F.E.A.R. - The Retrospective

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Published on April 30, 2024 1:51:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Of2NtTYcvU

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F.E.A.R. (2005)

Duration: 53:39

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Almost 20 years later, Monolith's F.E.A.R. is still considered one of the best examples of AI for video games. To celebrate 10 years of @AIandGames we revisit the subject of our first ever video. Tommy sits down with Dr Jeff Orkin, the AI programmer on F.E.A.R. to discuss how it all came to be and the legacy it carries to this day in the video games industry.

[00:00] Intro
[03:20] Orkin's Path into Games
[09:29] No One Lives Forever 2
[14:41] Origins of GOAP
[17:11] Action Movie
[20:49] The AI of FEAR
[29:12] Designing Encounters
[35:10] Squad Layers
[37:48] Release
[43:12] Orkin's Path
[45:14] Legacy
[53:07] Credits

Footage of Kings Quest VIII by @AndreaPannocchia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M37cEC98anw&ab_channel=AndreaPannocchia

Links to Alex Nareyek's - IGDA Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee
https://web.archive.org/web/20050206222524/http://www.igda.org/ai/report-2004/report-2004.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20050215232750/http://www.igda.org/ai/report-2004/goap.html

The GDC 2006 paper on GOAP by Jeff Orkin:
https://www.gamedevs.org/uploads/three-states-plan-ai-of-fear.pdf

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