Came across a pretty cool little idea today. Apparently it's pretty famous. Check out Conway's Game of Life on wikipedia. I found it so interesting that I whipped up a little example of it in flash and was thinking about doing thing same with XNA just for shits and giggles.

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Jeremy

This is a game I made at a very boring job I once had. Basic premise, drive a tank, shoot some noobs. It was one of my first experiences with AI, but I think it turned out ok.

AI

I designed the AI with as much intelligence as I could write and that I figured Flash could handle. I incorporated line of site threat/target detection and this spawned chase/evade tactics. Basically if the AI is behind you (ie behind your direction of movement) it will target and chase you. If you come behind the AI, it will still target you, but will also attempt to evade you as best it can. The AI also has very basic obstacle avoidance, allowing them to dodge walls and generally drive in an eratic manner.

Gameplay

The gameplay is rather simple with keyboard controls. Use the arrow keys to drive the tank and A/D to rotate the turret. Space shoots.

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