My First Brain

Let’s start out by just creating a very simple brain and build it up.

First, create a new brain:

(Let’s call it Melvin J)

Next, let’s toss in a simple rule that tells Melvin to wander randomly:

Let’s see what Melvin does in the real world…

(He wandered through the world randomly with not a care in the world, lucky Melvin.)

Now, let’s clone Melvin with no mutation (just copy his rules to a new brain):

(Marvin is born.)

Let’s add another rule to Marvin that tells him to follow any enemy he sees:

Let’s drop them into a world together and see how they interact:

(Marvin (orc) wanders until he finds a Melvin (human) and then follows him)

It’s fun to watch the Marvins, which, are slower than the Melvins, pick and choose who to follow.

You can run this same demonstration, go here:

http://www.austingriffith.com/aibattle/brawl.php?humanbrain=Melvin&orcbrain=Marvin

and click the ‘Battle’ button.

Are we seeing the first signs of grouping?

Let’s get to battling…

I created a new brain named ‘Sally’ that hunts enemies and enemy castles:

Let’s run it against Melvin:

The Sallys hunt the Melvins in packs:

See for yourself:

http://www.austingriffith.com/aibattle/skirmish.php?humanbrain=Sally&orcbrain=Melvin and click the ‘Battle’ button.

All right, Sally is pretty vicious, but there’s so much more these brains can do.

I’m going to create a clone of Sally and name it… Sherman.

Ok, next I’m going set Sherman up to start hunting some sheep to gain that extra bit of experience that could be needed to win.

Also, let’s test out the shouting and listening… I want Sherman to shout for friends if he sees an enemy. I also want him to shout for others if he hears another Sherman needs help.

(You can see Sherman shout 2 if he sees enemies and 3 and 4 if he is getting closer.)

(The ‘1:’ means it’s a shout from team 1)

You can run this experiment by going starting a battle with Sherman in it.

Also, make sure you set ‘Draw Shouts’ to true so you can see their shouts.

http://www.austingriffith.com/aibattle/skirmish.php?humanbrain=Sherman&orcbrain=Melvin

Let’s see how Sherman’s new improvements will do against Sally:

http://www.austingriffith.com/aibattle/battle.php?humanbrain=Sherman&orcbrain=Sally

Sherman seems to do quite well because he can call for reinforcements, plus he has the ability to hunt sheep.

I created a new clone of Sherman, named Eduardo.

Now, let’s implement a few more features to get this brain ready for some big battles.

First off, let’s make sure he will go home if he is hurt:

Well, Sherman is in first place on the web site; let’s see if Eduardo can keep up with him:

How will Eduardo do….

http://www.austingriffith.com/aibattle/war.php?humanbrain=Eduardo&orcbrain=Sherman