Director AI for Balancing In-Game Experiences | AI 101

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Left 4 Dead
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Left 4 Dead (2008)
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In this episode of AI 101, we take a loot at Director AI: an approach popularised by Left 4 Dead for balancing in-game experiences. We take a look at what it means for an AI to operate as a Director in a game and provide a quick overview of how it works in Left 4 Dead. Plus we explore how a variety of games have since taken this idea and developed on it in different ways.

[00:00] Intro
[01:15] What is an AI Director?
[04:34] Left 4 Dead's Director
[08:14] Directors in Other Games
[13:16] Closing

If you're playing the game on PC and want to know how to turn on the developer debug mode for the Director, check out this page for instructions:
https://left4dead.fandom.com/wiki/The_Director#Console_Commands

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