AI Programming
Reinforced Learning Algorithms
Created an AI program that learns to drive a car using MLAgents plugin in Unity. The car's objective is to drive across a track without hitting the walls. The AI uses a neural network to learn from its mistakes and improve its driving skills until it can complete the track without crashing.
This AI uses QLearning and Deep QLearning algorithms to learn how to drive the car. The AI is trained using a reward system that gives points for staying on the track and deducts points for hitting the walls.
Final Result
To see more you can check its Github page.
AI on Videogames
Made numerous videogame projects implementing AI, using state machines, behavior trees, and pathfinding algorithms. These AI's can be simple enemies that follow the player, or more complex AI for strategy games.
Fighting Game
Shadow Footsies is a fighting game where the player fights against an AI opponent. The AI uses a state machine to decide what actions to take based on the player's position and health.
Strategy Game
Created a strategy game where the player controls an army of units to defeat the enemy. The AI uses a behavior tree to decide what actions to take based on its power and how much time has passed.
Each unit uses the A* pathfinding algorithm to find the shortest path to the desired location, stopping when no more movement is left, each tile in the world has its own weight. The AI can also build structures and gather resources to improve its army.
Horror Game
No way to Run is a Slenderman inspired horror game where the player must collect 8 items while avoiding a creature that lurks around the player. The AI uses a behavior tree to decide what actions to take and where to spawn based on the player's position, number of items collected, and time passed.
This AI works similar to the one in Slenderman, the creature is not present most of the time, it will spawn around the player, around the next corner the player is going to, but never infront of the player. This is to create a sense of dread and tension each time the player has to turn to any direction.
After being seen by the player, the creature will start pursuing the player, the player must run the opposite direction because the creature feels to be much faster than the player, but after not looking at the creature for a second, this will disappear, creating tension after the player looks back to the creature just to see it's gone.