented AI planning (GOAP), which use a graph of states, and A* to pathfind towards a goal. And there's plenty of little tricks on top of this you can find in GDC talks. It's not without its tradeoffs though. https://www.aiandgames.com/2020/05/06/ai-101-goap-fear/
Comment linking /2020/05/06/ai-101-goap-fear/
on “Analysing the AI of Super Mario 64”Submitted Arc Raiders and the Ethical Use of Generative AI in Games as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe games and AI website and channel https://www.youtube.com/@AIandGames https://www.aiandgames.com/ particularly the AI101 series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLokhY9fbx05eeUZCNUbel... The Total Beginner's Guide to Game AI https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/artificial-inte... The Game AI Game Engine (GAIGE) is a set of instructional programming assignments for the Game Artificial Intelligence cou…
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on “Ask HN: Reccomended books or resources on game AI?”Submitted Game AI's Existential Crisis as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Facade: The AI-Powered Interactive Drama as a story · 1 points
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