The AI of Dark Souls Revealed | AI and Games #75

Support ’AI and Games’ via Patreon, YouTube memberships, and Substack: @AIandGames/join -- Dark Souls is known for its ruthless and relentless enemy AI characters. It’s time to find out how they really work, and how they continue to surprise players over a decade later. Catch my Design Dive episodes on the Soulsborne franchise: Dark Souls 1: Dark Souls 2: [00:00] Intro [01:28] About Dark Souls [04:58] The Dark Souls Engine [07:49] Goals for Souls [15:08] The Combat Wheel [22:54] Role of the Soul [25:46] Zone of Interest [28:30] Enemy NPC Variants [32:33] Speed Round [36:09] Closing Some (but not all) of the Lua scripts I researched for this video can be found online via: -- ’AI and Games’ is a YouTube series on research and applications of Artificial Intelligence in video games. Check out all of our content: AI and Games: @AIandGames AI and Games Plus: @AIandGamesPlus Branching Factor Podcast: Livestreams on Twitch: Substack with Written Content: -- Join our Discord Community: Buy our Merch: -- You can support ’AI and Games’ via Patreon, YouTube memberships, and Substack In return, you get bonus rewards! @AIandGames/join -- Follow ’AI and Games’ on social media. Twitter: Mastodon: @AIandGames TikTok: @aiandgames Instagram: Threads: @aiandgames BlueSky: -- If you’re interested in working with us, check out the following: Sponsorship Enquiries: Business Enquiries: