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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

What do we call the thing that governs NPC behavior now?

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

It's never been AI, but that's what we called it anyway, and that's what we'll keep calling it.

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Behavior trees

[–] elvith@feddit.org 9 points 20 hours ago
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[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

State Machines?

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 7 points 23 hours ago