Autonomous Gaming Systems There’s something oddly captivating about watching a simulation run without you. I discovered this years ago with Dwarf Fortress, leaving the game running overnight and returning to find my fortress had experienced a goblin invasion, a cave in, and what the community affectionately calls a “tantrum spiral” that left half my dwarves […]

There’s something magical about loading up a game and watching enemies flank your position intelligently, or seeing NPCs go about their daily routines as if they actually have lives beyond your interaction with them. That magic? It’s the result of years of refined AI game design techniques that most players never even think about. I’ve […]