The Spreadsheet That Powers Civilian AI in Watch Dogs 2 | AI and Games #56

One of the hidden arts of game development is designing large scale systems in spreadsheets. In this episode we take a look at how the civilians in Watch Dogs 2 are able to make emotional responses and react to the world around them, powered by a spreadsheet containing thousands of unique gameplay rules.

[00:00] Intro
[01:16] Spreadsheets & Video Game Design
[03:02] The Anecdote Factory
[06:06] Building Reactive Characters
[12:06] Rules of Attraction
[14:57] Closing

This episode is derived from the following sources:
"Helping It All Emerge: Managing Crowd AI in Watch Dogs 2"
Roxanne Blouin-Payer, Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2017

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