Text Based RPG & AI?

TylerMoyer · 10-02-2007, 10:09 AM

OK,

Well I am new to C++ & I am going to start with making my first text based RPG I have been designing for a year now.

Well I got one question,

I don't quite understand how AI works. I wanted to know if there's AI in text based games? I need a better understanding of AI & I have no money as of right now to buy a book. Please help me! Thanks!

matsp · 10-02-2007, 01:30 PM

It sort of depends on whether you have a strict role-playing game (in which case the "AI" is simple, it's just a bunch of tables and random numbers (produced by dice in the traditional RPG)).

If you have "enemies" to fight in the game, then they may "need" some intelligence to be "dangeorous enough", such as target seeking.

None of it should be terribtly difficult to implement, as long as the overall game is fairly simple - and if that's not the case, then you probably aren't aiming at the right level in the first place - doing a reasonably complete game of ANY sort is hard enough, and you may never finish it if you make it too complex.

--
Mats

abachler · 10-10-2007, 03:26 PM

check out gamedev.net they have a whole section on ai

BTW the no money thing isnt an excuse, the library is free, although you may not get the in depth level of knowledge you want, but you never know. Libraries tend to be very eclectic in their selection of books. Plus they serve the general public, most of which wont be interested in a doctoroal thesis on optimization techniques for A* algorithms.

brewbuck · 10-10-2007, 03:41 PM

The term "AI" encompasses a huge array of algorithms with different goals. I can give you pointers to specific resources but only if you are more specific in what you are looking for.

goatslayer · 10-12-2007, 06:40 AM

You might want to reconsider your choice of C++ for text based RPG, there is a language called Inform 7, and others which have all been created specifically for text based rpg.

I don't know how they incorporate AI, but depending on your needs my understanding is that text based adventures rely more on your ability to program multiple permutations rather than AI.

Check out wikipedia on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction

I apologise if I have misunderstood what you are looking for.

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10-02-2007, 01:30 PM	#2
matsp Kernel hacker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Farncombe, Surrey, England Posts: 15,686	It sort of depends on whether you have a strict role-playing game (in which case the "AI" is simple, it's just a bunch of tables and random numbers (produced by dice in the traditional RPG)). If you have "enemies" to fight in the game, then they may "need" some intelligence to be "dangeorous enough", such as target seeking. None of it should be terribtly difficult to implement, as long as the overall game is fairly simple - and if that's not the case, then you probably aren't aiming at the right level in the first place - doing a reasonably complete game of ANY sort is hard enough, and you may never finish it if you make it too complex. -- Mats __________________ Compilers can produce warnings - make the compiler programmers happy: Use them! Please don't PM me for help - and no, I don't do help over instant messengers.
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10-10-2007, 03:26 PM	#3
abachler Rampaging 35 Stone Welsh Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,929	check out gamedev.net they have a whole section on ai BTW the no money thing isnt an excuse, the library is free, although you may not get the in depth level of knowledge you want, but you never know. Libraries tend to be very eclectic in their selection of books. Plus they serve the general public, most of which wont be interested in a doctoroal thesis on optimization techniques for A* algorithms. __________________ He is free, you say. Ah! That is his misfortune… These men… [have] the most terrible, the most imperious of masters, that is, need. … They must therefore find someone to hire them, or die of hunger. Is that to be free? - Simon Linguet Last edited by abachler; 10-11-2007 at 10:20 AM.
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10-10-2007, 03:41 PM	#4
brewbuck Senior software engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 5,381	The term "AI" encompasses a huge array of algorithms with different goals. I can give you pointers to specific resources but only if you are more specific in what you are looking for.
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10-12-2007, 06:40 AM	#5
goatslayer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 22	You might want to reconsider your choice of C++ for text based RPG, there is a language called Inform 7, and others which have all been created specifically for text based rpg. I don't know how they incorporate AI, but depending on your needs my understanding is that text based adventures rely more on your ability to program multiple permutations rather than AI. Check out wikipedia on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction I apologise if I have misunderstood what you are looking for.
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