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Advanced AI For Games with Goal-Oriented Action Planning

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Goal-Oriented Action Planning (GOAP) is an AI architecture that provides game characters with the ability to select goals and make plans to achieve those goals based on the state of the environment and available resources.  It can be used across a wide range of game genres from first-person shooters to real-time strategies, to develop intelligent characters capable of making smart decisions without the need for large finite state machines.   The codebase is deceptively simple and yet logical, reusable and extremely powerful.  The library is written in C# and implemented in Unity V.2019, however will easily port to other applications.

Course Reviews

This course provides a clear description of what GOAP is and a solid example of how to implement it in your own projects. Highly recommended if you're looking for a way to create AI entities that analyze the world around them and then act according to innate goals.
David C.
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A fantastic, well presented and incredibly informative course! a must watch for anybody wanting to create an advanced and modular AI system. Thank you for creating such an extraordinary course! :) :)
Nat P.

What's included?

  • 8 hours on-demand video
  • 1 articles
  • 33 downloadable resources
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Certificate of completion

A Complex Simulation

Learn what it takes to put together a complex simulation scenario complete with AI controlled NPCs competing for resources.

A Reusable Architecture

Develop a codebase for generic NPCs that you will be able to use over and over again.

Meet Your Instructor     
Penny de Byl

Professor of Games Development, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
About me
I'm a full stack developer of most things computer sciency and academic with a true passion for teaching. I've been teaching others about games development, programming, computer graphics, animation and web design for over 25 years in universities in Australia and Europe at the full professor level. I've also consulted for Unity, SAE, the Australian Institute of Entertainment and Wikitude. My best selling textbooks including Holistic Game Development with Unity are used in over 100 institutions world-wide.