Worksheet No.1

1.      1.State the topic of interest that you may wish to take forward into a project

2.      2.Indicate the issues surrounding this topic that you may wish to investigate

3.      3.Outline your initial ideas about how you would carry out the practical aspects of the project

1.The topic of interest I am considering looking into is the use of AI techniques in relation to NPC's effect on decision making in games; hopefully to lead to a more realistic character that has a more noticeable personality and a seemingly more independent effect on the game world.

2. Being a heavy AI driven idea to begin with there are many areas that could be explored.

• Learning techniques are used to make a NPC more realistic in relation to decisions effected in a game using tried and tested decision making techniques and also using set standards to compare NPC personality.
• Decision making is a complex issues that can be a heavily explored area to study due to its need to be efficient and the different ways it can be implemented.
• Personality and emotion are good areas for study as it brings a sense of realism to a NPC giving it more depth. It is also a complex area with multiple different ideas that can be implemented.

3.  The practical way I would implement these ideas is to create a story based simulation where the variables for each effect would change depending on the players choice and the NPC's personality and hopefully showing that the NPC is a more independent and realistic.