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Creating a Starcraft AI – Part 19: Pathfinding resulting in a rabbit hole (where cats are)

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First, a sub-problem from the last part. Given a start point, and a collection of endpoints, I’ll return the first endpoint that the flood fill reaches. This is …

Undermind Episode 14!

My guests this week were Antiga, NiteKat, and Locutus. We talked about Diablo 1 re-release briefly, the AITT tournament, and robot boobs. Happy listening!

Here is the YouTube link for the cast:

Undermind Episode 13 – A very special one, for Brood War AI beginners

Like the title says, this episode a special one, aimed at people who are looking to begin Brood War AI development. My guest of honor is feardragon, who is a SC2 caster (And Pylon show participant), and the other guests …

Creating a Starcraft AI – Part 18: Going to ground

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This time, I’ll continue working on the ground-only pathfinding. Last time I mentioned that BWEM returns a bunch of chokepoints, which are composed of WalkPositions. It looks like this:…

Undermind Episode 12!

This week’s guests were Hao Pan, McRave, and Antiga. We talked about SSCAIT results, a lot of technical stuff, and The Dan Grant. Happy listening!

Undermind Episode 10!

My guests this week were Dennis Waldherr aka Bytekeeper, Marian Devecka, and Hannes Bradberg. We had a great discussion about technical things, Alphastar, and great analogies were made. Happy listening!

Creating a Starcraft AI – Part 15: Code Scene Investigation

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As you might have guessed, the JPS code in the previous post wasn’t entirely correct. What a shocking revelation! I mean, it found some paths some times, much slower …

Creating a Starcraft AI – Part 14: Jump point search for jumpy doggos

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What a coincidence in naming. I plan to finish my “derping around with already solved problems while not improving my bot in any meaningful way” adventure with this post. …

Undermind Episode 08!

My guests this week were LetaBot, and McRave. Of course we discussed AlphaStar, and SC2 a little, and SSCAIT’s results. Happy listening!

The map McRave was talking about can be found here.