My guests this week were WillBot, and Nitekat. We talked about author backgrounds, AI in other games (Nitekat’s Diablo 1 API, for example), and of course, SCHNAIL news. Some machine learning musings were also present, and we praised Artosis’ analytical …
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The Undermind Episode 43!
Exclusive episode with Dan Gant, the author of PurpleWave (and the PurpleBot family), CherriPi developer, husband and meme war veteran. We talked about SCHNAIL goings-on, the PLUSHIE!!!444, and on a more serious note, mental health and isolation with all that …
The Undermind Episode 42!
My guests were Hao Pan (author of Halo), and Dan Gant (author of PurpleWave/other PurpleBots). We talked about how to climb a bot ladder, a lot about SCHNAIL, and of course, the future of SSCAIT. Also, a SCHNAIL PLUSHIE that …
The Undermind Episode 41!
My guests were McRave, and Dave Churchill. We talked about the SCHNAIL platform, seal clubbing, metagaming, and joked about Canada of course. Also, how to rate bots on a human vs. AI ladder – a favorite topic of mine. We …
The Undermind Episode 40!
My guests this week were Freakling and Ankmairdor. And as usual, we talked about maps a lot, delved quite deep into pathfinding. Also, a lot of SCHNAIL news! Freakling and Ankmairdor are amazingly technically talented people – I’m hoping to …
The Undermind Episode 39!
This was an exclusive episode with Jasper Geurtz (Yegers). We talked about his journey into the bot development scene, developing a bot in Java, writing a library, and community engagement. Also, some SCHNAIL discussion was taking place.
Links mentioned:
JBWAPI …
The Undermind Episode 38!
My guests were Antiga and Freakling, and we continued with some awesome map design discussions. Freakling is a treasure trove of map knowledge, and we learned a lot about the topic.
Links mentioned:
Map: …
The Pylon show about AI, other streams, and reflections thereof
First of all, here is the episode with me in it, where we talked about Brood War AI. Go watch it, if you haven’t yet.
So this was a milestone moment for me, and the whole Brood War AI scene. …
The Undermind Episode 37! – Special episode about map design
A super long episode with Antiga, NiteKat, and our special guest, Freakling. The topic was of course everything about maps and map making. Also, some changes around SSCAIT casting. It was an exhaustive converstation, but we still had so many …
The Undermind Episode 36!
My guests this week were Johan De Jong (BananaBrain), Nathan Roth(Antiga), and Hannes Bredberg. We talked about SSCAIT goings-on, Nepeta retiring, some SCHNAIL news, reaching out to other StarCraft communities, and some general silliness.
Links mentioned:
AIST Tournament – with …